The exercise at the British Army Training Unit Suffield on the Alberta plain in Canada is to be scaled back as the army tries to make £1 billion of savings PAA military exercise that prepares British soldiers to fight an adversary such as Russia is under threat from a funding crisis in defence, The Times has learnt. Army sources said that the number of troops taking part in the annual training at a facility in Canada is to be reduced as the armed forces struggle to identify at least £1 billion a year over the next decade in extra savings to close a hole in the defence budget. Two senior military officers said that the gap between the funds earmarked for defence and the amount required to buy and support an array of ships, submarines and jets was “much worse” than £10 billion over ten years. One of the officers said that “no one knows”…

Source: The Times April 11, 2017 23:01 UTC