The Richard Dimbleby Lecture: General Sir Mike Jackson - Defence Of The Realm In The 21st Century

BBC Press Release

I have entitled my lecture The Defence Of The Realm In The 21st Century as a way of taking stock: what may be demanded for the defence of the Realm in this uncertain century; and how ready we are for those demands - which will be of both mind and matter, and in my view more demanding of the former. We also need to be honest as to how well we are meeting these demands now. The questions are therefore: how, with what capabilities, by whom. My broad conclusions are that we could, indeed must, do better in this complex situation, faced as we are today by a determined and ruthless enemy. In particular, I will place considerable emphasis on how well this Realm might better provide for those whose duty it is to defend this Realm.