The British military is using the war as 'battle laboratory' according to the outgoing defence secretary, Ben Wallace
The defence secretary is set to unveil a refreshed blueprint for the shape and size of the Armed Forces on Tuesday - drawn up in the wake ofBut the Defence Command Paper 2023 Refresh will not include any new money even after mounting concern among some commanders about the need to accelerate plans to rebuild and modernise the army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force following decades of cuts.
Admiral Radakin, chief of the defence staff, said the war in Ukraine was"a wake-up call for us to be faster with our acquisition, to be more bold with the kit that we introduce - particularly when we're in a technological race - to be more aggressive in terms of how we look after our own nation and to strengthen our resilience".Defence Minister Ben Wallace says he will stand down at the next election.
Asked about what the UK was learning from examining captured Russian military vehicles from Ukraine, Admiral Radakin said:"It's really important because we're in a club of nations that when we get hold of Russian kit or other nations' kit that might be a danger to us in the future, we share that knowledge."
He said:"But we also have the scientists that unpick the detail that another nation might have to a really forensic level, and that helps us to understand: how does their equipment work? How can we defeat it? How can we have even better armour? How can we disrupt their communications? How can we ensure that we can penetrate their defences?The defence chief and Mr Wallace were speaking at Wellington Barracks in London at an event to discuss the command paper.
Both men were stood outside near to a large, beige-coloured military vehicle, fitted with a launchpad for anti-tank missiles that previously had only been fired from aircraft.Read more:
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