Deep probe into the true state of our Britain's defence levels reveals the UK has been caught with its pants down - and Mad Vlad Putin knows it Putin knows we're not up to strength (Image: AFP via Getty Images)

Britain is “really unprepared” to fight a war, defence experts have said. Almost every defence secretary since the Cold War ended says the UK has been living on a “mirage” of military strength that was shocking to discover.

A deep probe into the true state of our true defence levels reveals the UK has been caught with its pants down - and Mad Vlad Putin knows it.

PM Sir Keir Starmer is under huge pressure to ramp up our weaponry fast. Tory Sir Ben Wallace, defence secretary from 2019 to 2023, says: “We’ve been living on a sort of mirage for so long.

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