worldUpdated: Sep 13, 2020 16:39 ISTIn a rare media interaction, the chief of Britain’s Defence Intelligence (DI) on Sunday identified China and Russia as key adversaries challenging the existing world order without promoting direct conflict, and operating in the expanding grey zone between war and peacetime. Lt Gen Jim Hockenhull said the United Kingdom’s adversaries are developing new ways of operating, backed up by cutting-edge military capabilities that leverage advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. “As we have seen in Salisbury, hostile states are willing to take incredible risks. Officials said DI is traditionally more comfortable in the shadows, but it has been brought to the fore by recent developments. It is tasked with watching for global instability, tracking threats to the UK and monitoring human rights violations, and shaping the UK government’s approach to emerging threats and supporting UK forces deployed across the globe.

Source: Hindustan Times September 13, 2020 11:10 UTC