Characteristics of the main challenges to the British defense and security

The paper addresses certain challenges to British security and defense policy, which have arisen in recent decades. The main purpose of the given paper is to consider the key challenges facing Britain's Armed Forces. This topic is of vital importance for Russia's national security with regard to account of Great Britain's active foreign policy and its alliance with the USA. The issue is essential in view of the strategic situation in Great Britain, its economic and political importance on the world stage and due to the changes that have occurred in the modern period.