Yes, without a shadow of a doubt. Number are nothing the British Soilder goes through more training than any other. The Pakistanit Military spends less than most European Nations. Britain has more and better Nuclear Weapons, State of the art technology in all fields and the second highest ability to project power after the USA Army. Compared to UK,USA,FRANCE,GERMANY,RUSSIA,CHINA,TURKEY and many others Pakistan is nothing. It has a terrible Economy and any 1st world nation could destroy it. Britain could destroy it with a simple Nuclear Missle Launch, not one missle obviously, Pakistan has poverty problems and all in all Britain has the best trained soilders in the world.
Well well, there is much more to war strategy than what you think. While being nationalistic or even to an extent over-nationalistic is good, but doe not make an army the best or the proverbial number 1 in the world.
No denying fact that UK is a developed country will high levels of industrialisation and standards of living, it becomes irrelevant while fighting and winning wars.
Time has poved to the world the utter failure to "manage" things in Afghanistan and Iraq, by the NATO and allied forces which includes the largest number of British troops apart from American troops.
As our Pakistani friends would agree it is a completely different ball game here in the sub continent and whatever be the level of training and pedigree of soldiers it is impossible to wage war here and get out scot free.
More than that it is the question of asking yourself if the risk is worth the gain. Superior forces, large economies and great standards of living can help you during war as also large petroleum reserves, it hardly makes you a winner.
From the Indian perpective, I can tell you apart from the regular trainings conducted for the Indian army there are a few which is unmatched in the world.
I ask the members here if they can provide similar/comparable training infrastructure to their respective armies be it the Untied States or the UK or Israel or Turkey as is given by the Indian army as follows:
a) Parvat Ghatak - Run by Tezpur based IV Corps - Indian Army's High Altitude Mountain Warfare School (Near Tawang - Arunacal Pradesh/ Altitude - 15,000 Feet
b) High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) is located near Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, estb 1949
c) Counterinsurgency and Jungle Warfare School (Vairengte, Mizoram)
These institutes are just one of their respective kinds and have drawn the interest of western powers who regularly send requests to the GoI to let their soldiers trained in these institutions.
I am sure the Pakistani members can share the capabilities of the PA who are countering the IA at Siachen....which is just the highest battlefield in the world !!!
Siachen for western armies is just beyond imagination and recourse...
Today's war is more physical than ever before, and only the toughest and best can win.
