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...
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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....
RIAT 2015 - MOD aircraft attendance
...(from each Squadron), Tucano, Tutor, King Air, Hawk (208), Hawk (IV), Griffin, Squirrel and Voyager. Meanwhile, in the United States the F-35B programme is making good progress. Royal Navy and...
HMS Bulwark rescues hundreds more migrants
HMS Bulwark has conducted another migrant rescue mission in the central Mediterranean. The Royal Navy flagship was alerted that up to 400 migrants were crammed into a crowded wooden hulled...
Army teams successfully detonate World War Two bomb found in London
...legacy munitions around the United Kingdom; almost 2,000 tasks were conducted in 2014. Whilst this is at the larger end of the scale, the approach to the task is no...
Defence in the Media: 19 May 2015
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Of note in today’s broadcast headlines is the news that the United Nations has said nearly 25,000 people are understood to have fled the Iraqi city of Ramadi, as Shia militias reportedly gather near the capital of Anbar Province.
Breaking News: MOD responds to BBC Today Programme Tuesday 19 May
This morning the BBC's Today Programme features a report on allegations about sexual harassment in Armed Forces. Here's our position on the key issues. An MOD spokesperson said: Rape and...
Latest from HMS Bulwark in the Mediterranean
...Bulwark in an area where we would be best placed to respond. I have eight landing craft, which are capable of carrying hundreds of personnel, large equipment and heavy...
Defence in the media: 13 May 2015
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...invasion. The paper reports that military chiefs from Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have drafted a letter that will be sent to US General Philip Breedlove, NATO’s supreme allied commander in...