The British Army will reportedly halt “non-essential” training exercises amid a budget crunch, while the government faces calls to cut welfare spending to meet the nation’s defence needs.
\n\nAccording to a report from the state broadcaster BBC, citing an anonymous source within the British defence apparatus, the Army has been forced to cancel “nice-to-have training” sessions.
\n\nThis will include planned live-fire exercises in which platoons will practise large-scale attacks at training sites in Wiltshire and Wales. One such cancelled training session was reported to include practice for the Royal Tank Regiment with tanks and Apache helicopters.
\n\nWhile the military is said to be focusing on other areas of training, like counter-drone tactics learned from the war in Ukraine, the defence source specifically told the broadcaster that the decision to cancel training was not the wish of the Army brass but rather as a result of budget constraints.
\n\nThe British government has increased military funding as of late; however, much of this new funding has been directed towards weapons development projects rather than troop readiness exercises.
\n\nAn Army spokesman said: “Our training continues and we are prioritising activity that contributes most directly to readiness, deployability and operational effectiveness. We are also…
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