UK Must Boost Defense Spending to Be Ready for Greater Conflicts, Says Military Chief
British Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said that in his 35-year career, 'this is the most dangerous period that I have known.'
TL;DR
- UK's defense spending needs to increase to prepare for greater conflicts.
- Russian long-range activity has prompted NATO to scramble allied forces 700 times.
- Russia is probing, challenging, and testing defenses, "raising the stakes."
- The British Armed Forces must adapt from preparing for shorter, confined wars to readiness for potentially much greater, longer conflicts.
- The current period is described as the most dangerous in the Chief of Defence Staff's 35-year career.