War with NATO – what is the state of the British army – UNIAN
Troops have both operational risks and operational advantages, he said.
The British Armed Forces are ready right now to repel the army of the Russian Federation if it invades the countries of Eastern Europe.
This was stated at a meeting of the House of Commons Defense Committee by Deputy Chief of the British Defense Staff Rob Magowan. “If the British Army is asked to fight today, it will fight today,” Politico quotes him as saying.
This is how Magowan answered a question from deputies about how many of their brigades would be able to reach NATO’s eastern flank in the event of a significant escalation on the part of Russia. According to him, the British Army now has a number of operational risks and operational advantages, and also needs “more lethality”:
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