"Putin will be very dangerous": there is three years in the UK to prepare for war - Walker
The British military commander stressed that the war is not inevitable and there is enough time in the army to prepare and avoid conflict. At the same time, Walker is convinced that the danger comes from the so -called "axis of disorder", which includes angry Russia, China and Iran. He mentioned the leadership of the Russian Federation separately, and in particular, President Vladimir Putin, who, according to General, will be "very, very dangerous.
" The fact is that no matter how the Russian-Ukrainian war ends, Moscow wants to take revenge on the event for the support of Ukraine. "It doesn't matter what it will end. I think Russia will come out of the conflict, perhaps weaker or completely weakened, but still very, very dangerous and so that they want to take revenge in some form for what we did to help Ukraine ", - said Walker.
"The bottom line is that if you think they are declining, they will return with a roar to take revenge," the general added. As for other threats, according to Walker, China will be aimed at Taiwan with the intention of returning him, and Iran will probably seek to create nuclear weapons. Based on this, the main task of the British army is to do the doubling of combat capacity by 2027 and to triple it by the end of the decade.
Although Walker did not call for additional financing of the army, he believes that the British army should be quickly modernized, focusing on technologies such as artificial intelligence. Recall that the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Alexander Sirsky in an interview with the British edition of The Guardian said that Russia on the battlefield has a numerical advantage in live power and technology. When it comes to the equipment, the commander said, one to two or three in their favor.