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BRITSH ARMY HEADCOUNT REDUCTION (Thread)Looking back at personnel cuts made in 2010, a reduced Army of 82,000 didn’t help Britain regain its financial strength, it simply signified a hollowing-out of
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BRITISH ARMY MRVP PROGRAMME (Thread)The Army wants an inexpensive multi-role protected vehicle so that more of its troops can benefit from protected mobility. This remains an important programme that will
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This thread is about the Light Cavalry concept as much as what vehicle is needed to prosecute the the role. I said earlier that I though it was a bogus
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WUHAN ONE YEAR ON On 22 January 2021, it will be a year since China locked-down the city of Wuhan and in doing so alerted the rest of the world
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The US Army's Mobile Protected Firepower program aims to deliver what is essentially a light tank to light role Infantry Brigade Combat Teams. 24 Prototypes from @BAESystemsInc and @GD_LandSystems will
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WHY HAS BRITISH ARMY RENEWAL BEEN SO PROBLEMATIC?Having made the point about the need for urgent modernisation, I want to try and explain why achieving this has proved to be
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This interesting article makes an important point. If the Armed Forces want to improve their overall effectiveness, then they must become learning organisations. This means each service must encourage intellectual
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There's been some discussion about the need to revisit the UK's MRVP programme. It is clear to me that JLTV plus Eagle or Bushmaster would be more than adequate for
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THE BRITISH ARMY & THE INTEGRATED REVIEW (Thread)I've repeated the need for Army to have two deployable divisions. It’s what previous SDSRs advocated before Iraq & Afghanistan. It’s what most
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Thinking about the @RUSI_org article by @Justin_Br0nk about UK combat air options, we will almost certainly need to purchase more than the 48 F-35Bs we have already committed to. Otherwise
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THE INTEGRATED DEFENCE REVIEW (Thread)As life returns to a new kind of normal, the 2020 Integrated Defence Review is back on the agenda. It will be the most significant reconfiguration
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