9. Personnel

Question 1

Defence secretary

Answer 1

Rt Hon Ben Wallace

Question 2

CDS

Answer 2

Gen Sir Nick Carter

Question 3

CAS

Answer 3

ACM Sir Mike Wigston

Question 4

Foreign secretary

Answer 4

Rt Hon Dominic Raab

Question 5

UN sec general

Answer 5

Antonio Gutteres ( former Portuguese PM)

Question 6

NATO sec general

Answer 6

Jens Stuttenburg ( former Swedish PM)

Question 7

AOC 2Gp

Answer 7

AVM Gillespie

Question 8

AO AM

Answer 8

Air Cdr Mannering

Question 9

Stn Cdr

Answer 9

Gp Capt Flynn

Question 10

Hd Air Wg

Answer 10

Gp Capt Blackwell

Question 11

Marshall of the RAF

Answer 11

Princess Royal (Anne)

Question 12

Current affairs topic giving background and where you would like to see it develop

Answer 12

Cyberattacks have caught my eye in the last 12 months

From the solarwinds attacks last November through to the more recent attacks on colonial pipelines and xxxx food it highlights that we are still all vulnerable to attacks

Named as one of the 5 operational domains it is considered a national security priority

Whether they are cyber criminals or deniable state sponsored proxies it highlights we must continue to develop and adapt our defences

The national cyber force has been charged to protect this highly contested domain and this has been acknowledged in the integrated review and has also been reaffirmed during the most recent NATO summit (Articles 5, although still vague) and the Biden/Putin meeting.

I can see cyber become an increasing challenge which will require with further investment beyond the £6.6 billion recently allocated.

This will help keep the UK as a leading nation in cyber defence
But we won’t be able to combat this alone, so closer working with industry and our allies will be the way ahead.

Cyber threats are here to stay and will get more complex as part of multi domain attacks in the future