Growing threats, new weapons, more troops: key points of UK’s defence review

British soldiers in a Jackal armoured vehicle Photograph: US Army Photo/Alamy

A vision of what war between the UK and another state such as Russia would look like is sketched out briefly but starkly on a page of the strategic defence review.

Such a conflict could involve attacks on the armed forces in the UK and overseas, air and missile attacks on critical infrastructure, and sabotage and efforts to manipulate information and undermine social cohesion.