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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Hughes. Pa Political Editor

British Army could be destroyed in six to 12 months in full-scale war, minister warns

The British Army would be wiped out in as little as six months if forced to fight a war on the scale of the Ukraine conflict, a defence minister has warned.

Alistair Carns said a rate of casualties similar to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would lead to the army being “expended” within six to 12 months.

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