Russia a ‘immediate’ threat, China a ‘sophisticated’ one: What warns against UK Defense Review

The Defense Review of the United Kingdom has warned Russia against “immediate and pressure” threat, meanwhile, China creates a “sophisticated and frequent challenge”. The Guardian reported that the strategic review of the government was concluded on Monday. A 130-Page document written by three advisors of the UK PM Kir Stmper also suggested a large-scale drawing on lessons from the war in Ukraine. While Russia was a central concern, the document also highlighted China, which has collaborated with Moscow many times. This recognized Iran and North Korea as small but important “regional disintegration”.According to the report, the UK was entering the “a new era of danger”, as drones, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies were changing the nature of the war more deeply than ever.The analysis is not expected to announce new defense spending commitments, but will confirm the February pledge of the Stamor to increase the defense budget by up to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 and to increase the defense budget by 3% in the following Parliament. However, the document is likely to support an increase in a major medium-term spending-the probably exceeds £ 50 billion-which may agree at the upcoming NATO summit in June. There, Western partners are considering the proposal to increase the core defense spending up to 3.5% of GDP by 2032, additional 1.5% is dedicated to cyber and infrastructure efforts, partially in response to the increasing pressure of US President Donald Trump.

It is also expected to address the British Army -shaped issue, as tension between the Ministry of Defense and the Treasury continues to be committed to increasing the troupe numbers beyond the current target of 73,000. The latest figures suggest that the army’s strength has fallen to 70,860 full-time trained troops by 1 April-its lowest level-back has dropped by 2.3% in a year since the era of Napoleon.Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also warned Indo-Pacific colleagues of a “imminent danger” from China, assuring them that they would not face military and economic pressure from the country alone.