General Sir Patrick Sanders' Opening Keynote Speech | RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2023 #LWC23

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General Sir Patrick Sanders' Keynote Speech from Day One of the 22nd Annual RUSI Land Warfare Conference, Monday 26 June 2023. Access full conference sessions: https://rusi.org/events/martial-power-conferences/rusi-land-warfare-conference-2023 RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2023 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the outcome of the war will determine the terms of European security for years to come. There is therefore an acute and strategic need to determine what should underpin the continent’s security and how NATO allies must mobilise to deliver upon that vision. At the same time, the capabilities employed in Ukraine have indicated the extent of the changes in land warfare that are on the horizon. The fidelity of stand-off sensors and the evaporation of rear area security pose far-reaching challenges to established concepts of operation. How armies ensure that they are modernising to be prepared for the next fight, rather than the last, must drive priorities in investment and experimentation, for the next fight may not be in Europe and may impose very different quandaries. Land Warfare Conference 2023, run in partnership between the Royal United Services Institute and the British Army’s Chief of the General Staff, aims to bring together the land forces community from across the UK’s partners and allies worldwide to address the conceptual challenges of the future. This year’s conference focuses on the lessons from Ukraine, the future demands placed on alliance members through NATO, the requirements for a future force, and how the military can recruit the right talent and build an appropriate relationship with the defence industry to deliver it. The conference explores how armies must mobilise not just to win the fight today but to secure tomorrow.