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Related: About this forumPost-Brexit UK ready to use "hard power" - defence minister
Source: Reuters
BREXIT FEBRUARY 10, 2019 / 7:18 PM / UPDATED 11 MINUTES AGO
Post-Brexit UK ready to use "hard power" - defence minister
William James
4 MIN READ
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will use military force to support its interests after Brexit, defence minister Gavin Williamson said on Monday, in a speech setting out a global role for the armed forces but with little detail on how to fund such ambitions in the long term.
Williamson outlined plans to send Britains new aircraft carrier to the Pacific, where London has been seeking to demonstrate its influence in relation to China, and invest his defence budget in new equipment and cyber capabilities.
Citing Russia as a danger to the international order, Williamson called for a tougher military stance after Brexit.
Brexit has brought us to a great moment in our history. A moment when we must strengthen our global presence, enhance our lethality, and increase our mass, he said.
He said boundaries between peace and war were becoming blurred by the increasing use of technological warfare, subversion and propaganda, and that Britain and its allies had to be ready to use hard power to support our global interests.
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Post-Brexit UK ready to use "hard power" - defence minister
William James
4 MIN READ
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will use military force to support its interests after Brexit, defence minister Gavin Williamson said on Monday, in a speech setting out a global role for the armed forces but with little detail on how to fund such ambitions in the long term.
Williamson outlined plans to send Britains new aircraft carrier to the Pacific, where London has been seeking to demonstrate its influence in relation to China, and invest his defence budget in new equipment and cyber capabilities.
Citing Russia as a danger to the international order, Williamson called for a tougher military stance after Brexit.
Brexit has brought us to a great moment in our history. A moment when we must strengthen our global presence, enhance our lethality, and increase our mass, he said.
He said boundaries between peace and war were becoming blurred by the increasing use of technological warfare, subversion and propaganda, and that Britain and its allies had to be ready to use hard power to support our global interests.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-defence/post-brexit-uk-ready-to-use-hard-power-defence-minister-idUSKCN1Q000J
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Post-Brexit UK ready to use "hard power" - defence minister (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2019
OP
For the six cows who will be left after all the banks go to Frankfurt and Dublin.
Pope George Ringo II
Feb 2019
#5
comradebillyboy
(10,119 posts)1. What? Does he want to reconquer India?
Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)2. India, half of Africa, Hong Kong, Malaya, whatever it takes.
To the extent that Brexit isn't about keeping brown people out of England, it's about living in the 19th Century.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)3. ... And it's about making sure that UK can still maintain
the City of London and its international tax-evading tax haven status.
Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)5. For the six cows who will be left after all the banks go to Frankfurt and Dublin.
London's days as a financial center are about to be brutalised.
soryang
(3,299 posts)4. Defence Secretary's brain absent without leave
The defence secretarys big talk about boosting the UKs global presence and hard power proves hes lost touch with reality
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/11/gavin-williamson-defence-policy-uk