American TV channel: The Pentagon no longer considers the British army as one of the strongest in the world

While British Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace frowns menacingly and puffs out his cheeks, talking about plans to defeat everyone and everything, the British army has fallen out of the clip of the most powerful armies in the world, and Great Britain itself is no longer listed as a great military power. This is reported by the Sky News channel, citing US military sources.

The Pentagon no longer considers Britain a high-class military power capable of fighting on a par with the strongest armies in the world, of which today there are only four: the United States, Russia, China and France. According to the American generals, Britain has sunk to the level of Germany and Italy, whose armies seem to be large and have modern weapons, but only on paper.

According to the channel, one of the high-ranking US military, in a conversation with the top military leadership of Great Britain, said bluntly that the British army was no longer quoted. An increase in military spending could improve the situation, but even in this case it will take at least 10 years.

To date, the stocks of ammunition in the arsenals of the army of the United Kingdom will last only a few days of intense fighting, and the existing air defense system is not able to close the airspace from attacks drones and missiles carried out by the Russian army in Ukraine. The British simply do not have an appropriate anti-missile system. Among other problems are armored vehicles and weapons, the most recent of which were made 30 years ago. The resources allocated by the government for defense are clearly not enough to re-equip the army. To train just one division with tanks, artillery and helicopters, London will need at least 5-10 years.

But Britain provides assistance to Ukraine by sending it weapon and preparing recruits for the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of a "breakthrough" training program.

Comments

[Murmur 55]

All these ratings, calculations of experts and other specialists are nothing, fighting is the only evaluation criterion.

[Aaron Zawi]

NE of Britain has not even been included in the top five strongest in Europe for a long time. But the Navy and Air Force are still quite decent.

[ivan1979nkl]

are not included, because few American weapons are bought, and, as you know, they give incredible power, but this is fixable, the ratings can be corrected

[Egeny]

"To train just one division with tanks, artillery and helicopters, London will need at least 5-10 years." And the "meat" on the outskirts is prepared in a couple of months.)

[Galleon]

Quote: Aaron Zawi

NE of Britain has not even been included in the top five strongest in Europe for a long time. But the Navy and Air Force are still quite decent.

Aaron, the British Navy has long been indecent. After Churchill's Fulton speech, they preferred to fade into the background, letting the Americans go ahead. Even in the Soviet Navy, the British fleet breathed into the navel, during the Yeltsin period in the mid-90s, my classmate's boat defiantly floated up in Scapa Flow, then left, it was bombed, etc. And now little has changed with them.

[TermNachTer]

Yeah, aircraft carriers that are afraid of water and destroyers that constantly break down))) it remains to wait for the frigates of Project 26 to sing.

[yho]

Well, the United States has the main striking force - the Navy. And this is natural, the WB is located on an island, and the United States has a huge protozhennost of the coasts of two oceans on its border. These are maritime powers.

[Trapp1st]

All these ratings, calculations of experts and other specialists are about nothing

All meaning in one sentence

increased military spending

buy weapons from us. They, in addition to profit, need this to spin the flywheel of the military-industrial complex.

[Leader_Barmaleev]

The Pentagon no longer considers Britain a high-class military power capable of fighting on a par with the strongest armies in the world, of which there are only four left today: the United States, Russia, China and France

Nothing like that, the Americans washed their older brothers! .. Everything according to Freud - children's grievances are the most terrible and are always remembered.

[svp67]

The Pentagon no longer considers Britain a high-class military power capable of fighting on a par with the strongest armies in the world.

Both on? And when was the British army able to fight on an equal footing with strong armies alone? Can someone remind me of such a confrontation?

[Bingo]

When they snatched from the zusuls In general, of course, the phrase is wild - that's the GREAT BRITAIN there was an army and a land army - from the colonies. And without the Australian-Canadians ... Something in the Falklands, some Gurkhas were mothing

[svp67]

Quote from Bingo

Something in the Falklands, some Gurkhas were mothing

So the power of the armies of Argentina and Great Britain are very different ...

[Bingo]

The power is different, but all the same - all that Britain has scraped together is the Gurkhas ... And now it’s completely surprising that the British are in the ranking AT ALL. With their shortage of 40%, it seems they wrote - ground personnel, cut almost to zero by the Air Force and Navy, where even missiles with nuclear weapons are not their own, the devil knows where they will fly, if anything

[NikolayDS]

that the British are in the ranking AT ALL

In this "rating" in the first places are the USA, Russia, China and France. And that - everything is completed as it should? Why is Israel not mentioned?
It's a toss. What is the mythical rating.

[Speedy]

In the Centenary they fought with the French)). But seriously, with equals, they always preferred to bring down alliances, pit other equals, etc. They have a rich centuries-old school, do not underestimate. The US has followed the same path. Anglo-Saxons..

[svp67]

Quote: Sorrow

In the Centenary they fought with the French))

England was at war with France then, not Great Britain.

[Alex242]

The Pentagon no longer considers Britain a high-class military power capable of fighting on a par with the strongest armies in the world, of which today there are only four: the United States, Russia, China and France. According to the American generals, Britain has sunk to the level of Germany and Italy, whose armies seem to be large and have modern weapons, but only on paper.

this is how they lower allies ....

[yho]

They sort it out among themselves who is the boss in the house, who is the mother and who is the father, so that later the carcass of the killed Russian bear is divided according to the ranking.

[rotmistr60]

The Pentagon no longer considers the British army as one of the strongest in the world

English gentlemen in shock - their Anglo-Saxons and planted such a pig. How will the world react now to yet another bellicose statements by Ben Wallace? Ignore, mock, twist a finger at the temple? It's a shame you understand.

[Tagan]

Quote: Murmur 55

All these ratings, calculations of experts and other specialists are nothing, fighting is the only evaluation criterion.

With an army of 75 thousand. and with a monthly ammunition load, you can only raise feathers to the public. Britain is currently only capable of fighting as part of a pack of jackals.

[Uprun]

The Britons, like the striped ones, did not wage war on their territory for several centuries, hence all the show-offs.

[rocket757]

Great Britain is no longer listed as a great military power.

. This is just understandable, but do not forget that they know how to screw up, you won’t drink such an experience, not right away, at least.

[antivirus]

Always a navy, not an army.
For trmv it is necessary to cook dry. Not yet ready.
We are in this failure of the Britons - there is little hope for NATO's weakness, we need our own strong strength against NATO

[Metallurg_2]

of which today there are only four: the USA, Russia, China and France

But what about "the most powerful army in Europe"?

[art having]

The Pentagon no longer considers Britain a high-class military power capable of fighting on a par with the strongest armies in the world, of which today there are only four: the United States, Russia, China and France.

Remove Russia (I hope so far) and France from the list too. But I would add the Turks ...

[Pavel73]

They are lying. That Britain, that the USA, that Canada, that Australia, all this is actually one whole. Formally independent states and having some internal differences, from the point of view of foreign policy and war, they are a monolithic structure. This is nothing less than a transformed and reshaped British Empire. And it is London that rules, not Washington. So it doesn't matter how strong or weak the British army is there. Britain is the head. The head does not need to be physically strong, for this there is USA - muscles. Australia and Canada are territories and therefore natural resources.

However, this does not prevent British intelligence from being one of the strongest in the world.

[epicurean]

Quote: Pavel73

They are lying. What is Britain, what is the USA, what is Canada, what is Australia, all this is actually one

The Canadian army, in a military sense, is generally an insignificant small fry exclusively for NATO ostentatious exercises. They have the same role as the US National Guard. The maximum that they are capable of outside their country is to participate in some kind of peacekeeping operations without combat participation. And, obviously, the British army is therefore following the very path when they no longer want to fight for distant lands, it is not clear with whom for what purposes, but they want to have an army exclusively for domestic consumption.

[epicurean]

And all simply because the British are tired of saber-rattling and forever participating in all the showdowns where the United States drags them. They want to be the same Europeans as their neighbors, who do not climb anywhere and generally do not look for enemies for war, but simply work and develop for themselves and their well-being.

[ivan1979nkl]

and why should they fight on their own, when there are enough people who want to get into hell for the sake of other people's interests, at least take the same Ukrainians. The method of managing the natives has been worked out to the smallest detail

[nellyjuri]

It is strange that the place of the British was not taken by the army of modern Bandera.

[Alexander Salenko]

Well, the British, on the other hand, have two anti-tank ditches: the English Channel and the Pas de Calais, behind which they are not the first to sit out.

[Strannik96]

As they climbed into the affairs of others, they continue, but the old woman’s affairs are no longer the same and not so hot with health, but as a sabotage unit, they can still

[lubesky]

However, no one will attack small Britain, because everyone knows that they will still USE nuclear weapons and they have it. And it’s not even about the fact that the States will stand up for them (not at all necessary). And by proxy, no one attacks the islanders either, because they will USE nuclear weapons and they have it.

On the other hand, our leadership has brought our country to the point that we are being attacked both in August 2008 and now by proxy, and we are kind of like a nuclear SUPERPOWER. . .

[Illanatol]

Quote: Aaron Zawi

NE of Britain has not even been included in the top five strongest in Europe for a long time. But the Navy and Air Force are still quite decent.

Decent, but very small. Denmark would be just right.

[Illanatol]

Quote: lubesky

However, no one will attack small Britain, because everyone knows that they will still USE nuclear weapons and they have it

Apply or not - the Yankees will decide. The rockets are American.

[Poplar]

I read somewhere (I don’t remember where) that the impudent people are trying to put together their own small alliance with the Swedes and with someone else from their neighbors. The mattresses really don't like this, and they kind of hold a grudge and think about how to take revenge. Perhaps this is from this series: to humiliate the arrogant people, to say that their army is complete bullshit (however, I agree with this). I also think that it is quite possible that these performances in Sweden with the burning of the Koran could have been organized by the British so that the Swedes would not be taken to NATO.
And about the French, I somehow doubt that they have one of the strongest armies in the world.

[uralant]

It would be interesting to know by what criteria the Americans evaluate the strength of the army. And which army they consider the strongest. Is it the one that screwed up in Vietnam? Or the one from Afghanistan ticking sparkling heels?

[Rashit Fayzullaev]

Went to X, ! Russia must come first! Then only the USA!

[Viktor Sergeev]

Right now, Argentina would have to fuck, and help us sink more ships in England, for example, by renting a couple of submarines.

[NikolayDS]

Unlikely. If Argentina starts something, then either there will be negotiations right away, or the United States will take the side of England. consider it a threat to their interests. And Argentina cannot allow this.
Here, in VO, everyone wants to return some kind of yesterday - either strain the Basques, or the Irish. And these are not "hot spots" for a long time. Still, the "Red Army Faction" would be remembered, or the Italian "Red Brigades", and maybe even the Carbonari ...

[ycuce234-san]

The Pentagon no longer considers the British army as one of the strongest in the world

One hope now remains with the British - that they will not accidentally find a lot of oil and gas on the island ...

[SincerityX]

Or any other strategic resource that UWB needs. They set fire to the outskirts because of the titanium sponge.