Defence in the Media: 5 February 2017

...are investing £178 billion as the UK steps up globally. We are focused on maintaining an affordable programme and getting the best value for the taxpayer to deliver the cutting-edge...
...are investing £178 billion as the UK steps up globally. We are focused on maintaining an affordable programme and getting the best value for the taxpayer to deliver the cutting-edge...
...BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme also highlights a Parliamentary investigation into fake news and claiming that some news sites are being used by Russia as proxies to spread disinformation and...
Defence news today includes further coverage around Trident, as well as reporting on Army recruitment.
...and its crew. Vengeance and her crew were successfully tested and certified, allowing Vengeance to return into service. We have absolute confidence in our independent nuclear deterrent. We do not...
Today’s defence related media coverage includes today’s announcement from the Defence Secretary of new UK military training in Ukraine.
Of note for Defence today is news from the Defence Secretary that two million people have been freed from Daesh in 2016.
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. …
...era of maritime power for the Royal Navy. There is coverage in the Sunday Express and The Mirror online, writing that Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has said new ships...
...Somalia and Nigeria to Kuwait and Ukraine. CHRISTMAS MESSAGES Many of today’s papers and broadcasters have reported on the Christmas messages from Prime Minister. The Prime Minister thanked Service personnel...
As the Service of Remembrance stands silent at the 11th hour this Sunday at the Cenotaph, two people will be shouting as loud as possible. Every year, at the Service of Remembrance in London the two minute’s silence is conducted …