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The Wargame: New Sky Information and Tortoise Media podcast sequence simulates a Russian assault on UK

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The Wargame: New Sky Information and Tortoise Media podcast sequence simulates a Russian assault on UK

Among the many line-up, Sir Ben Wallace, a former Conservative defence secretary, performs the prime minister; Jack Straw, a former senior Labour politician, resumes his previous job as overseas secretary; Amber Rudd steps again into her former position as dwelling secretary and Jim Murphy, a secretary of state for Scotland below Gordon Brown, takes the place of chancellor.

The defence secretary is performed by James Heappey, a former armed forces minister.

Lord Mark Sedwill is the nationwide safety adviser – a place he held for actual below each Theresa Might and Boris Johnson, whereas Normal Sir Richard Barrons, one of many leaders of a significant defence evaluation that is because of be printed within the coming weeks, performs the position of chief of the defence employees, the UK’s high navy officer.

Baroness Helena Kennedy, a barrister and knowledgeable on human rights regulation, seems as legal professional common, whereas Lieutenant Normal Sir David Capewell resumes his former position as chief of joint operations, the UK’s warfighting commander.

👉Seek for The Wargame in your podcast app👈

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The solid of The Wargame. (L-R) Normal Sir Richard Barrons, Amber Rudd, Deborah Haynes, Baroness Helena Kennedy, James Heappey, Sir Ben Wallace, Lord Mark Sedwill, Jack Straw, Victoria Mackarness, Jim Murphy, Rob Johnson

The state of affairs is designed to check Britain’s defences and nationwide resilience at a time of mounting tensions with Russia.

It additionally explores the reliability – or in any other case – of key allies like the USA in a disaster.

Requested why he needed to participate within the mission, Sir Ben stated: “I think it’s really important that we demonstrate to the public how government makes decisions in real crises and emergencies and let them understand and hopefully be reassured that actually there is a process and it’s at that moment in time that no matter what people’s party politics are, people pull together for the right reasons.”

Sir Ben Wallace. Pic: Reuters

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Former defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace. Pic: Reuters

Launching on 10 June, the five-part podcast sequence will give listeners the possibility to expertise the type of wargame that’s genuinely examined inside authorities.

The one distinction with this model is that nothing mentioned is assessed.

The tagline for the sequence is: “Russia knows our weaknesses – but do you?”

Written and offered by me, The Wargame pitches a fictional British authorities, led by Sir Ben, towards an imagined Kremlin in a high-stakes contest that pulls on the real-life data and expertise of the solid.

The sequence begins a couple of months sooner or later, with the prime minister and his high workforce assembling for a COBRA emergency assembly as tensions escalate with Moscow.

Keir Giles, a Russia knowledgeable, writer and senior consulting fellow on the Chatham Home assume tank, is enjoying the a part of the Russian president.

He leads the Russia workforce, made up of fellow specialists.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint media statement with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 14, 2025. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS

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Russian President Vladimir Putin. Pic: Reuters

The British aspect has little concept about what’s about to unfold, however they’re about to search out out.

“Ordinarily when this red team gets together, and we have done this before, we run rings around the opposition, partly because Russia has the initiative, partly because Russia has the tools, partly because Russia has the will and the determination to cause damage sometimes in ways that the opposition – whether it’s the UK, NATO, another victim – doesn’t imagine before the game actually starts,” Mr Giles stated.

The state of affairs was devised and overseen by Rob Johnson, director of the Altering Character of Battle Centre at Oxford College and a former director of web evaluation and problem on the Ministry of Defence.

“We are trying to raise awareness through this war game to say, look, let’s have a look at what might happen,” he stated.

“Unlikely and low probability though it is, so that we can start to put some measures in place and remind ourselves about how we used to do it – use history as our weapon, if you like, in that regard.”

He describes the occasions in his sport as very low probability however excessive impression. Which means a low likelihood of it taking place however catastrophic penalties if it did.

The discharge comes because the UK authorities prepares to publish its Strategic Defence Overview and as Britain and its allies put together to satisfy for a significant NATO summit subsequent month.

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