“The RAF Fairford incident ... is not unique. There have been other examples, not just in the UK but around the world.”

Straits Times World · MI5 chief warns Iran escalating attacks on UK military sites, Russia expanding hybrid warfare

“It's no accident that Russian aggressors are trying to unsettle other European homelands at a time when their military progress in Ukraine is minimal and horrifically costly.”

Straits Times World · MI5 chief warns Iran escalating attacks on UK military sites, Russia expanding hybrid warfare

“Not yet realised - the misuse case to which I'd attach greatest weight - is AI's potential to change the stakes on existing or even new bioweapons.”

Straits Times World · MI5 chief warns Iran escalating attacks on UK military sites, Russia expanding hybrid warfare

“Given what we've actually seen in practice in the UK in recent years, that has not been anywhere near (that) level of capability.”

Straits Times World · MI5 chief warns Iran escalating attacks on UK military sites, Russia expanding hybrid warfare

“That said, clearly it is the case that in countries closer to its own homeland, the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) has quite deep experience of using more conventional and hybrid technology in a more aggressive and sophisticated way.”

Straits Times World · MI5 chief warns Iran escalating attacks on UK military sites, Russia expanding hybrid warfare