Gen Sir Roly Walker says west faces ‘axis of uncertainty’ with increasing threats from Russia, China and Iran
Walker said he had ‘a bold ambition’ for the British army ‘to double our fighting power in three years and triple by the end of the decade’.Walker said he had ‘a bold ambition’ for the British army ‘to double our fighting power in three years and triple by the end of the decade’.
The army chief cited US assessments that China’s president, Xi Jinping, had asked for the country’s military to be ready to invade Taiwan in 2027 – as well as concerns that Iran could seek to break the nuclear deal that is intended to prevent it developing an atomic weapon while a war in“to double our fighting power in three years and triple by the end of the decade”, not with extra resources but by using technology and techniques developed on the battlefields of Ukraine, such as drones.
The army chief argued that “we are not on an inexorable path to war” but added that “what we do have is an absolute urgency to restore credible hard power in order to underwrite deterrence”, at a time when the new Labour government has just begun a strategic defence review after the election. While the Labour government has agreed to lift defence spending from the current level of 2.32% of GDP – £64.6bn – to 2.5%, it has not yet committed to a firm timetable. Ministers want to look at the country’s books before deciding what is possible, while the Conservatives previously committed to doing so by 2030.
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