Forces not ready for missions - MoD

The Armed Forces are unable to meet the Government's "readiness" target for mounting further military missions due to the continuing pressure of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has warned.

In its latest assessment of its Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets set by the Government, the MoD also acknowledged that the forces were struggling to meet their designated manning levels.

Under the PSA, the MoD is supposed to be able to generate forces which can be "deployed, sustained and recovered at the scales of effort required to meet the Government's strategic objectives".

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