British Army would be wiped out in 'six months to a year' if it was drawn into a large scale war, veterans minister warns as he calls for rebuild of country's reserve forces
Daily MailThe entire British Army would be wiped out in 'six months to a year' during a major war, the nation's veterans minister has chillingly warned. '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 multinational coalition - in six months to a year,' Mr Carns reported said in a speech at a conference on reserves at the Royal United Services Institute in London. The entire British Army would be wiped out in 'six months to a year' in a major war, veterans minister Alistair Carns has warned A serviceman of the 24th Mechanized Brigade fires his weapon in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on November 29 2024 Pictured is veterans minister Alistair Carns, who said Britain must invest in its reserve forces 'The reserves are critical, absolutely central, to that process. Mr Carns noted that Russia would soon be moving onto its third army in Ukraine having sustained heavy losses following more than 1,000 days of full-scale war.
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