According to the new Army Commander, Liten is facing that “moment of 1937” and must be prepared to act swiftly to prevent the spread of the war in Europe.
In a speech on Tuesday, General Patrick Sanders, Chief of Staff, would say he had never seen a clear threat to peace and democracy, such as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s “brutal aggression.”
General Sanders focuses on mobilizing troops to prevent the spread of war in Europe by “ready to fight and win NATO allies and partners” in the first public involvement since taking office. I say that I am guessing.
“I have been in uniform for years, like President Putin’s brutal attacks and his expansionist ambitions, such clarifications of sovereignty and democratic principles, and the freedom to live without fear of violence. I didn’t know the threat, “he said.
“This is our 1937 moment. We are not in war, but we must act swiftly so that we cannot contain the territorial expansion and get involved in the war.
“I will do my best to ensure that the British Army plays a role in avoiding war.”
He said he would prefer the status quo for World War II, and Britain was prepared to “act swiftly” so that it could not contain Russia’s expansionism and get involved in a full-scale conflict. He said he had to do it.
His latest warning in a speech to a conference hosted by the Royal United Services Institute think tank was issued after he wrote that all troops under his command had to be prepared to “fight again in Europe”. rice field.
At the same event, Defense Minister Ben Wallace is expected to make a new call for increased defense spending over the next few years to counter the growing threat.
His call was made as Prime Minister Boris Johnson was preparing to join other NATO leaders in Madrid and attend a summit that is expected to agree on the largest review of the Western military alliance since the end of the Cold War. I came.
Defense sources did not deny Wallace’s letter to Johnson asking him to raise his annual military budget from 2% of NATO’s current minimum GDP to 2.5% by 2028. ..
You can’t cyber your way across the river
“I will not comment on the alleged leak. The Secretary of Defense and the Prime Minister have always stated that the government will respond to changing threats, so in 2020 the Ministry of Defense received a record defense reconciliation.”
Liz Truss, NATO should focus on increasing resource deployment flexibility, using state-of-the-art technologies such as “hybrid warfare, migrant weaponization, and the use of cyberattacks”, and spending more on defense. Said that.
“2 percent needs to be on the floor, not on defense spending,” the Foreign Minister said in an interview with Die Welt, La Repubblica and El País.
Despite the recent focus on new features such as drones and cyber warfare, General Sanders said on Tuesday that the Army would remain important in any conflict, saying, “Cyber attacks across rivers. I can’t. “
In connection with the beginning of World War I, he would say, “This is not a rush to war at the speed of the 1914 railroad timetable.”
Instead, he said that deterring Russia was “from the general of the (Ministry of Defense) main building to the young lance corporal of the barracks, from the reserve army of weekend exercises, to the civil servants of the Army Council.”
In his speech, Wallace reiterates calling for increased investment in defense to respond to the changing international environment.
In March, the Secretary of Defense addressed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak prior to the spring statement, unless the Treasury invested more money, UK defense spending would fall below NATO’s minimum GDP of 2% by mid-2010. Warned.
“The Secretary of Defense is expected to emphasize that now that the threat has changed, the government must be prepared to invest to keep us safe,” the Secretary of Defense said.