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He noted that the government should take into account the lessons of the war in Ukraine, where the strength of the army depends on the strength of industry.
Defense Secretary John Gealy said Britain's enemies should know the country is capable of rapid innovation. He made the announcement during the presentation of the Defense Industrial Strategy, which aims to strengthen the UK's defense sector.
He announced that the Department of Defense would conduct a "war game" on how the military would maintain arms supplies during a conflict. The Telegraph writes that defense companies will be involved in the exercises for the first time.
“The adversaries must know that we have an industry capable of producing and refurbishing the equipment our troops need; that we have the scientific and technical base to ensure that we can provide advanced capabilities; and that we are capable of innovating in wartime if we face conflict," he said.
Concerns are growing about how much stock Britain has left in warehouses after it transferred so much military equipment to Kyiv. In September, Luke Pollard, the defense secretary, warned that Britain had "exhausted its own stockpile" to continue arming Ukraine.
However, the head of defense technology company QinetiQ said earlier this year that Western countries were taking steps to put their armed forces on military alert for the first time in decades due to the war in Ukraine, concerns about China's ambitions in the Pacific and the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas.
"We need industry to work together with government, and that is at the heart of the new defense industrial strategy," Ghiley added.
