Defence Spending To Go Up ?

[TWGL1]

And yet the strength of the current UK army ( about 1 or 2 divisions) would last about 3 days in a ground combat operation against Russia or China

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

And yet the strength of the current UK army ( about 1 or 2 divisions) would last about 3 days in a ground combat operation against Russia or China

If the main ground threat would over run us in 3 days then absolutely no point whatsoever in having an army in respect of a land battle

Tanks , artillery .......bin it all

Pointless playing little boy soldiers

Money is tight , spend it on nuclear deterrent and anti terrorism

[Taunton Blue Genie]

And yet the strength of the current UK army ( about 1 or 2 divisions) would last about 3 days in a ground combat operation against Russia or China

NATO ensures that it wouldn't simply be the UK v China or Russia.

[HiVis]

in real terms i.e. adjusted for inflation, defence spending is about half what it was in 2007. We have more civil servants in the MoD than sailors in the RN