Britain faces a new reality: neither at war nor at peace, requiring adaptation in strategy, procurement, and personnel investment to meet evolving threats.
We aren’t at war, but we aren’t at peace
Defence Minister Luke Pollard emphasized this challenge at a Labour Party Conference event, citing the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) outdated peacetime operations. The MoD reported 80,000 attacks from state actors over the past two years.
Author's summary: UK defence faces new challenges.