Defence in the Media: 01 October 2015

Of note for Defence today, broadcast outlets including the BBC are reporting this morning that the US and Russia’s foreign ministers have agreed to hold detailed talks over co-ordination and...
Of note for Defence today, broadcast outlets including the BBC are reporting this morning that the US and Russia’s foreign ministers have agreed to hold detailed talks over co-ordination and...
In today's defence news there is further reporting from the UN about efforts to tackle ISIL in Iraq and Syria and a feature about the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike...
...Putin over preferred approaches to the conflict in Syria. Help for Heroes Today’s Times claims that Help for Heroes and the British Army have spent ‘tens of millions of pounds’...
The battle against ivory poaching in Gabon is well under way after a team of British Army soldiers landed to train native park rangers.
Today’s broadcast headlines are dominated by coverage from the Labour Party conference in Brighton, while there is also reporting on the deployment of British troops to Somalia and South Sudan...
...who won the UK dog trials this summer. Nuclear submarine The Mail on Sunday speculates that a UK nuclear submarine has been caught on camera on Google Earth after it...
...story also adds that the RAF has conducted more than 300 strikes since the combat operation in Iraq was approved by Parliament exactly one year ago. The Defence Secretary said:...
...Channel. And up in Cape Wrath, Scotland, Devonport-based HMS Somerset became the first ship to fire new dark light illumination rounds designed to light up the battlefield without the enemy...
...of danger, often at great risk to their own lives. They represent the best of Britain by selflessly defending our people, both at home and abroad. George Cross and Medal...
In Defence-related broadcast news, the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme reports that MP Caroline Lucas and Baroness Jones are seeking a judicial review into a UK remotely piloted air system (RPAS) strike in Syria.
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