Multiple conflicts and wars are making our world more unstable and threatening.

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Russian ships skirted our shores with submarine incursions whilst eyes were drawn to the conflict in the Middle East, which itself remains a tinderbox.

The conflict in Ukraine grinds on, Russia has now spent more time fighting Ukraine than the Soviet Union was at war with Nazi Germany.

Any of these disparate clashes and incursions could drag Britain into a conflict, if that happened are we ready for it? Lord George Robertson, former Nato secretary-general and author of the government’s strategic defence review (SDR), does not believe so, stating recently that "We are underprepared. We are underinsured. We are under attack. We are not safe... Britain's national security and safety is in peril."

I believe we have highly skilled armed forces who are prepared for conflict, enabling us to........

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