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UK Likely Can’t Fight Past One Week Amid Humiliating Weapons Shortage, Ex-Officer Warns
While the United States ramps up its missile production, the current British stockpile will hardly last over a week according to retired British Army Colonel Richard Kemp. In an op-ed for The Telegraph, Kemp wrote the…
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About Richard Kemp
Richard Justin Kemp is a retired British Army officer who served from 1977 to 2006. Kemp was an infantry battalion commanding officer. Among his assignments were the command of Operation Fingal in Afghanistan from July to November 2003. After retiring Kemp co-wrote Attack State Red with Chris Hughes, an account of the 2007 Afghanistan campaign undertaken by the Royal Anglian Regiment, documenting their initial deployment.
Everything about Richard Kemp →- Occupation
- military historian, military personnel
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- April 20, 1959, April 14, 1959
- Website
- http://richard-kemp.com/