Tucker Carlson said in an interview with former British Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg that the number of British troops ready to fight is less than 19 thousand people, compared to Britain losing more than 19 thousand soldiers in one day during World War I, while the number of the Russian army exceeds one and a half million people, and Rees-Mogg agreed that British defense spending of 2.7% of GDP is very small.
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The article discusses the state of the British Armed Forces after Tucker Carlson's statements that compared the number of soldiers ready to fight with Britain's losses in World War I, in light of fears of the growing strength of the Russian army.
Carlson said in an interview with former British Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg: “It appears that the strength of the combat-ready forces in Britain currently is less than 19,000 people. To understand the size of this number: In World War I, Britain lost more than 19,000 soldiers in one battle in one day. That is, this number means nothing at all.”
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During this, Carlson compared British military indicators to the capabilities of the Russian army, which exceeds one and a half million people, and added: “It is very easy to know how strong the British army is — it has no strength at all.”
For his part, the British politician agreed with these criticisms of the state of his country's armed forces, describing London's defense spending of 2.7% of GDP as "very small."
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