Ministerial comment
Defence news today includes flooding preparation assistance, Northern Ireland, progress in Mosul, and missing airman Corrie McKeague. Armed Forces Assist in Flooding Preparations Many newspapers, including The Sun and the Daily Mirror, report that the Ministry of Defence sent troops to assist in flooding preparations. …
Today’s Defence News includes supportive messages to our Service personnel, many of whom will be serving abroad this Christmas
In defence-related broadcast news this morning, Sky News reports that, later today, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon will announce he is to send up to a further 20 British soldiers to train the moderate opposition in Syria. Sky News, BBC News and various online outlets …
Today representatives from 80 nations gather in London to discuss how best to make UN Peacekeeping ready for the challenges and opportunities of the modern world. For over 60 years those who don UN Peacekeeping’s blue helmets have held the …
Today marks an important moment in the process of dismantling some of our decommissioned submarines.
Myth-making is Daesh’s stock in trade. And their biggest myth of all is that they are winning militarily. The evidence shows that is a failing proposition.
There are a wide variety of defence related stories in today’s media, including the Invictus Games, HMS Brocklesby, and the Bath bomb. Invictus conclusion A wide variety of papers carry reports from the end of the Invictus Games in Orlando, with …
With the start of a new financial year, we mark a major milestone for Defence with our budget increasing for the first time in six years in real terms.
A variety of Defence stories feature in today's news
As we move into 2016, the Minister for the Armed Forces, Penny Mordaunt, thanks the men and women of the Armed Forces who have assisted with the emergency response to flooding over December.
