Defence in the media: 16 August 2015
...Burma. Countess Mountbatten of Burma, whose father Lord Mountbatten was the Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, wrote a special VJ Day message which was read out to those in...
...Burma. Countess Mountbatten of Burma, whose father Lord Mountbatten was the Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, wrote a special VJ Day message which was read out to those in...
...the Wounded since it was formed, taking part in the trek to the North Pole in 2011 and to the South Pole in 2013. He joined walkers for part of...
...forces inside Libya. Ahead of his trip to South East Asia, the Prime Minister has argued that ISIL will only be thwarted if countries unite against 'one of the biggest...
...day Two of the UKs most technologically advanced fighting machines have paired up off the South West coast to practise working together in a spectacular display of capability. Royal Navy...
...south to ISIL's headquarters at Raqqa. According to the article, the advance has been supported by Syrian rebel groups and air strikes by the US-led coalition against ISIL. BBC reports...
...country is edging closer to an all-out civil war. Shia Houthi rebels have seized a key military base in the southern port city of Aden and some reports suggest that...
Falkland Islands The Sun has reported on this morning’s front page that the Defence Secretary will tell MPs that he is ordering a significant increase to the South Atlantic islands’...
...the waters south of the Isle of Wight with Royal Navy flagship HMS Bulwark at the helm, supported by HMS Argyll and RFA Black Rover. Ships were attacked by ‘enemy’...
...forces' permanent presence in South Asia. Prime Minister David Cameron renewed the long-standing agreement during a meeting with the Sultan of Brunei at Chequers. The UK currently has around 2,000...
...Iran-backed militias are opening another front in their ground offensive, seizing territory south of Aleppo cleared by co-ordinated Russian bombings and threatening to lay siege to the city. The paper...