“It is clear to me that we face a convergence of threats. And that time is not on our side. Russia, rearming and restocking, will continue to contest Euro-Atlantic security. Within a few years the Chinese could seek to realise their ambitions militarily over Taiwan. Iran, with deepening investment in nuclear weapons, conventional weaponry and its axis of resistance, will continue to divide its region. And North Korea’s leader shows an undiminished appetite to sustain the militarisation of the Korean peninsula. All are dangerous individually, but as they converge at pace and scale, they could present an acute strategic threat from as early as 2027. This demands that we accelerate modernisation to meet a sharper timeline.” – General Sir Roly Walker, Chief of the General Staff on the British Army’s ‘need for speed’.

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