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Helen Corbett

New command will counter ‘continual and intensifying’ cyber warfare, says Healey

Defence Secretary John Healey has announced the creation of a new cyber command (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government will set up a cyber command to counter a “continual and intensifying” level of cyber warfare as part of the strategic defence review, the Defence Secretary has announced.

It will also invest more than £1 billion into a new “digital targeting web” to be set up by 2027 to better connect weapons systems and allow battlefield decisions targeting enemy threats to be made and executed faster.

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