Defence in the media
Daily updates of how defence is reported in the UK media
Today's defence articles include reporting on Operational Honours, pilot overpayments and HMS Artful joining the Royal Navy fleet. Pilot overpayments The Daily Telegraph continues its coverage of overpayments made to...
...by £500M from that set in the March 2015 budget as part of the government’s determination to eliminate the budget deficit without impacting on the baseline Defence budget, manpower numbers,...
Leading Defence news today are reports that Libor funding will benefit many military charities and continued coverage of the inquest into the death of Private Cheryl James. Meanwhile, the Irish...
A number of different Defence stories feature in today’s news, including the Russian withdrawal from Syria, speculation on troops being sent to Libya, and the conclusion of the inquest into...
Broadcasters this morning lead with the breaking news from last night that Russian President Vladimir Putin has withdrawn the “main part” of Russia’s forces in Syria from today, with Mr...
Leading Defence news today is continued coverage of the terror attack in Turkey, and reporting on whether the UK could send non-combat troops to Libya. Ankara There is continued and widespread reporting that a car bomb terror attack has hit Ankara, …
...also suggests that 15 members of the British Special Forces are working in an advisory role to help the government. IMAGE OF THE DAY An international, multi-service team led by...
Today’s defence news summary includes coverage of the UK’s support of the fight against Daesh in Iraq and success for RFA Lyme Bay. Iraq The Today Programme, BBC News, Sky...
...in London. SMEs The Telegraph (Business) covers the MOD’s SME policy refresh, writing that the department has ‘declared war’ on red tape in an attempt to get more defence contracts...
...exposed details of the terrorist network’s global recruitment programme. They state that security services were last night examining files alleged to contain names, addresses, and family contacts of 22,000 jihadist...