Watch out for spies on the doorstep, MPs urge
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 9 – MPs call for coordinated efforts across society to counter covert actions like cyber attacks and propaganda by hostile states, urging increased defence funding to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.
- MPs recommended deploying extra military assets to the Baltic area for prolonged durations to strengthen deterrence and improve responsiveness to grey zone challenges.
- This proposal follows warnings that adversaries, particularly Russia, have blurred peace and war lines and already conduct grey zone attacks signaling an existential struggle.
- Grey zone threats include cyber attacks, sabotage, propaganda, and espionage that target critical infrastructure and the whole of society, requiring a unified response.
- Committee chairman Tan Dhesi highlighted that hostile actors intentionally operate in the ambiguous space between peace and conflict, emphasizing the need to safeguard undersea cables and improve digital expertise.
- The committee urged increased defence funding to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 to address grey zone threats alongside conventional military challenges, stressing whole-of-society engagement.
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