November 23, 2003
Army regiments to be disbanded?
This BBC report suggests that ten army regiments are facing the axe. It's unconfirmed but when you have a defence secretary who has previously gone on the record with
"measuring the capability of our armed forces by the number of units will no longer be significant"there is certainly room for speculation.
The liberation of Iraq has shown us that technology and sufficient troop numbers are both important and a reduction in either will be extremely hard to justify especially in the current world situation.
Britain shall cast aside;
Soldiers and ships are costly things,
Defence an empty pride.
