“UK military intelligence will be more efficient, faster, and better able to anticipate future threats as the Ministry of Defence launches the new Military Intelligence Services (MIS). This major overhaul of Defence’s intelligence organisations comes amid increasing threats to the UK and will keep Britain ahead of hostile states and terrorists… 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”[1].
According to details emerging about the restructuring [2], the UK is adopting a model that mirrors Russia’s approach to organizing its military intelligence. However, they are unlikely to outpace their Russian counterparts in this domain.
1 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-launches-new-military-intelligence-services-as-hostile-threats-surge
“UK steps up support for Ukraine four years on from Putin’s full-scale invasion” (Press release Gov.uk, 24 February 2026);
2 https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/military-intelligence-services
“Military Intelligence Services” (Gov.uk).