Britain revises the reform of the army against the backdrop of the invasion of the Russian Federation: militarization and rise in costs

The government plans to increase the cost of the army to 3% of GDP by 2030. In monetary terms, it is an additional 157 billion pounds over eight years. British Prime Minister Liz TRASS announced a revision of the Royal Armed Forces reform plan through the invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. About it reports Defense News. By the end of 2022, the Government's plans to consider the defense and security reform, which is presented as the largest of the Cold War.

He was introduced in March 2021. "The updated strategy will provide us with strategic potential and alliances needed to firmly withstand compulsion from authoritarian states such as Russia and China," the government said. Liz TRASS stated that the Defense Ministry's budget will increase to 3% by 2030. According to the Deputy Director of the Royal United Services Institute in London Malcolm Chalmerz, an additional 157 billion pounds over the next 8 years will be required in real expression.

He also added that such costs will need to expand the army staff by 25-30%. The total number of regular staff can increase from 148 thousand to about 190 thousand. The last number of military in the United Kingdom was in 2010. The updated document is expected to consider the refusal to reduce the number of British Army staff from 82 to 72,500, as envisaged in the initial reform version. We will remind that in the UK it is planned to allocate at least $ 2. 3 billion for the Armed Forces in 2023.