However, not all army personnel are available for war-fighting duties - many are involved in training, logistics, procurement and other vital supporting roles. Optimistically, we might expect up to 50% of the total strength to be available for deployment, although this would ...
"The army's total strength is about 72,000, but the deployable numbers are near 45-50,000 if that," he says. "The force people are talking about would need all these people on an enduring basis. And the army's just not big enough to do it to any great effect." Prompting Starmer...
"Ukraine's Air Force destroyed an enemy A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft and an enemy IL-22 air control centre," army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "I am grateful to the Air Force for the perfectly planned and executed operation in the Azov Sea ...
"As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Residential buildings, a professional lyceum and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged," the army said, according to a translation. The Armed Forces of Ukraine claimed...
LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — When the Russian army mounted a full-scale invasion two years ago, Ukrainian men zealously rushed to recruitment centers across the country to enlist, ready to die in defense of their nation. Today, with Russia in control of roughly one-quarter of Ukraine and the two...
Suppose we were in the League in, say, 1938…just what would our understrength and obsolescent 100,000 man Army do in the face of Germany’s territorial demands on the Czechs? Given them something to laugh at? The idea of collective security is based upon an assumption that everyone thinks...
— Andriy Kostin (@AndriyKostinUa)January 2, 2024 UPDATE 1016 GMT: Russia has accidentally bombed a village in its southern Voronezh region near the border with Ukraine. The Russian army said in a statement that “an abnormal discharge of aircraft ammunition occurred over the village of Petropav...
There are economic consequences that will be felt in time, the largest of which might be a loss of labor mobility — always one of the great U.S. strengths. We followed the jobs. Now we stay put, worried about shelter should we move. ...
"The army's total strength is about 72,000, but the deployable numbers are near 45-50,000 if that," he says. "The force people are talking about would need all these people on an enduring basis. And the army's just not big enough to do it to any great ...
Optimistically, we might expect up to 50% of the total strength to be available for deployment, although this would probably leave no contingency capability. Rotation issues If we also assume any such deployment would be enduring, the British ...