New Delhi: Even as Europe goes through a major churn by ramping up defence investment to beef up security in the region in response to the Russia-Ukraine war, the British Army is facing a sharp manpower decline that has sent the government scrambling for solutions.

Such is the manpower crisis that serving personnel are forced to stay on the field far longer than ideal rotation norms allow.

UK parliamentary data published last year paints a stark picture: the Royal Navy met only 60 percent of its recruitment target, the British Army 63 percent, and the Royal Air Force (RAF) roughly 70 percent. Show Full Article

In a bid to reverse the slide, the British military is trying everything it can to attract young recruits.

One of the more unusual measures has been the army’s appearance in mi

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