BRITAIN is not ready to defend itself from attack, says the Commons Defence Committee. Their report details the lack of missile defence, a Royal Navy depleted of ships and available submarines, an Army shrunk to its smallest since the Napoleonic Wars with only slightly more than 70,000 fully trained soldiers, not enough even to protect some of the UK’s most sensitive military bases.
The question that needs answering is why? Why has the armed forces ability to defend our country crumbled? Why are more personnel leaving than joining, and why do those left behind over-represent the lowest-capacity personnel?
