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"This is our 1937 moment. We are not at war - but must act rapidly so that we aren't drawn into one through a failure to contain territorial expansion."

The words of the new Head of Britain's Armed Forces, General Sir Patrick Sanders, who will say in a speech that Britain must be prepared to "act rapidly" to ensure it is not drawn into a full-scale conflict through its failure to contain Russian expansionism.

At the same time, the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is expected to issue a fresh call for increased defence spending in the years ahead to counter the growing threat.

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Essex speaks to Mark Francois, MP for Rayleigh and Wickford and who sits on the Defence Select Committee.