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British troops are not getting enough training for a modern battlefield, analysts have warned.
Soldiers, sailors and aviators are taking part in too many “traditional” exercises and drills, defence think-tank Royal United Services Institute warned.
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They should be preparing to face swarming drones, “unconventional weapons” and regularly having their communications jammed amid a surge in cyber attacks, RUSI added.
This, the think-tank said, is a critical wave to improve how deadly the British Armed Forces are amid fears of spending cuts and concern over whether the military has the modern equipment it needs.
Britain must make sure its Armed Forces are ready for war, experts say (Image: Getty)
British Army training must be revamped (Image: Getty)
The British Armed Forces must train with every unit they could need in a war (Image: Getty)
Paul O’Neill, a senior research fellow of military sciences at RUSI, said: “Speakers on the multi-domain integration panel at the Land Warfare Conference highlighted how the design of many exercises and collective training remains rather traditional across the maritime, land and air domains.
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“The modern battlefield’s ubiquitous intelligence gathering, swarming drones, unconventional weapons (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) and fast-adapting electromagnetic environment that undermines the ability to integrate forces are absent from too many exercises, and rarely present in combination.
“Moreover, with a primary focus on the learning benefit to combat forces, the logistics elements are often underplayed, whether supply, medical or engineering – including wet-gap crossings – meaning the vital enablers are not tested as they would be in conflict.”
The new head of the British Army, General Roly Walker, has said his forces must be ready to fight a war against an "axis of upheaval" of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea in three years.
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General Walker said there was an "urgent need" for the British Army to rebuild its ability to deter future wars.
He insisted the Army would lose a war if they stick with old ideas about warfare instead of adapting to embrace new technologies that are transforming the battlefield.
The general said he aims to double the ability of the army to fight and kill by 2027 and to destroy an enemy force of at least three times their size by the end of the decade.
Mr O’Neill added: “Rapidly increasing lethality is most likely to be achieved through more effective use of what is currently available; the equipment and people are important, but training is as important for coalescing the components of capability and making them more than the sum of their individual parts.
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“The Strategic Defence Review, therefore, must ensure that when decisions are made about the capabilities the forces need, the requirement for access to realistic, demanding and predictably funded training is secured.
“If the job of armed forces in peacetime is to prepare for war, this will also deliver CDS’s demand for enhanced productivity, perhaps more so than their use in delivering peacetime services to the nation.”
A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: “The Strategic Defence Review will be wide-ranging, looking at the threats Britain faces and the capabilities we need to tackle them. This includes the approach to recruiting, training and retaining personnel who work to keep the UK safe.”