Modern warfare

The U.K.’s Top General Says Britain Is Already At War With Russia

There has been no formal declaration of war. No rockets landing on London or submarines sinking British ships. But Britain’s top military commander says Britain is at “at war every day” with Russia and other nations.
But Britain’s top military commander says Britain is at “at war every day” with Russia and other nations.
The weapons aren’t explosive but digital, the battlefield cyberspace instead of mud. But to General Sir Nick Carter, Chief of Defense Staff, the distinction has come obsolete.

“The changing character of warfare has exposed the distinctions that don’t exist any longer between peace and war,” Carter said during a speech at the Cliveden Literary conference. “I feel I am now at war, but it’s not a war in the way we would have defined it in the past. And that is because great power competition and the battle of ideas with non-state actors is threatening us on a daily basis.”

How Russia and China interpret international rules governing conflict threaten “the ethical and legal basis on which we apply the rule of armed conflict,” according to Carter. “Russia is much more of a threat today than it was five years ago. The character of warfare is evolving… there’s a debate we need to have about what does the future of warfare look like.”