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UK Revamps War Plans Amid Rising Threats from Russia

The UK is overhauling its national defence strategy for the first time in two decades, prompted by growing concerns over the country’s vulnerability to both conventional and cyber attacks—particularly from Russia.

For the first time since 2005, senior officials have been directed to revise the UK's “homeland defence plan,” a classified set of procedures detailing how the government would respond to a direct military assault. The move comes amid an escalating threat environment, with Moscow repeatedly issuing warnings over Britain’s support for Ukraine and ramping up cyber operations targeting UK infrastructure.

Key elements of the revised plan include the evacuation of the Royal Family, national emergency broadcasts, and large-scale stockpiling of essential resources such as food and construction materials. There are also plans to prepare the public for missile strikes, including guidance on sheltering.

Officials have expressed serious concerns about the UK’s readiness to defend against modern threats, including missile strikes—both conventional and nuclear—targeting critical infrastructure such as undersea internet cables, energy terminals, and major transportation hubs. According to The Telegraph, the updated homeland defence strategy will outline specific actions to be taken in the immediate aftermath of an attack.

The Cabinet Office’s Resilience Directorate is leading the overhaul. The plan will specify how the Prime Minister would manage a wartime government and maintain the continuity of key services such as the judiciary, transport systems, postal services, and telecommunications.

Senior defence figures have raised alarms over the UK's insufficient ground-based air defence capabilities, with some advocating for an Iron Dome-style system similar to that used by Israel. This comes as adversaries like Russia and China have developed hypersonic missiles capable of travelling at speeds up to Mach 10, making them harder to intercept with current defence technologies.

A senior RAF official recently disclosed that if the UK had been targeted in the same way Ukraine was during the first night of the 2022 invasion, much of the country’s vital infrastructure could have been devastated.

Under the new framework, the UK would be divided into 12 emergency zones, each managed by a cabinet minister alongside senior military leaders and police chiefs vested with special authority. The BBC would be instructed to issue official guidance and updates to the public.

Much of the updated planning is inspired by the Cold War-era "War Book," a once-secret manual outlining how Britain would respond to nuclear conflict. Declassified documents from the War Book revealed that the Prime Minister would be relocated to a secure bunker in the Cotswolds, while Queen Elizabeth II would have been evacuated via the Royal Yacht.

Labour leader Keir Starmer has committed to increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP during this parliament, with a target of 3% in the next.

The Ministry of Defence is currently finalizing a Strategic Defence Review (SDR), aimed at evaluating the current state of the armed forces and identifying critical capability shortfalls.