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Important findings by the committee chaired by Rupert de Mauley, about the capability of the British Army, concluding that its current size is inadequate to meet NATO commitments and sustain large-scale conflict. Lord de Mauley is a former British Army Officer and knows his business (I still call him "Colonel"). Key findings are: "First, our deterrence strategy towards Russia clearly failed." "Secondly, the invasion exposed significant weaknesses in both the UK’s and NATO’s military strength, and the UK’s ability to sustain large-scale warfare. Successive governments have attempted to maintain the notion of the UK as a global power, but the war in Ukraine has been a wake-up call, laying bare the gap between that ambition and reality." On the Australian end of this problem, I am seeing huge effort from local SMEs and parts of Army to be ready for the challenges ahead. Lets hope we and our AUKUS and NATO partners can quickly improve at scale and that the personel and budgets required can be found. https:https://lnkd.in/gJ2mbf3t