Army chief lays out plan for autonomy in future warfare with ambitions to 'strike deep, defend forward and build stronger'

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Britain's army chief will lay out plans for greater autonomy in future warfare with ambitions to "strike deep, defend forward and build stronger".

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Chief of the General Staff Sir Roly Walker will say in a speech the military is hoping to invest in more uncrewed systems, use AI and other technologies to gain a greater advantage on the battlefield.

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Planning to speak at a conference hosted by the Royal United Services Institute, General Walker will argue it is armies that "decide outcomes" in war and will continue to do so.

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He will say: "Only armies seize and hold ground, and only armies remain when wars end.

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And the deeper change is cultural, not just technological."The UK army is at its smallest size since the Napoleonic era.Historical records show that at the start of the Napoleonic Wars in 1792, the UK...

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