The UK has to “actively prepare” for the potential of a “wartime scenario” on the “UK homeland” a government review has warned.
Published today, the National Security Strategy said it was “the first time in many years” that such an event has had to be considered.
It comes as Sky News recently explored what a Russian attack on Britain looked like in its The Wargame podcast.
The review highlighted Russia and Iran as potential threats, including saying that the latter’s “hostile activity” on British soil is increasing in an effort to “silence critics” as well as “directly threatening the UK”.
It added: “Meanwhile, some adversaries are laying the foundations for future conflict, positioning themselves to move quickly to cause major disruption to our energy and or supply chains, to deter us from standing up to their aggression.”
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