Brits slammed as ‘pre-war era’ and advised to drag collectively for Russian WW3
The whole country needs to get ready for WW3, according to the British Army’s new Chief of General Staff.
General Sir Roland Walker described the UK population as a “pre-war generation” and urged us all to pull together for an upcoming battle with Russia. The top soldier also reiterated his predecessor’s calls for a citizen army.
He said: “Nations win wars, not armies and so this needs to be a discussion with allies, partners, academia, industry and technologists as well as the British Army and defence think-tank RUSI.”
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It comes after previous army chief General Sir Patrick Sanders warned the British public could be called up to fight if the UK goes to war as the military is too small. He told the government it would need to “mobilise the nation” in the event of war with Russia and “train and equip” a citizen army.
Sir Patrick also told them to be “clear-eyed” about the threat from Moscow, which he said was spending nearly 40% of public money on defence. He said: “Within the next three years, it must be credible to talk of a British Army of 120,000, folding in our reserve and strategic reserve. But that’s not enough.
“We need an Army designed to expand rapidly to enable the first echelon, resource the second echelon and train and equipped for a citizen army that must follow. Our friends in eastern and Northern Europe, who feel the proximity of the Russian threat more acutely, are already laying the foundations for national mobilisation.”
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Now Sir Roland has doubled down on the Soviet fears a week after a Nato military bigwig predicted war within 20 years.
He added: “Taking preparatory steps to enable us to place our societies on a war footing when needed are now not really desirable, but essential. We won’t be immune and as the pre-war generation, we’ve got to similarly prepare, and that is a whole nation undertaking.”
Sir Roland made the rallying cry in a video address ahead of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) warfare summit. He added: “This year’s conference is characterised by increasingly convergent and acute threats.
“Military strategy, deterrents and the use of force are critical components of how nations must respond. I look forward to a discussion about how we urgently develop and generate modernised land forces for this context, drawing lessons from wherever and anywhere we can find them.
“The opportunity to my mind is exploiting the promise of powerful technologies to make profound gains in our fighting power and lethality.”
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