Is the UK prepared for a war?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In January, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warned the country is approaching a pre-war era and that in five years' time the UK could be looking at conflicts with Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
So, is the UK ready?
On the Sky News Daily, Tom Cheshire is joined by our security and defence editor Deborah Haynes, who has seen documents outlining the UK's preparedness for nuclear war, and asks former soldier and now defence policy expert, Robert Clark, what the military will need to do to prepare for war.
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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