Defence in the Media: 13 May 2016

...in the South Central Mediterranean. A Government spokesperson said: Operation Sophia has already saved more than 13,700 lives in the Mediterranean but we want to go further and are working...
...in the South Central Mediterranean. A Government spokesperson said: Operation Sophia has already saved more than 13,700 lives in the Mediterranean but we want to go further and are working...
...in rural France, north of the River Somme. A number of failed attacks on this first day led to an unprecedented loss of life. In the south of the Allied...
There is widespread reporting today that a soldier has died while on pre-course training for the Platoon Sergeants’ Battle Course in the Brecon area of south Wales. Defence Minister Mike...
...to contribute to UN peacekeeping. The United Kingdom will announce today that 100 troops, in addition to the 300 previously pledged, will deploy to South Sudan to establish a hospital...
...in Syria, south of Dayr az Zawr on Saturday, and we are fully cooperating with the coalition investigation. The UK would not intentionally target Syrian military units. It would not...
...air strikes in Syria. An MOD spokesperson said: We can confirm that the UK participated in the recent coalition air strike in Syria, south of Dayr az Zawr on Saturday,...
...Al-Shabaab. The UK is supporting UN missions in both Somalia and South Sudan. SYRIA The Telegraph carries the claims made by senior Coalition officials that Russia was directly involved in...
...the South East, with 85 per cent of the BAE System’s supply chain, for the new submarines are expected to be based in the UK. No-one should be in any...
...of investment across the UK, sustaining thousands of jobs from Scotland to the South of England. Picture of the day A Typhoon flies over Iraq as part of Op Shader....
...drones to Estonia, with France and Denmark also contributing troops. Coverage also includes RAF Typhoon aircraft being committed to the NATO Southern Air Policing mission to offer reassurance to the...