Britain's Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps gives a speech "setting out his vision for defending Britain and its allies in a more dangerous world" at Lancaster House.
Ministers will announce one of Britain’s largest troop deployments to Nato as Grant Shapps, the defence ­secretary, warns that the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have shaken the foundations of world order “to their core”.
In what will be Britain’s biggest land mobilisation to Nato in 40 years, 20,000 military personnel will be ­deployed from next month across ­eastern Europe as part of the exercise Steadfast ­Defender. They will be joined by one of the Royal Navy’s two new aircraft carriers, eight warships and the RAF’s F35 lightning attack ­aircraft, which will practise flying in simulated conflict ­scenarios.
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