RAF chief’s chilling warning UK faces ‘multiplying threats’ | UK | News
The new president of the Royal Air Force is the “most dangerous” period of his 35 -year military career. Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth, Britain’s Battle of Ukraine and the “status quo reset” in the Middle East, referring to issues such as “multiple and multiplication threat” warned.
In his first speech as the Chief of Air Personnel, Air Chief Marshal Smyth said that the world has changed ”because England emphasized that the UK should be ready to meet new challenges. The upper military rice warned about new alliances, which have created and voiced a special concern about China and its increasingly prominent army. Speaking at the largest DSEI Weapon Fair in London, Marshal Smyth said: “Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are active in today’s battlefield, especially in the new field and cyber – learning, adaptation and cooperation.
“We must note the scenes of xi [Jinping]- [Vladimir] Putin, Kim Jong flour and [Masoud] In Beijing last week, Pezshkian exhibited China’s military power with a large goose -stepped soldiers and new weapons parade, including ‘Guam Killer’ missile, loyal wing men and even robotic wolves.
“A message open to the world – and undoubtedly offers a sales speech for new weapons, the difficulty we should not ignore.”
In a sharp warning, he added: “Our potential competitors do not stand still – in fact, a speed is approaching, military industrial complexes continue at full speed, and in time ours are still in peace mode – so there is a lot of work to be done and we cannot waste our time.”
The shelf chief’s comments on Thursday came a day after NATO warrior jets dropped three Russian planes on the Polish airspace, and the defense secretary John Healey condemned the attack as “reckless, unprecedented and dangerous”.
The other drones collapsed and later found in Poland, and NATO moved to strengthen the eastern wing.
Air Chief Marshal Smyth, “Ukraine, when both sides can not effectively control the air, reminds us what war is what the war: the dead, trench war and millions of lives were lost,” he said.
The highest-level officer also greeted the decision to purchase the F-35A fighter aircraft, which can carry tactical nuclear weapons, as mentioned in the strategic defense review of the UK.
“I would expect potential competitors to note this change.”
He said that his goal was to make the RAF “more agile, more integrated and more ready”.
