UK to gather defense CEOs for ‘closed-door’ Russian security briefing

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BELFAST — The UK says it will convene secretive meetings with CEOs from the defense and critical infrastructure industries to address “threats posed by Russia.”

In a joint statement on Friday, Britain’s Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office said that armed forces minister Louise Sandher-Jones will chair one “threat briefing” with local defense companies and security minister Dan Jarvis is to lead another for critical infrastructure groups.

The briefings will “draw on world class intelligence capabilities” and take place in government buildings in Whitehall, London, though the statement does not include any specific timeframe.

“Russia poses an enduring and significant threat to the UK and its interests around the world,” the announcement warns. “The state and its proxies knowingly seek to disrupt businesses and organisations that underpin the British way of life or are vital to the defence of Ukraine.”

Moscow is employing “tactics like cyber attacks, sabotage and disinformation to take organisations offline, disrupt activity, and weaken trust.”

The focus on such underhand methods follows a Danish intelligence report forecast that alleged that in the near term, Russia will carry out hybrid attacks at a greater frequency against NATO member states.

Russia has generally dismissed the allegations of sabotage as Western provocation. The Russian Embassy in Denmark said in response to the Danish report that it was not the “first time” Copenhagen had “asserted the growth of ‘hybrid threats’ from our side, inventing scenarios of Russian aggression against NATO countries to justify rapid militarization.”

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A spokesperson for ADS, a trade body representing UK aerospace, defense, security and space companies, told Breaking Defense today that the “threats facing our sectors are not new, but they are becoming increasingly visible. … In an age of hybrid warfare, we need a security posture that addresses the very real, multidimensional threat.”

Beyond the briefings, the spokesperson said that “clarity is required” from the government on when it will meet NATO’s 1.5 percent GDP target on security and critical national infrastructure.

Earlier this month , a UK man was accused in British court of planning to “torch” UK drone factory’s on Moscow’s behalf. The man was charged with “assisting a foreign intelligence service and intending to commit or engage in conduct to prepare an act of sabotage, ” based on alleged communications with another individual suspected of links to the GRU Volunteer Corps, controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency, according to a CPS statement.

The man is “accused of researching four drone manufacturing sites” in the town of Swindon, England, per a BBC report .

Beyond their use in the British military, UK-made drones are also supplied to Ukraine as part of the country’s deep strike campaign , targeting long range Russian targets.

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贝尔法斯特——英国表示，将与国防和关键基础设施行业的首席执行官们举行秘密会议，以应对“俄罗斯构成的威胁”。

英国国防部和内阁办公室周五发表联合声明称，武装部队部长路易丝·桑德尔-琼斯将主持一次与当地国防公司的“威胁简报会”，安全部长丹·贾维斯将主持另一次与关键基础设施集团的简报会。

简报会将“利用世界一流的情报能力”，并在伦敦白厅的政府大楼举行，但声明中没有提及任何具体的时间安排。

声明警告称：“俄罗斯对英国及其在全球的利益构成持续而重大的威胁。该国及其代理人蓄意破坏那些支撑英国生活方式或对乌克兰国防至关重要的企业和组织。”

莫斯科正在采用“网络攻击、破坏和散布虚假信息等手段，使组织机构离线、扰乱活动并削弱信任”。

丹麦情报部门的一份报告预测，俄罗斯将在近期内更频繁地对北约成员国发动混合攻击，因此，对这些不正当手段的关注应运而生。

俄罗斯通常将破坏指控斥为西方挑衅。俄罗斯驻丹麦大使馆在回应丹麦方面的报道时表示，这并非哥本哈根“第一次”声称“混合威胁”日益增长，并“捏造俄罗斯侵略北约国家的情景，以此为快速军事化辩护”。

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除了对外销售，拉斐尔的模式还实现了技术转让和本地工程，并为北约合作伙伴提供了一个模板。

代表英国航空航天、国防、安全和航天公司的行业协会ADS的一位发言人今天告诉《防务新闻》，“我们行业面临的威胁并非新鲜事，但它们正变得越来越明显……在混合战争时代，我们需要一种能够应对这种真实存在的多维威胁的安全态势。”

除了简报之外，发言人还表示，政府需要“明确说明”何时才能达到北约设定的将国内生产总值 (GDP) 的 1.5% 用于安全和关键国家基础设施的目标。

本月初，一名英国男子在英国法庭被指控受莫斯科指使，计划“纵火焚烧”英国无人机工厂。据英国皇家检控署（CPS）声明，该男子被控“协助外国情报机构并意图实施或参与破坏行为”，指控依据是他涉嫌与另一名被怀疑与俄罗斯军事情报机构格鲁乌（GRU）志愿兵团有关联的人员进行过通信。

据英国广播公司 (BBC) 报道，该男子“被指控在英国斯温顿镇调查了四个无人机制造厂”。

除了在英国军队中使用外，英国制造的无人机还被提供给乌克兰，作为该国纵深打击行动的一部分，用于打击俄罗斯的远程目标。