"High-end gas-powered airsoft rifles can be purchased for as little at £250 and upwards of £1,700 online in the UK."
For once, a press piece is actually (semi) accurate with some details.
But TBH, i would like to think airsofters over the age of 23 are switched on enough to know that these are toys, and military life is more than just shooting people. And the 95% of the rest wouldn't pass the fitness or aptitude tests.