let's speak to patrick bury, defence and security expert at the university of bath, and a former natoe question is, we've seen this announcement from rishi sunak yesterday talking about increasing spending to 2.5% of gdp - about increasing spending to 2.5% of gdp — so the question more generally is, how ready is europe for battle? is it battle ready?— is, how ready is europe for battle? is it battle ready? good afternoon, lu . i is it battle ready? good afternoon, lucy- i think _ is it battle ready? good afternoon, lucy. i think it's _ is it battle ready? good afternoon, lucy. i think it's coming _ is it battle ready? good afternoon, lucy. i think it's coming from, - is it battle ready? good afternoon, lucy. i think it's coming from, in l lucy. i think it's coming from, in terms of defence spending, a low start, it's getting better quickly. it depends what it needs to be ready for, doesn't it? and i think what they call the pacing challenge is one where a confident russia that has potentially one hour eked out a draw on favourable terms in ukraine, then in 3—5 years decides to try som