British Army no longer seen as top-tier fighting force: Sky News
LONDON (AA) – The British Army is “no longer regarded” as a leading global fighting force and is “unable to protect the UK and our allies,” a US general has reportedly said.
Citing defense sources, Sky News reported on Monday that Defense Secretary Ben Wallace was told by the US general that the country’s fighting capability has been weakened by a decade of cuts and that it needs to be strengthened amid the Russia-Ukraine war.
Downing Street quickly rebuffed the claim. Asked if the prime minister believes “the British Army is a top-level fighting force,” the prime minister’s official spokesman answered that he did.
But pressed on the issue in the House of Commons, British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said: “The secretary of state has said many times, as have I and other ministerial colleagues, that serial under-investments in the army over decades has led to the point where the army is in urgent need of recapitalization.”
He added that Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt and the prime minister “get that,” adding that there is a budget coming.
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