New era of threat demands new era of UK defence, minister says after spending plans unveiled - latest

Review marks dramatic change in how army will fight in future

The review marks a dramatic change in the way the armed forces will fight in the future - with drones, software and artificial intelligence. There'll still be heavy metal, like tanks, fighter jets and warships, but working more alongside autonomous systems.

One of the review's authors, Gen Richard Barrons, described it as the greatest transformation in the armed forces in more than 150 years.

The war in Ukraine has already shown that technology is changing the way war is fought. It's that war, on European soil, which has highlighted the rising threats and the need to invest more in defence and innovate faster.

It has also underlined the need for what the report calls “a whole of society” approach. The armed forces are only as strong as the society and industry that stands behind it.