Is the British Army training for the right fight? (Opinion)
In his keynote speech at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference in June, Gen Sir Patrick Sanders, Chief of the General Staff, said that from now on the British Army will have a single focus – to mobilise to meet today’s threat and thereby prevent war in Europe.
Now that the full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war is entering its sixth month, NATO allies are beginning to outline their European deterrence initiatives. As Shephard walked around the show floor at Eurosatory 2022 in Paris, there seemed to be a consensus within industry as to how the situation has changed defence requirements and projects in
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