Predictable bollox from NuLabour.
When Old Labour (Harold Wilson) was in charge of our armed forces I found myself issued with a Lee Enfield Rifle with a manufactured date of 1945 on it. I was handed three rounds of ammunition (bullets to youse lot) and told to guard a section of the outer perimeter of an RAF base in what was then Aden.
Every hour, on the hour, the Orderly Officer came round to check that I was (i) still alive and (ii) that I still had 3 rounds. One in the rifle and one in each of the breast pockets of my shirt. The base was regularly attacked by Arab insurgents, often at night. I was very pleased to see the sun come up.
Airfield defence was obviously something we were all trained in and that training included regular sessions on the firing ranges. Wilson's Government cut backs meant that we were permitted to shoot 5 live rounds per year in training. We were literally reduced to shouting BANG!