MoD Sacrifices Manpower To Pay For Equipment -- The TelegraphMore than 11,000 soldiers are to be given their marching orders to pay for an extra £3 billion of military equipment, senior Army chiefs said yesterday.
There is “considerable disquiet” among commanders after ministers announced plans to reduce the Army to its smallest size since Victorian times. replacing regular soldiers with part-timers.
Military commanders and opposition politicians said the drastic reduction raised questions about whether the military will ever stage major operations abroad again.
There are also fears that the Army will no longer be able to wage armoured warfare after ministers refused to give a guarantee that a £5 billion programme for 2,000 armoured vehicles will go ahead.
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My Comment: Replacing regular soldiers with part-timers, having aircraft carriers with no planes, attrition rates at high levels .... yup .... the U.K. military is going down a path that it has never gone down before and one in which future operations abroad will be limited or non-existant.
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