Britain must build a bigger and more advanced navy to protect the country in an “increasingly hostile and unpredictable international environment,” a cross-party group of lawmakers has warned. On Tuesday, the Defence Committee of the House of Commons published its latest report entitled “We’re going to need a bigger Navy.” The report finds that the next decade is “one of significant risk” for the Royal Navy’s fleet, with “the rise of more assertive state adversaries, grey zone warfare, and technological risk.” “Over the next decade the UK and the Navy will face an increasingly complex international security environment,” the report said, adding, “Russia and China will remain the primary adversaries at sea, with the relative importance of the UK’s response to each likely to shift and potentially interact through the decade.” In its inquiry into the Royal Navy’s purpose and procurement, the Defence Committee said, “Witnesses have consistently identified Russia …