Britain says it has no plans for conscription after top general says the UK may need a citizen army
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The U.K. government said Wednesday it has no plans to introduce conscription, after the head of the British Army said a “citizen army” would be needed to fight a future war with a country like Russia. Chief of the General Staff Gen. Patrick Saunders said preparing for a potential land war would have to be a “whole-of-nation” undertaking. Saunders, who has long argued for more military spending and is due to leave his job this year, said that “within the next three years, it must be credible to talk of a British Army of 120,000.”
A Top British General has warned that the British Army in its current state is too small to deal with the current geopolitical situation around the world, and is in dire need of improvement.
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