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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tom Watling

UK armed forces chief warns world on brink of third nuclear age

Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin says the world is at the dawn of a new nuclear age (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Wire)

Britain is on the precipice of a “third nuclear age” in which it must face down multiple threats, the head of the armed forces has warned.

In an annual address at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) defence think tank in London, chief of the defence staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said Britain and its western allies were facing “wild threats” from the alliance of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.

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