UK defense minister warns British Army could be wiped out in large-scale war

Dec 5

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A U.K. defense minister warned the British Army could be wiped out within six months of a large-scale war. Alistair Carns, the nation’s minister for veterans, said a rate of casualties similar to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would lead to the army’s demise.

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“In a war of scale, not a limited intervention but one similar to Ukraine, our Army, for example on the current casualty rates, would be expended, as part of a broader multi-national coalition, in six months to a year,” Carns said.

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The former Royal Marines colonel stressed the importance of building up Britain’s military reserves.

The country’s personnel statistics from October revealed the British Army had 109,245 personnel, including 25,814 volunteer reservists.

Carns compared the numbers to the Russia-Ukraine war. He said Russian losses were around 1,500 soldiers a day at certain points during the conflict.

“That doesn’t mean to say we need a bigger army, but it does mean we must be able to generate depth and mass rapidly in the event of a crisis,” Carns told the Royal United Services Institute.

His analysis followed a recent warning from U.K. Defense Chief John Healy who said the military was not ready to fight a war or prevent an invasion.

“Our forces need to be able to innovate,” Healy said in October. “We need to take new technologies and some of the lessons from Ukraine and make what we do more lethal and, therefore, a stronger deterrence.”

The Ministry of Defense took notice of the concerns, acknowledging personnel and equipment shortages. It’s looking to boost spending by NATO’s recommended amount of 2.5%.

Tags: Military Defense, NATO, Russia-Ukraine War, U.K. Ministry of Defense, Ukraine Defense Ministry, United Kingdom, War

[RYAN ROBERTSON]

IF THE BRITISH ARMY FOUND ITSELF IN A UKRAINE SIZED WAR–ONE UK DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS IT WOULD BE WIPED OUT.

THE U-K’S VETERANS MINISTER, ALISTAIR CARNS, BELIEVES A RATE OF CASUALITIES SIMILIAR TO RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE WOULD LEAD TO THE ARMY’S DEMISE WITHIN SIX TO TWELVE MONTHS … STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING UP BRITAIN’S MILITARY RESERVES FORCE NOW.

ACCORDING TO U-K GOVERNMENT NUMBERS FROM OCTOBER … THE BRITISH ARMY HAD MORE THAN 109-THOUSAND PERSONNEL INCLUDING OVER 25-THOUSAND VOLUNTEER RESERVISTS.

CARNS – A FORMER ROYAL MARINES COLONEL WHO IS ALSO A RESERVIST – SAYS RUSSIAN LOSSES WERE AROUND 15-HUNDRED SOLDIERS A DAY AT CERTAIN POINTS IN THE WAR. CARNS TOLD THE “ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE –

“THAT DOESN’T MEAN TO SAY WE NEED A BIGGER ARMY, BUT IT DOES MEAN WE MUST BE ABLE TO GENERATE DEPTH AND MASS RAPIDLY IN THE EVENT OF A CRISIS.”

HIS ANALYSIS COMES FOLLOWING A RECENT WARNING FROM U-K DEFENSE CHIEF … JOHN HEALY WHO ALSO SAYS THE MILITARY IS NOT READY TO FIGHT A WAR OR STOP AN INVASION.

“Our forces need to be able to innovate … we need to take new technologies and some of the lessons from Ukraine and make what we do more lethal and, therefore, a stronger deterrence.”

THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE IS TAKING NOTICE OF THE CONCERNS ACKNOWLEDGING PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES AS THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES A DEFENSE REVIEW.

IT’S LOOKING TO BOOST SPENDING BY NATO’S RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF 2-POINT-5 PERCENT.

FOR SAN – I’M RYAN ROBERSTON.

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