The Ministry of Defence has announced it will launch a new Military Intelligence Services (MIS).

The Government said the move represented a "major overhaul of Defence’s intelligence organisations" amid rising threats to the UK from hostile states and terrorists.

The reforms will bring every intelligence unit and organisation within Defence under one organisation for the first time, including units from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force .

Officials said the move would make UK military intelligence more efficient, faster, and better able to anticipate future threats.

The announcement comes following recommendations in the Strategic Defence Review. The MoD said the new organisation was a response to “escalating threats to the UK, as adversaries intensify cyber-attacks

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