Defence in the media: 19 March 2015
News this morning is largely focused on the Chancellor’s pre-election Budget, which was announced yesterday. Elsewhere, BBC News is reporting that British military personnel have begun training members of the...
News this morning is largely focused on the Chancellor’s pre-election Budget, which was announced yesterday. Elsewhere, BBC News is reporting that British military personnel have begun training members of the...
...taken to strengthen decision-making processes and structures in Government. With the creation of the National Security Council (NSC) and the Levene Reforms, which introduced a new Defence Board and greater...
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...