Artificial intelligence and cyber capabilities have formed part of the government's integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy. In his speech announcing the defence review, defence secretary Ben Wallace described the need for a "digital backbone" based on data sharing using cloud technologies. "The lessons of current conflict demonstrate that however capable individual forces may be, they are vulnerable without integration," he said Wallace said warfare has changed and that there is a need for the UK to adapt its armed forces to cope with new, non-traditional threats. "While I know some colleagues would rather play Top Trumps with our force numbers, there is no point boasting about numbers of regiments when you send them to war in Snatch Land Rovers, or simply counting the number of tanks when our adversaries are developing ways to defeat them. "That is why we have put at the heart of the Defence Command Paper the mission to seek out and to understand future threats, and to invest in the capabilities needed so that we can defeat them," he said. "Because in defence it is too tempting to use the shield of sentimentality to protect previously battle-winning but now outdated capabilities.

Ben Wallace, the UK's Secretary of Defence, went on record to explain the Defense Command Paper, emphasising reducing the human element while reinforcing defences. This was proposed to be done with the aid of artificial intelligence. While deploying a defence review, the Secretary of Defence highlighted the necessity for a "digital backbone" that can be established by sharing data over cloud technologies. Orating a speech, Ben Wallace also pointed out that it's understandable to focus on the number supporting the defence forces, but that also means deploying them at war zones with "Snatch Land Rovers" and tanks. However, on the other hand, the enemy is already advanced and has developed new ways to tackle such elements.