 If there is a war, Britain will endure for five days. The British armed forces will be able to last about five days in a war situation due to the depletion of military supplies. This was reported by the Financial Times with reference to Tobias Elwood, the head of the Defence Committee of the Great Britain Parliament. High inflation and the cost of replacing equipment sent to Ukraine has created a truly grim picture and has seriously depleted military supplies, the FT quoted Elwood as saying. According to Elwood, the army is facing a massive shortage of surface-to-air and anti-tank missiles, two of the most supplied arms to Ukraine from the United Kingdom. I'm very concerned that the message coming out of the Treasury is indicating that we must brace ourselves for further real-terms cuts because inflation is rising, he said. This comes amid an increase in lobbying for more military spending in London with defence officials discussing cost-cutting measures. Meanwhile, the condition of the British army has become a domestic political issue with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, a prominent lobbyist for increased military spending, telling Parliament earlier in the month that the United Kingdom hollowed out and underfunded its forces. The Ministry of Defence, however, has dismissed the claims that the UK army has grown meager, stressing that these are speculative rumours which always circulate before a budget and even more so in the run-up to the Integrated Review. We don't comment on speculation.