Defence in the Media: 27 June 2015

Splashing across all of this morning's papers is the news of multiple terror attacks carried out in Tunisia, France and Kuwait, as Islamist fanatics appear to respond to the ISIL's...
Splashing across all of this morning's papers is the news of multiple terror attacks carried out in Tunisia, France and Kuwait, as Islamist fanatics appear to respond to the ISIL's...
...to support them”. News that Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has written to the FTSE 350 companies to sign up to the Armed Forces Covenant is covered in the Sunday Mirror....
...Elizabeth, the next milestone will be when she starts her sea trials in 2017. By 2020, she will have the capacity to embark up to four helicopters and our new...
...It is hoped that the new scheme will encourage more women to join and stay in the Army, with General Carter suggesting a target of raising the female proportion to...
...and that the Prime Minister is keen to explore whether the new Parliament would reconsider this as part of the pledged “full spectrum” response against ISIL. You can listen to...
...a Royal Air Force C17. Also making the news today: Iran has signalled that it is ready to help the rest of the world to tackle ISIL if a deal...
The US-led coalition's airstrikes on Raqqa in Syria feature in today's Defence news, as do reports that the militant group ISIL have executed Syrian soldiers in Palmyra. ISIL The Times...
...today that it will continue to meet the Wales Summit Defence Investment Pledge… we applaud their leadership”. The commitments are further bolstered by a new security fund which will make...
...it, but the reduction in the number of new cases we have seen is really the result of a team effort between MOD, our Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, DfID,...
...military action.” He asked that any proposals fit in with other governments’ approaches and would tangibly degrade ISIL. The Defence Secretary responded that any new proposals would reflect the fact...