in 2025, the size of the british army should be reduced to 72,500 people. service. britain and its nato allies, particularly america, believe that our country's military power is declining. the forces are so small that they risk falling below critical mass. major procurement projects go wrong, plan defense equipment does not receive sufficient funding, and there is also a conscript crisis. one of the striking examples of money spent without any clear result is the long-suffering project to create the ajax combat vehicle, worth 5.5 billion pounds sterlin. new infantry fighting vehicles were supposed to enter the army in 2018, but due to miscalculations and endless alterations, ajax turned into a real long-term construction. it took several years just to eliminate the high noise and vibrations, which is why the soldiers could stay inside ajax for no more than 90 minutes. the car also could not safely overcome obstacles higher than 20 cm. the army still faces great challenges in becoming a reliable force against an enemy of equal or similar strength. we are ta

the movie depicts the historic arrival of general allenby, the commander of the british army in alcuds on december 11th, 1917. with the arrival of the allies in alqhods, the 400 year old reign of the ottoman empire on the city ended. palestine came under the tuodlage of britain and the zionist dream finally came true. only a month before the arrival of the... allies, a statement was issued in which arthur james balford, the british foreign secretary, announced england's support for establishing a jewish national homeland in palestine. in the declaration, which became known as belfor, london pledged it will provide the necessary means for jew's immigration to palestine, on the condition, the newly arrived jews are employed in lands that are not owned. by any individual. the declaration was beginning of efforts in the international arena to establish so-called state of israel. it is not an exaggeration if we say that the conditions of the battlef declaration became the manifesto of the israeli cinema. ben dove who is dubbed as father of the israeli cinema. in collaboration with several o

you had to be the best to be in the british army. couple of weeks ago i saw a recent army advertisement here it is. >> now working with salathe rensselaer. we're gonna have a couple bannau ally pally. with salomon le . salomon le. >> i couldn't believe . it. far >> i couldn't believe. it. far from being the best, this is now. now, this is belonging. and in the middle of a war zone, when a soldier stops and prays to allah. but, hey, that's what it's all about. it's not about being the best anymore. no, it's about meeting diversity. inclusion targets . and over this inclusion targets. and over this weekend, we learned extra ordinarily that this now extends to a recruitment drive to recruit more people born overseas without out proper security checks so that we can boost diversity numbers in the british army. we're still . the british army. we're still. the suggestion is that the christianity should be taken out of annual remembrance day services. it all beggars belief and thank goodness, a host of former senior military figures have wr

in the form of 12 brigades, including infantry and artillery units which the british left for the israelis. the israeli army was mostly let by british officers. and used speedfire and miss showman aircraft in the 1948 war. they faced 25 thous forces on the arab front, including soldiers and volunteers. within the zionists ranks were veteran soldiers with fought in the second world war. the british army's jewish brigade formed during world war ii played an active role in the 1948 conflict. they barricaded two zionist settlements that res old castles. the settlements had been constructed with military purposes in mind. each was a complete defensive compound with alarm systems and watch towers. when the arabs were busy celebrating the recapture of al-guth, the fledgeling al-gut's army was forming its first armored brigade, including a regiment comprised of two battalions of 14 tanks, which later came to be known in the war literature as the british and soviet battalions. the ceasefire ended and the battle resumed, but this time the israelis had the upper hand, and the war took a completely different turn. two

and three other british army soldiers will be facing attempted murder .oldiers will be facing attempted murder. now this worries me very greatly indeed. the legacy act itself is being challenged in the european court of human rights, but the irish government . but there's of government. but there's a set of huge double standards here. you see, part of the good friday agreement and it was something that i struggled with at the time, was the release back into the community of over 400,000 convicted murderers . that's convicted murderers. that's right. 400 convicted murderers had their prison sentence ended and were sent back into the community. they came, of course, from both sides of the divide. and that was part of the amnesty, part of the deal that led to what has been a much better period of peace in northern ireland. and yet we're still going back and going after soldiers from 1972. and i wonder , i wonder, simon weston cbe, of course. well known british army veteran from the falklands war, i wonder simon, and welcome again to the program . thank you.

the british army deploys 16,000 troops, including tanks, artillery, helicopters, parachutes, helicopter forces, army and navy and army special operations forces. the royal navy is sending 2,000 sailors, eight submarine warships, a uk carrier strike group, and f-35 jets. in the east of the european continent, the exercise scenario was planned long ago, after attacks by a nearby enemy on one of the nato members, the north atlantic alliance applies the fifth article: retaliatory measures. the invasion of ukraine 2 years ago changed everything. war in europe is no longer a distant hypothetical threat. right now, as we face a most dangerous and completely unpredictable global security situation, the staunch defender is sending a clear message: nato is ready, modernized and necessary. we. at kendrew barracks, home of the brigade, desert and rats, 7th light mechanized the british army brigade has set off, we have just left the a1 with members of the 2nd battalion of the royal english regiment, this is a naval company, they are practicing a road maneuver on the fox. all this, of course, is happ

but it sort of underwrites, we have heard a lot about the beleaguered british army and the ministry of the threat so high at the moment that you clearly described in the middle east, we know what is happening in ukraine as well, it is essential our defence is up to defending this country and the nuclear part of it is key to that. to the exact point because you could argue that is very much in the public interest and a commons defence committee raised questions about the budget cuts you are talking about. so in your view, what is the state right now when it comes to the state of the uk armed forces and the defence capabilities we have,is and the defence capabilities we have, is this indicative of a bigger problem here?— problem here? well, it is potentially. _ problem here? well, it is potentially. i— problem here? well, it is potentially. i think - problem here? well, it is| potentially. i think people problem here? well, it is - potentially. i think people should be reassured that i believe our nuclear deterrent is absolutely as it should be. with the threats of russia and nuclear tac

next up is glen grant, retired british army colonel, military expert. mr., i welcome you and thank you for being with us today. you, colonel, in ukraine they are waiting for the resignation of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine valery zaluzhny, president zelenskyi says that there will obviously be a rotation to touch not only zaluzhnyi, but also other leaders, including the army, some power bloc, as he said, which in your opinion will change after his resignation. chief of the armed forces of ukraine, how will this affect the situation on the russian-ukrainian front and is it advisable to replace a veteran during the war? and therefore, first of all, i want, when we talk, actually, if about resignation, yes, then he will not leave himself, yes, it is not, it is not a resignation of his own free will, yes, of course. he would not want to go alone, of course, this is about release, yes, about the fact that he will be released, and the important thing is the fact that he is a very powerful motivator in our country, there is no better person

glen grant, military expert, retired colonel of the british army, glory to ukraine, dear mr. colonel, god save the kin. an extremely serious situation, a bad situation on the big front of the russian-ukrainian war, in particular when... we are talking about the kupyan-lyman direction and about avdiivka, and there is a feeling that the enemy has prepared a fairly large number of relevant resources in order to plan one or the other . spring combat activities, spring combat actions, perhaps it is also about the preparation of an additional russian offensive. in my opinion, this is definitely a difficult and disturbing situation, i believe that it causes great concern for the top military leadership and the president as they carefully consider what action to take. there is a risk, for example, that an ongoing conflict may deplete resources that may be needed elsewhere in the near future. future, so i think we need to seriously evaluate whether we try to maintain control over everything, or whether we recognize that we are in a situation where we need to make compromises in order

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the british army is not ready to fight russia.try to cultivate militaristic sentiments among citizens, the greater the force that falls on politicians due to blatant lies and propaganda. so, speaking about western support for ukraine, the head of the british foreign ministry said that london will be able to resist moscow as much as it wants, because - quote. our economy is larger than russia's. v 25 times, but the report of the british defense committee dispelled all castles in the air. the document states that the armed forces have been devastated since 2010. the army lacks both personnel and weapons. instead of long-term procurement contracts, the british authorities used one-time ones, and in such conditions the deficit cannot be quickly filled, because the majority of the military-industrial complex is working for the conflict in ukraine and the middle east. internal capacities are disproportionately small. however, like personnel, the british army is experiencing an 85% shortage instructors in the navy, a forty percent shorta

british defense committee dispelled all the castles in the air. the document states that the armed forces have been devastated since 2010. "the armys, instead of long-term procurement contracts, the british authorities used one-time ones, in such conditions the deficit cannot be quickly filled, because the majority of the military-industrial complex is working for the conflict in ukraine and the middle east, internal capacities are disproportionately small, however, like personnel, the british army is experiencing an eighty percent shortage of instructors in the military -marine." years passed quote: below the expected standards for an eu candidate country. there were allegedly shortcomings that were noticed by international observers. now meps are demanding investigations into violations as one of the conditions for serbia's accession to the eu. let me remind you that in may the european parliament already put forward a similar ultimatum to belgrade, demanding that serbia introduce sanctions against russia. now there are european officials in strasbourg. they simultaneously pushed through another anti-belarusian resolution, our f

it was the british army then moving in. understood. it was frightening, was it not?frightening, very dangerous, and very, very horrible — terrible. but what i'm trying to say is the innocence of 15—year—old, 16—year—old boys, they don't have the maturity or the understanding to realise what's going to happen, how terrible this is going to be, and how it will get thicker and deeper, and much more dangerous, and how it will... ..i mean, the communities were rent asunder for 30 years. they were. but, at 15, you don't recognise that. but i'm also thinking, goodness, late teens is the time in which many young men in northern ireland at that time were then pulled in to their hardline community activists who were going to persuade them to join the struggle. now, you were from the catholic side of belfast, and ijust wonder whether there was ever a moment during this onset of real sectarian violence, whether you ever came close to getting pulled into that? erm...| did, yeah. how? i was at university for a bit, in queen's, and there was all kinds of movements going on in queen

but it sort of underwrites, we have heard a lot about the beleaguered british army and the ministry off funding. it really underwrites that, with the threat so high at the moment, that you clearly described in the middle east, and we know what is happening in ukraine as well, it is essential our defence is up to defending this country and the nuclear part of it is key to that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. thousands ofjunior doctors across wales have begun a three—day strike in their latest action in a pay dispute. the strike means thousands of appointments and operations have been cancelled. it is the second walk out by doctors since january, who said they have effectively lost about a third of their pay in the last 15 years. the doctors�* union, the bma, says the welsh government's offer of a 5% increase is the worst in the uk. hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes in plymouth after what's thought to be an unexploded second world war bomb was discovered in a garden. police say a 200 metre cordon

disp. brutal attacks against our country without any justification, give out and our army the right to defense, british wash whatever the are and the union army other places, this is up to the arm forces which will decide how the israel palestinians in the gaz, the yemen army has intensify the civil operations. over the past week, yemen's armed forces conducted 10 operations. targeting american and british vs in the red sea and gulf of aiden observers say the joint and uk operation against resistance movements across the region are ended to divert n from israel's genicidal war in forces have made it clear that they will retaliate against those who violate yemen's sovereignty. reporting for pres tv officials and stating that there would be more attacked. and his allies in the region in solidarity with the palestinians in gaza, people are ready and as our leader abdul malik said the yemen people are an army and with regards to these are the military courses that the leader talked about, yemeni people will continue their open courses in order to mobilize and prepare for the confrontation with the american

active protection system for the challenger tank, the army headquarters of this country quoted british army tank program manager colonel willow in a news release. as the export of trophies to other countries continued, the zionist army is working on equipping the fourth version of merkaba and various types of weapons, including. it arrived and at the end of that, the al-aqsa storm operation began. in the middle of the operation, but pictures of anhdam merkabahs were published one after another. they were targeted by the palestinian and lebanese resistance forces and were removed from the battlefield. allahu akbar! according to the information that was published at the time of the introduction of the trophy , this system could be rearmed after 75 hundredths of a second after engaging with the first projectile and engaged with the next projectile, but a little earlier . august 1402. hizbollah had unveiled a system called sarallah, which was said to be able to fire two missiles in less than one second, four tenths of a second apart , and this means the trophy system after a conflict with the f

the army website of this country quoted colonel willow, the manager of the tank program of the british army , as saying in a news release that this is an exciting moment for the army because we have taken the first steps towards an active protection system for the challenger tank and as the export of the trophy to other the countries of the zionist regime continued to equip the fourth edition merkaba and different types of personnel carriers, including the nimr armored vehicle, started the trophy system. 2023 arrived and at the end of that, the al-aqsa storm operation began. in the middle of the operation, however , pictures of the dismemberment of the merkavas were published one after another. they were targeted by the palestinian and lebanese resistance forces and were removed from the battlefield. allahu akbar! where the trophy system was active with 360 degree protection, like this merkava, which was targeted by hezbollah from both sides. according to the information that was published at the time of the introduction of the trophy. this system could after the collision with the first pr

the british army, we're doomed.sh army wants to relax security checks for recruits from overseas in order to boost diverse city and inclusion. this, according to an exclusive from the sunday telegraph , if from the sunday telegraph, if britain's armed forces have consistently failed to hit recruits targets and are looking overseas , ways to boost ethnic overseas, ways to boost ethnic minority representation, which currently stands . at 14% of the currently stands. at 14% of the regular army , a document leaked regular army, a document leaked to the paper , entitled the to the paper, entitled the british army's race action plan, notes that the army struggles to attract top talent from ethnic minority backgrounds into the officer corps . now diversity is officer corps. now diversity is important. diversity of background , diversity of background, diversity of opinion, diversity of faith, of lived experience , you name it. lived experience, you name it. no organisation should be homogenous or closed to any groups or be

but if within the british army. n operations with the army or the air force or the navy, they are diverse, they are multi—ethnic. navy, they are diverse, they are multi—ethnic . there's a fair multi—ethnic. there's a fair number of women now in senior roles. i don't know what more you need , but but this smacks you need, but but this smacks a say of a recruitment crisis because the, the government in its wisdom , has outsourced its wisdom, has outsourced recruitment. it used to be done by the three services. now we've got eight, um, other bodies in charge of recruitment. they're failing miserably to meet their targets . and so i imagine the targets. and so i imagine the answer they come up with is, well, let's just lower the whole vetting process us and just pick up anywhere we can. well, as you say, it's not good enough. you know, the threat environment is now greater than it's ever been in my lifetime . i mean, this in my lifetime. i mean, this we've got some serious problems. we need a fighting fit military , we n

a document leaked to the paper , document leaked to the paper, titled the british army's race action otes that the army struggles to attract talent from ethnic backgrounds into ethnic minority backgrounds into the officer corps. now to me, as far as i'm concerned , you need far as i'm concerned, you need the best people, the best people is horses for courses . get the is horses for courses. get the best people in it. i don't, i don't want, you know, i don't want for man patrols. having want sas for man patrols. having someone one someone someone with one leg and someone who's black and whatever sexuality are, you need the sexuality you are, you need the best people and you need plenty of also, when you when of them. and also, when you when you the security checks , you reduce the security checks, what are we going to have? more russians, chinese, russians, more chinese, more iranians the army? iranians in the army? >> could be a british army. >> you've just diversity there. yeah. not enough russians at the moment, i think. >> he's totally right. i >> well, he's totally right. i don't

country's army website announced in a news report, quoting colonel willow, the manager of the british army's tank program. this is an exciting moment for the army as we take the first steps towards an active protection system for the challenger iii tank. as the export of trophies to other countries continued. the zionist army started equipping the fourth version of the merkava and various types of personnel carriers, including the nimr atomic vehicle, with the trophy system. 2023 arrived and at the end of that, the al-aqsa storm operation began. they were targeted by the palestinian and lebanese resistance forces and were removed from the battlefield. the destruction of the merkavas, however, was in a situation where they were hit from the sides, where the trophy system with 360 degree protection was active, like this merkava, which was targeted by hezbollah from the sides , according to information. which was released at the time of the introduction of the trophy , this system could be re-armed after engaging with the first projectile after a check of 75 hundredths of a second and engaged w

mike martin is a former british army officer and senior fellow in the department of war studies at kings college london. he gave us more details about israel's flooding operation. but it's, it's actually very simple. any fire department of any town will have the fire hydrants, the pumps that are able to take the c will. it's obviously garza is on the coast. so there's normal, limited supply of water. you lay a pipe out to sea with boys. you get a pump and then you stick it into the nearest entrance, the tunnel. many of these tunnels are linked up. so if you fill out one segment, it will the flow and spill into the next segment. and as water levels rise, obviously both will sing down to the fed up the both a member of the tunnel fuss as it rises, people chops and supposedly the die. oh, they will have to come to the surface which silver see what's the idea these when he defends forces? once i, i think the problem is that israel has different to will rooms and they all to destroy thomas. i'm to get the hoss use out and it's really difficult to do one without impacting on the other. so this

brutal attacks against our country without any justification, give us and our army the right to self-defense. american and british warships will be targeted wherever they are, and the yemani army's operations make span to other places. this is up to the... country's armed forces which will decide how to respond and response to us and uk aggression against yemeni territories and the ongoing israeli atrocities against palestinians in the gaza strip, the yemeny army has intensified its naval operations. over the past week, yemen's armed forces conducted 10 operations targeting american and british vessels in the red sea and gulf of aden. observers say the... us and uk operations against resistance movements across the region are intended to divert the international community's attention from israel's unicidal war in gaza, however yemen's armed forces have made it clear that they will retaliate against those who violate yemen's sovereignty. reporting for press tv. the latest round of american and british air strikes in yemen has drawn strong condemnation in the region. iranian foreign ministry says that the strikes a

hamish de bretton gordon, a former british army colonel, and a chemical and nuclear weapons expert, toldhe government of this information being made public.

british army troops labour mp. engineers , alongside land rovers engineers, tractors and support vehicles were loaded into a 23 000 ton cargo vessel near southampton. over 500 vehicles will sail from the uk and 1500 service personnel will fly out to join the nato exercise, called steadfast defender to demonstrate and test the alliance's unity and capabilities. the departure comes as hms prince of wales sets sail from portsmouth yesterday, also to take part in the exercise on the high street. thousands of jobs are at risk after the uk arm of the body shop entered administration. the retailer runs more than 200 shops across the country . the shops across the country. the high street chain will continue to trade with shops and online. varne and king charles has returned to london after travelling from sandringham by helicopter . travelling from sandringham by helicopter. his travelling from sandringham by helicopter . his majesty had been helicopter. his majesty had been staying at his country residence in norfolk fol

here the british army is taking part in nato's biggest exercise, stalwart defender, which is essentiallyearsal for war with russia. we can see the 7th light mechanized brigade, or desert rats, preparing to cross the english channel to take part in the fighting in europe. this is not something that should happen immediately after the war starts. this transfer occurs over several weeks or even months. before the beginning conflict, based on intelligence data, based on russia’s actions, if it builds up its forces, this is what britain’s response will look like. the initial goal is deterrence, but ultimately britain wants more of its forces on the european continent so that it can fight back in the event of conflict. here you see lightly armored vehicles that are used by desert rats, repairs to recovery vehicles, and also simple defender land rovers, painted in military colors, that are used for... reading, writing and arithmetic aren't the only things swedish children learn in school these days. now some news about where people can seek refuge in case of war. linda began using news material

he's also a former territorial british army officer, and he joins is also from london. a very well welcome to you said i seems to be a lot of countries in west and you'll find that the further field sounded me a lot over a possible major conflict. so you case for my current defense like a trees saying that the west is moving from this post will weld to a pre roll. well, how found and do you think these claims are, you know, i think i think it's a very good time. i think the british secretary for defense is absolutely right. we all moving into the same area of, of where we should be more prepared if you look at some of the fall. i was the new nathan member of citizen for example. um, now how small tank store on century basis and we do and bought something like a quarter of the population of the countries a rebuilding total and does it cost kicks on plastic now have 2000 main battle tanks compared to britain's $52.00 of the new challenges, stories of all proportion seems to be wrong under the coast. britain isn't a slouch when it comes to some money. it's about the 6th or