“The UK’s Shrinking Army Is Conducting Secretive Deployments in 51 Countries”

by Iain Overton in The Byline Times

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“The MoD sent 612 reservists abroad last year to 51 countries – including states with no declared UK mission”

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/12/09/the-uks-shrinking-army-is-conducting-secretive-deployments-in-51-countries/

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The UK's Shrinking Army Is Conducting Secretive Deployments in 51 Countries

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US manufacturing keeps slowing - eighth straight months Suppliers taking longer to deliver materials to factories due to import taxes (aka trump's tariffs). #contraction #uspoli

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We keep hearing so much about “growth”

Do we really know what growth actually means?

We’ve been told it’s about acquiring and expanding.

But what if it’s really about 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘂𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘂𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?

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