The British Army would be destroyed in “six months to a year” if it had to fight Russia, the veterans minister has warned. Colonel Alistair Carns, a former marine and current reservist, said it would not be possible for the UK to sustain losses like those suffered by the Kremlin’s forces – estimated at 1,

The entire British Army would be destroyed in six months to a year if it was pulled into a major conflict and lost troops at the same rate as Russia, according to the veterans minister. There are currently 71,

If the UK enters a full-scale military conflict similar to the russian-Ukrainian war, its army will be destroyed in 6-12 months.According to Politico, this was

The entire British Army would be destroyed in "six months to a year" in a major war, a defence minister has said.

The British Army would be wiped out in as little as six months if forced to fight a war on the scale of the Ukraine conflict, a defence minister has warned.

Veterans’ Minister Alistair Carns says British forces would be ‘expended’ in 12 months under current Russian casualty rate.

A Defence Minister, Alastair Carns, has said that the British Army would be destroyed in "six months to a year" if it were drawn into a large-scale war.

The entire British Army would be destroyed in six months to a year in a major war – underlining the importance of rebuilding the UK's reserve forces, a defence minister has said.

Veterans Minister Al Carns said reservists were 'critical, absolutely central' to the UK's efforts to fight wars.