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UK at a decision-point on land warfare

UK at a decision-point on land warfare

Britain's defence rethink needs to restore the army's fighting power

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Paul Mason
Apr 25, 2023
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With the new Defence Command Paper pencilled for June, the British government is facing a decision point on the future of the UK’s land warfare capabilities.

The worst outcome would be a decision to further downgrade the army, on the grounds that – as the CDS Admiral Sir Tony Radakin put it last December – the UK is an “expeditionary, not a continental …

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