How am I spending Reserves Day? Training on Ascension Island
...forest of bamboo on the top of Green Mountain, and climb in arid craters of black volcanic rock that look like a film set from Star Wars. At night, Green...
Defence in the Media – 24 June 2015
...of the UK contribution to the NATO Rapid Reaction Force here. The Financial Times looks ahead to today’s defence ministerial in Brussels, saying the meeting today will inject a new...
Defence Secretary thanks Reservists and their Employers
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...overseas. Yet today is my opportunity, on behalf of Government and the Armed Services to recognise our Reserve Force, to salute the supporting cast - those employers and families who...
Breaking news: MOD statement on Civitas procurement report
...kind of specialised Research & Development the report recommends – but it is not a case of either/or. We are right to invest in our two new aircraft carriers, 7...
Defence in the Media – 23 June 2015
...read our full response here: https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/2015/06/22/breaking-news-uk-responds-to-latest-nato-defence-spending-figures/ Migrant crisis The story that HMS Bulwark is to be replaced by HMS Enterprise is carried in The Times, which says that the “much...
Breaking News: UK responds to latest NATO defence spending figures
...over £160 billion on our kit to keep Britain safe. That includes new strike fighters; more surveillance aircraft; hunter killer submarines; two aircraft carriers; and the most advanced armoured vehicles....
Defence in the media: 22 June 2015
Items of interest to Defence in today’s news include promotion of tonight’s Panorama programme on reporter Tom Martienssen’s experience after being trapped with a team of British Army Gukhas halfway up Mount Everest when the earthquake hit in April.
Defence in the media: 20 and 21 June 2015
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Defence in the media, Equipment, Operations, Personnel
...year from its launch and into the next decade. And next year we will once again offer four Typhoons to protect Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Mr Fallon discussed this announcement...
MOD extends commitment to Nato’s rapid reaction force
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Defence in the media, Ministerial comment, Operations, Uncategorized
...power, diplomacy and engagement, to help weaker countries build stronger institutions and law enforcement, and to promote women’s rights. It means using smart power, our better-focused development budget, on conflict...
Defence in the Media: 19 June 2015
...breakfast discussion with CDS and the three military chiefs yesterday. The article says the tone of the discussion was cordial. Meanwhile, the Wall St Journal Europe reports that the Defence...
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