 Prepare for war with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, UK Defence Minister. British Defence Minister Grant Schapps has predicted a global conflict between the West and Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea within five years. Schapps has called on Britain's allies to increase their military spending in response to this so-called existential threat. In his first speech as Defence Chief, Schapps described the UK as a leading global military power, citing the country's record $63 billion defence budget, its recent airstrikes on Houthi forces in Yemen and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's announcement of a $3.2 billion military aid package for Ukraine last week. Schapps vowed that he would further increase Britain's military spending and that he would use our influence to ensure other allies and friends match our commitment. In five years' time, we could be looking at multiple threats of conflict including Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, he said. Ask yourself, looking at today's conflicts across the world, is it more likely that the number grows or reduces? I suspect we all know the answer, it's likely to grow, so 2024 must mark an inflection point. Schapps is not the first senior UK figure to predict that the country would soon be involved in a large-scale war. Britain's Chief of the General Staff, General Patrick Sanders, declared in 2022 that there is now a burning imperative to forge an army capable of fighting alongside our allies and defeating Russia in battle, and that preparations must be made to fight in Europe once again.