Source: News Week
By Tom Porter
Russia poses a greater threat to U.K. security than the militant groups Islamic State and al Qaeda, warned the new commander of the British Army.
General Mark Carleton-Smith was appointed chief of the U.K’s general staff in June—and in his first interview since the appointment had a stark warning about Russia’s military capacity.
“Russia today indisputably represents a far greater threat to our national security than Islamic extremist threats such as al-Qaeda and Isil,” he told British daily The Daily Telegraph, using one of the acronyms for the militant group known as the Islamic State.
“Russia has demonstrated that it is prepared to use military force to secure and expand its own national interests.”
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