In today's news items of interest for Defence there are reports about Daesh, steel and the anniversary of Puma helicopters serving in Afghanistan.
Steel
The Tata steel story is widely covered again today. A comment piece in The Times claims that the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers are partly made using Swedish steel.
Daesh
The Telegraph reports that the Foreign Secretary has said the UK would consider launching airstrikes against Daesh positions in Lebanon to prevent the extremist group from claiming another Mediterranean foothold.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said:
If such a request were made, we'd certainly look at it, but we don't do these things on our own. We work together with allies in a partnership that spans the theatres in Iraq, Syria and beyond, so this wouldn't be a unilateral UK decision, we'd look at any request with our allies and partners and decide how to respond to it.
Iraq hero
Several papers report that Iraq war veteran Sergeant Gordon Robertson has sold his gallantry medal to help his son onto the property ladder (The Telegraph, The Times, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, New Day, Daily Express).
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