The Chief of the General Staff of the United Kingdom, Patrick Sanders, declared this Wednesday that British citizens should prepare to be able to fight in a possible land war.
In his words, any conflict would have to be considered “a nation-wide undertaking.” In this context, Sanders insisted on the importance of “mobilizing” citizens. “Taking preparatory measures to allow our societies to be put on a war footing when necessary is now not only desirable but essential,” the general asserted.
«Within the next three years, it must be credible to speak of a British Army of 120,000 troops, incorporating our reserve and our strategic reserve. But this is not enough », he remarked.
“We need an Army designed to expand rapidly to enable the first echelon, resource the second echelon, and train and equip the citizen army that must follow,” Sanders argued.
The general maintained that we British “will not be immune and, as a pre-war generation, we must prepare in a similar way, and that is a task for the entire nation.” “We must be able to credibly fight and win wars on land,” he added.
What does London say?
This same day, the official spokesman for the country’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, stated that London did not agree with Sanders’ words. According to him, he assured, the United Kingdom was not planning to incorporate compulsory military service and recruit citizens.
«There is no suggestion in this regard. The Government has no intention of going ahead with that. The British Army has a proud tradition of being a volunteer force. There are no plans to change that,” he said.
Likewise, the spokesperson stated that, in his opinion, “these types of hypothetical scenarios, talking about a conflict, do not help and I do not think it is correct to address them,” adding that the British Government had invested “significant sums in our Armed Forces.” With RT
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