THREATS TO UK WE MUST PREPARE FOR

HERE are the main threats facing Britain, according to the new National Security Strategy document...

- BY CHRIS HUGHES

NUKES

The document says: "The threat to the UK and our allies from nuclear weapons is once again growing.

"Tackling this challenge is likely to be more complex than it was even in the Cold War, with more states with more nuclear weapons, the further proliferation of nuclear and disruptive technology and the failure of international arms control arrangements to keep pace."

WAR

"Adversaries are laying the foundations for future conflict, positioning themselves to move quickly to cause major disruption to our energy and our supply chains, to deter us from standing up to their aggression.

"For the first time in many years, we have to actively prepare for the possibility of the UK homeland coming under direct threat, potentially in a wartime scenario.

"Warfare between major powers, an international security crisis, or a situation with multiple contingencies across different regions, is an active possibility.

"Tensions between India and Pakistan are reaching their highest levels for decades. We have seen direct military conflict between Israel and Iran.