Defence in the Media: 19 May 2015
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...
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...
...of the UK contribution to the NATO Rapid Reaction Force here. The Financial Times looks ahead to today’s defence ministerial in Brussels, saying the meeting today will inject a new...
Defence related news coverage today focuses on the Queen’s speech as well as further coverage of ISIL, including the story that jihadists have unleashed a wave of suicide attacks targeting...
...demonstrated scientifically. This new study describes the type, mechanism and severity of injuries sustained by UK servicemen and women over 10 years of war. The study includes the numbers...
Items of Defence interest this morning include news that HMS Bulwark arrived back in Italy this morning after rescuing hundreds of migrants this week. The migrants are said to be...
...that we can run a defence budget properly, and so well that you can invest for the future. We’re building two aircraft carriers, seven Hunter-Killer submarines, there are new armoured...
...BBC bulletins) report that the NAO has suggested Britain’s armed forces could be left with too few pilots because a new private training scheme is already five years behind schedule....
...to date. Defence in the world In the Sunday Telegraph, a news article suggesting that Britain’s military might has been rendered ‘feeble’ in the face of global threats. Admiral Sir...
...that money spent on preventing wars and stabilising countries could be re-categorised as defence spending. The Daily Telegraph reports on new research which shows the vast majority of Britons believe...
With the wider news agenda focusing on the EU Referendum, other articles report on defence spending and the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, with Prince Charles to unveil...