'Britain must be ready for war in next three years'

BRITAIN has three years to gear up for war as Russia, China, Iran and North Korea form an -"axis of upheaval", the Army's new supremo has warned.

- Tara Fair Fair

In his first public speech, Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Roly Walker, said we had 'just enough time" to re-establish a credible land force to deter hostile nations from taking on the West.

He told the Royal United Services Institute's land warfare conference the UK was not on an 'inexorable path to war", but hard power must be restored to provide deterrence.