UK military to establish new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command therecord.media/uk-milita…

The United Kingdom announced on Thursday its intention to create a new military formation focused specifically on digital and electronic warfare, as a result of the country’s strategic defense review.

Cyber and Electromagnetic Command will sit under Strategic Command — already responsible for the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, alongside the country’s special forces — and is intended to “lead defensive cyber operations and coordinate offensive cyber capabilities with the National Cyber Force,” according to the MoD.

It comes as the government prepares to publish a strategic defense review launched shortly after the Labour Party was elected. It will establish the priorities for military spending over the coming years and focus on how to address “the threats Britain faces, the capabilities needed to meet them, the state of UK armed forces and the resources available.”