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The British armed forces need to realise that the rules of war have changed, with enemies fighting our troops in a different way than in the past.

That’s according to General Sir David Richards, the head of the army, who will tell the International Institute of Strategic Affairs this evening that the way the country goes to battle needs thinking about.

Since the end of the Cold War, Britain has been in denial about the way battle is fought and he claims that more needs to be spent on high-tech cyber-defences, more troops and unmanned spy planes.

"People say I’m only talking about war with non-state actors. I’m not. I’m saying this is how even war between states is more likely to be fought in the future," he told the Sunday Times.

In other news, British troops are to receive brand new Sharpshooter rifles in the not-too-distant future, the Ministry of Defence has announced.

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