The new head of the British Army, the chief of the general staff, has outlined an ambitious plan to transform the United Kingdom’s land force so it can effectively fight a major war with Russia.

In a late July speech, Gen. Sir Roland “Roly” Walker said he wanted to double the British Army’s fighting power within two years and triple it by 2030. As Walker put it, “If we can double and then triple our fighting power, any British land force will be able to destroy an enemy force at least three times its size and keep on doing that.”