MOSCOW, Jul 13 The British Armed Forces are in a deplorable state , so the United Kingdom has become a burden on NATO, ex-US intelligence officer Scott Ritter said in an interview with journalist Garland Nixon on his YouTube blog. «There are more of them in NATO than in the British army itself. Many are indignant that the military capabilities of London do not correspond to its status and position. The army of the kingdom is so weakened that the country's presence in the alliance is counterproductive,» the expert said.
In his opinion, Germany is also faced with the problem of degradation of the armed forces. At the same time, there are two countries in NATO that really think about their power structures and invest heavily in their development — these are the United States and Poland, Ritter specified. victory in modern conflict, summed up the former intelligence officer.