General Sir Patrick Sanders

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1,311 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2 Sep

General Sir Patrick Sanders’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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How serious is this now?

And where would you put them in terms of technology and their competitiveness?

And you mentioned cyber.

I mean s you know, clearly uh uh they are a formidable cyber actor and we've suffered the consequences from it.

They're about to launch, I think, the first uh surveillance satellite or reconnaissance satellite, if they haven't got one up there already.

But I just wanted to dwell on the on the nuclear for a second.

And and really just reflect on their emerging

nuclear doctrine as their as their nuclear arsenal grows.

Is this still purely about

regime survival through deterrence, or are they moving towards a more coercive doctrine that might lower the threshold for nuclear use?

daughter.

Victor, final question and uh I'm gonna deploy my favorite Yogi Berra quote.

I think it's Yogi Berra, you know, predictions are hard, especially when it's about the future.

But I gotta ask you to do a prediction anyway.

Um if we spoke again in five years' time.

W what would surprise people most about North Korea?

Well, first of all, congratulations on commissioning Charlie into the most professional and the most storied army of its size in the world.

And actually thank you for serving your country.

Stepping forward like that is really admirable.

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