GPMG has hit the nail on the head.
You could also argue that the types of Op that the Para deployable troops get into these days are beyond the reach of UK Plc. We have whittled our forces down so much, that it would need to be a 3rd World nation that we take on effectively with paratroops.
There does however, remain a vital place for highly trained and motivated infanteers. They provide a very workable pool of expertise to allow sufficient numbers to move through SF selection.
ALWAYS assume NEVER check
Ps. A very strange 1st post, with some pointed criticism, almost like a lazy journalist trolling for some easy column inches
