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LONDON — Britain's armed forces would be ready to fight their Russian counterparts "tonight" if Vladimir Putin invades another Eastern European nation, a top U.K. military chief said Thursday.

"If the British Army was asked to fight tonight, it would fight tonight," Rob Magowan, the deputy chief of the British defense staff, told the House of Commons defense committee. "I don't think anybody in this room should be under any illusion that if the Russians invaded Eastern Europe tonight, then we would meet them in that fight."

The striking comments came as MPs asked Magowan Thursday how many British brigades could get to NATO's eastern flank in the event of a major escalation by Russia.

Eastern European NATO members including Latvia and Estonia have nervously eyed Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, while Finland, which borders Russia to its east, just this week warned about sabotage of critical infrastructure. NATO rules on collective defence stipulate that an attack on one member is viewed as an attack on all.

Despite Magowan's tough talk, concerns remain about the U.K.'s military capability in the event of a European escalation.

Britain's land army is at its smallest size since the 1700s. Just last month, U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey told POLITICO that the state of the armed forces was “far worse than we thought” after his Labour Party entered government over the summer.

Healey announced Wednesday afternoon that the U.K. is axing five warships and a dozen military helicopters and drones as part of a cost-cutting program. The U.K. is currently conducting a Strategic Defense Review.

Magowan told MPs Thursday that the U.K. armed forces have "a range of operational risks and operational strengths," and said he had spoken before about needing "more lethality."

The grilling came as the Ministry of Defense announced Thursday that the British army had completed a live firing test of its Archer Mobile Howitzer, an artillery system designed for rapid deployment. It came during 12 days of NATO training in Finland.

God1000:
Can UK alone fight Russia without the support of US and NATO?

Botragelad:
If that's what it takes.

Have you noticed how people are always going on about World War 3 when Ukraine's giving Russia a bit of payback, but they were quiet when Russia invaded and annexed Crimea, and then straight up invading Ukraine.

That's some next-level hypocrisy! The Europe/ West leaders better stand up to this dictator tyrant the way they did to axis powers!

Botragelad:
If that's what it takes.

Have you noticed how people are always going on about World War 3 when Ukraine's giving Russia a bit of payback, but they were quiet when Russia invaded and annexed Crimea, and then straight up invading Ukraine.

That's some next-level hypocrisy! The Europe/ West leaders better stand up to this dictator tyrant the way they did to axis powers!

Botragelad:
If that's what it takes.

Have you noticed how people are always going on about World War 3 when Ukraine's giving Russia a bit of payback, but they were quiet when Russia invaded and annexed Crimea, and then straight up invading Ukraine.

That's some next-level hypocrisy! The Europe/ West leaders better stand up to this dictator tyrant the way they did to axis powers!

Soliddust3030:
Hope you know the story why Russia annexed crimea. Any right thinking nation or true leader of a nation would have acted then to avoid this current war, instead the US installed porochenko decided to be a dummy.

Soliddust3030:
Hope you know the story why Russia annexed crimea. Any right thinking nation or true leader of a nation would have acted then to avoid this current war, instead the US installed porochenko decided to be a dummy.

God1000:
Can UK alone fight Russia without the support of US and NATO? Such scenario is going to be UK+NATO vs Russia if US under trump decides not to get involved

I'm still thinking what will be the fate of NATO countries in eastern Europe like Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Finland under Donald trump?
Ukraine is also in trouble

stano2:
Jokers

Soliddust3030:
Hope you know the story why Russia annexed crimea. Any right thinking nation or true leader of a nation would have acted then to avoid this current war, instead the US installed porochenko decided to be a dummy.

004gist:
Make them fight.. Make i see if I go join d army... Citizenship loading

valentineuwakwe:
If not for nukes, Almighty Russia is nothing!

God1000:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWq6aDS_UdE




https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-army-chief-rob-magowan-ready-fight-russia-vladimir-putin-eastern-europe/

uunwanaobong3:
MY QUESTION IS HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A MILITARY FORCE OF 80,000 PEOPLE, 50 TANKS TO FIGHT AN ARMY OF 1,500,000 PERSONNEL WITH AN ACTIVE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES THAT PRODUCE MULTIPLE MILITARY EQUIPMENT IN LARGE NUMBER.?



UK, EU AND INDEED EUROPE ARE THE MOST DUMB SET OF PEOPLE EVER, THEY ARE YET TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE NUMBER DOESN'T FAVOR THEM.

RUSSIA IS KILLING EQUIVALENT NUMBERS OF ENTIRE BRITISH MILITARY PERSONNEL IN A MONTH IN UKRAINE.



IT WILL TAKE ONLY JUST ONE ORESHKNIC MISSILE TO HIT NUMBER 10 DOWNING STREET OR THAT OLD MEDIEVAL PALACE, FOR SOME BRAINS TO BE RESET.