Attempts by China, Russia to Undermine Britain Risk Igniting War, UK Defence Experts Warn

Action is needed to counter 'unconvential warfare' attacks

Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen. Sir Nick Carter, visits Number 10 Downing Street in London on March 5, 2020. Peter Summers/Getty Images

If “unconventional warfare” attacks on Britain from hostile adversaries such as China and Russia are not kept in check, this could lead to a conventional war, the head of the UK’s armed forces said.

Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Nick Carter made the comments in a new Sky News podcast, “Into the Grey Zone,” published on Sunday, describing how there’s a risk a shooting war could be triggered by the “significant amount of activity which is below the threshold of what we would [normally] call war.”