Defence in the media: Sunday 12 February 2017
...the crew. HMS Dragon is fitted with two large sea boats capable of carrying six passengers each. We were able to use both boats to transfer the crew as quickly...
...the crew. HMS Dragon is fitted with two large sea boats capable of carrying six passengers each. We were able to use both boats to transfer the crew as quickly...
...Express and The Daily Mail say Daesh is preparing to use chemical weapons. All papers mention the RAF’s role in operations. You can see the latest strike update on the...
...two British medical students who worked as Daesh medics. While The Times reports on Daesh’s use of suicide bombers. Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said: “As Iraqi forces push further...
...use of Lariam. An MOD spokesperson said: The vast majority of deployed personnel already receive alternatives to Lariam and, where it is used, it is only prescribed after an individual...
...on Sunday both carry articles about E-blueys. A MOD spokesperson said: The use of e-bluey has dropped by 98% since 2014 and no longer provides value for money for the...
...100 innocent civilians and children in Syria’s Idlib province last Tuesday was immoral and illegal. After the horrors of chemical attacks in the Great War, the use of asphyxiating, poisonous...
...Day, for the first vessel of the £31bn project to replace existing submarines. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said: Every day our ballistic missiles submarines are used to deter the most...
...tested positive for drugs after compulsory drug testing since the start of the year. An MOD spokesperson said: We conduct compulsory drug tests because substance misuse is incompatible with service...
...relation to the use of lethal force outside armed conflict. The article says the Government has not said whether it was applying the laws of war to the killings and...
...an increasingly dangerous world. SYRIA The Financial Times and Guardian report that the UN is working with Russia to bring about a “humanitarian pause” to fighting in Syria’s Aleppo, hours...