BLUF
Some key recommendations are:- moving to warfighting readiness, supporting defence as an engine for growth, NATO first, and UK innovation to be driven by lessons from Ukraine. A whole-of-society approach to national resilience.Learning Outcomes
- Understand the UK’s shift in deterrence and defence – The article highlights the urgency of the UK armed forces becoming fit for-purpose.
- Analyse technological change and innovation-Outlines the next-generation RAF, the new hybrid Navy, homeland air and missile defence, and local munitions production.
- Understand the focus on NATO-Examines first European hybrid airwings, laser directed energy and long-range weapons.
