SpaceWar.com reports: “The new head of Britain’s armed forces warned on Monday that ‘more’ Britons will need to be ready to fight for their country due to an increasingly dangerous world.

Richard Knighton’s comments came as the UK’s new MI6 spy chief said separately that Russia had propelled the globe into an ‘age of uncertainty’.

‘The situation is more dangerous than I have known during my career and the response requires more than simply strengthening our armed forces,’ Knighton said in a speech.

‘A new era for defence doesn’t just mean our military and government stepping up — as we are — it means our whole nation stepping up.’

Knighton, chief of the defence staff since September, made his plea during an address at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a think tank specialising in defence.

He called for ‘national resilience’ in the face of a ‘growing’ risk to the UK from Russia, which has waged an almost four-year war on Ukraine since it launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022.

‘It means more people being ready to fight for their country,’ said Knighton, adding he wanted to contribute to a debate recently triggered by his French counterpart, Fabien Mandon, who said France must be ready to ‘lose its children’.

Knighton said while regular forces will grow, officials also envisage ‘a major increase’ in the number of active reserves and cadets…”