Only artificial intelligence can protect Britain, top general warns

The Government is still using a late 20th Century mindset when Britain chose to intervene in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. "But in 2010, the world began to change," he said. Britain dropped the ball on state competitors, leading to a failure to keep up with Russian and Chinese military technology." He pointed to a defence programme which "isn't enough to allow Britain to make an independent contribution within Nato or any other coalition. "We can't afford even to pay for the things we've kept, and we choose not to see that the list ignores things the Armed Forces knows it will need to go to war at a state level.