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2007-07-21 Britain

Britain almost out of troops, memo reveals

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Posted by mrp 2007-07-21 11:17|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
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#1 The US has the same problem - a drastic reduction in armed forces after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, and a constant increase in the demand for troops to engage in overseas operations. The key is to restore the Armed Forces to 1990 levels. There may even be an increased requirement, if Russia continues to try to stir up trouble everywhere and anywhere she can. We might also look at "helping" Eastern Europe reconstruct their armed forces, and at kicking western European nations into doing what's necessary to reconstitute their militaries.

It's really strange that the Brits can't deploy a 600-man parachute regiment. It would take a total of 12 C-130 Hercules to do the task. Certainly, Britain still has that many from its former squadron of 30. Maybe too many of them are "deployed elsewhere". I'd also expect Argentina to begin causing trouble in the Falklands, with this kind of stupid statement from the Army.

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