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UDT 2018: Threat commonality dominates opening discussions

26th June 2018 - 13:14 GMT | by Richard Thomas in Glasgow

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The twin needs for naval services to meet the threats posed by an emergent Russia dominated the opening remarks at the UDT conference and exhibition in Glasgow.

Calls were made by serving UK officers to refocus in training its military personnel into a mindset more familiar with the peer-conflict threat of the Cold War, after decades of counter-insurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This need was brought into stark clarity in 2014 following the Russian annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the intervention into eastern Ukraine.

Describing Russian naval activity in areas such as the North Atlantic as having increased

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Richard Thomas is the Senior Editor, Naval at Shephard Media. Richard joined the company in …

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