The British Army would be wiped out in a year if it was sent to fight the Russians in Ukraine – and if the fighting reached peak intensity, which it is right now, it might not survive beyond six months. This is the view of the new junior minister for military personnel and reserve forces, Colonel Alistair Carns, who was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry in Afghanistan in 2011.
The prospects for the Army sound a bit like Ernest Hemingway’s description of bankruptcy, first you go bankrupt slowly, and then very, very quickly.
