Today’s Defence news includes widespread reporting on the publication of the Chilcot Report tomorrow, coverage of the House of Commons Defence Committee (HCDC) report on Russia and reporting on calls for Trident to be replaced.
Defence Committee Russia
BBC Radio 4 Today ran a short broadcast on the Defence Committee report on Russia. The piece said that a lot of the actions recommended in the report, such as deploying troops in large numbers to exercise in Eastern Europe, will be discussed at the NATO summit in Warsaw this weekend.
An MOD spokesman said:
The UK is utterly focused on this issue. Together with NATO allies, we're significantly strengthening our collective defence. Backed by a defence budget that will rise annually until 2020, we will lead the NATO Response Force in 2017. We will also be committing significant numbers of troops to NATO's eastern flank later this week.
The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery has taken over Queens Life Guard duties at Horse Guards, an annual duty which sees women as well as men guarding Her Majesty's Palaces.
Photographer: Sergeant Rupert Frere RLC. Crown Copyright.