Nick Carter, the outgoing British Chief of the Defense Staff, said Tuesday during a virtual discussion hosted by the Center for a New American Security think tank.
Carter said the AUKUS alliance also has other provisions, such as sharing technologies, that are meant to counter an increasingly assertive Beijing.
“Our rivals tend to see the global strategic context as a global struggle,” he said.Carter said of the HMS Queen Elizabeth deployment.
Carter said Russia and the challenge it poses along the Eurasian landmass remain Britain’s most acute security threat.
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“The side that is quickest is going to win,” he said.Carter said
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