Defence in the Media: 26 November 2015

...action was “almost inevitable” and that the forces driving people to be refugees needed to be confronted. And a large article in the Financial Times says that while Western leaders...
...action was “almost inevitable” and that the forces driving people to be refugees needed to be confronted. And a large article in the Financial Times says that while Western leaders...
...Times reports that Islamic State has “tens of thousands” of blank passports to help it smuggle fighters into Europe, western intelligence officers have warned. It is reported that the group...
Flooding is again the top story on BBC, Sky and ITV this morning as parts of Cumbria and western Scotland prepare for Storm Frank. There are four severe weather warnings...
...paper urges western intervention before the spring on a limited mission to protect the oil fields with aerial surveillance and strikes on arms depots and command centres. A Government Spokesperson...
...President Putin has dangerous ambitions beyond Ukraine and aims to test Western resolve in the Baltic states. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former secretary-general, said the Kremlin’s true goal was to shatter...
...national government. The piece says speculation was rife in Rome yesterday that, if a unity government failed, Western capitals would push to partition Libya into three states: Tripolitania in the...
...day 14 Service personnel attended a reception with the Prime Minister to represent the 139 recipients, Regular and Reservist, honoured in the latest Operational Awards list, recognising the bravery and...
...after the main investment decision. Today’s announcement is the latest in a long line of investment under this Government in the Royal Navy’s next generation capability. In January last year...
...The Daily Mirror has reported on the latest RAF air strikes on ISIL over Iraq. The piece on page two of today’s paper highlights that Tornado pilots bombed ISIL positions...
Today HMS Bulwark rescued over 400 migrants in the Mediterranean. The Royal Navy flagship was alerted to four craft in potential distress approximately 40 miles off the coast of Libya....