The Shrinking British Military

Army To Shrink To Smallest Size Since Boer War While Reservists' Role Bolstered -- The Guardian

• Regulars to fall from 100,000 to 84,000 after 2014
• £1.5bn earmarked to beef up reserves and fund equipment
• Money to cover 14 delayed Chinooks and three spy planes

The army will be reduced to its smallest size since the Boer war under plans to be announced by Liam Fox, the defence secretary, on Monday.

It will shrink from more than 100,000 regulars to about 84,000, as reforms will make reserves better trained and better paid, officials said. The shake-up will take place after British troops give up their combat role in Afghanistan in 2014.

The Treasury has agreed to bolster the defence budget, with £1.5bn earmarked to help pay for beefed-up reserves and more funding for military equipment.

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My Comment: Britannia certainly does not rule the oceans anymore.