Defence in the media: 5 March 2015
Defence spending Speculation over defence spending remains a prominent story, today taking a new angle. Colonel Bob Stewart MP has called for the joint chiefs to sacrifice their careers over...
Defence spending Speculation over defence spending remains a prominent story, today taking a new angle. Colonel Bob Stewart MP has called for the joint chiefs to sacrifice their careers over...
...by up to 10% in the next parliament. The report suggests that because of commitments to programmes such as the new aircraft carriers and Joint Strike Fighter, the Army could...
Defence spending The future of the UK’s defence spending continues to generate news coverage today. The Financial Times has splashed on a story, followed by The Daily Mail, claiming that...
...£163 billion on equipment and equipment support to keep Britian safe. That includes new strike fighters; more surveillance aircraft; hunter killer submarines; two aircraft carriers ; and the most advanced...
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...
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...
...There are various stories on defence spending in today’s newspapers. Of note, The Sun newspaper publishes its own defence manifesto, calling for the department’s budget to be protected and outlining...
...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...