Defence cuts will shrink UK armed forces
January 13th, 2010
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Prof Chalmers foresees cuts no matter which party is in power
According to the BBC:
The British armed forces could be forced to shrink by up to a fifth because of a lack of money, a military think tank has predicted.
The Royal United Services Institute said the number of trained military personnel could fall from 175,000 to little more than 140,000 by 2016.
Its report said the cost of troops and equipment was rising, and major cuts were “inevitable”.
Surely there is no big issue here as with a fifth of the Army not fit for Active Service we can just get rid of them and hey presto all the savings have been achieved.
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