Britain must be ready for war in three years, says Army chief The General Chief of Staff has said Britain must be able to 'deter or fight a war in three years' - Dstl/SWNS Britain must be ready to fight a major war in three years, the new head of the Army has said, as he warned Russia will seek revenge on the West for aiding Ukraine. General Sir Roly Walker, Chief of the General Staff, said the Army needed to rapidly modernise to double its ability to kill the enemy by 2027 and triple it by the end of...