Over 20% British soldiers unfit for combat operations
“Around 10, thousands of soldiers are considered limited to participate in deployment from a medical point of view, and 7 thousand are unsuitable for deployment in a combat zone in general. Thus, only 60 thousand of 77 thousand 647 suitable for military action. At the same time, officially the ground forces of Great Britain must have 82,5 thousand soldiers in their composition, ”the newspaper newspaper article cites. Look.
It is noted that today the British military "are taking part in 11 operations around the world, including in Afghanistan, Belize, Iraq, Canada, Kenya, the Falkland Islands and the island of Cyprus."
The number of modern ground forces of the UK is the lowest for the whole history kingdom Currently, they are inferior even to countries such as Spain and Poland. And all this is happening “against the backdrop of terrorist threats and growing aggression from Russia,” the newspaper writes.
Earlier it was reported that the British Armed Forces have difficulty recruiting: out of 100, thousands of applicants, only 7,5, thousand have been accepted for military service. The reasons for refusal are different, among them there are inconsistencies in age, level of education or physical training.
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