Defence in the Media: 16 April 2017

Defence news today includes continued coverage of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Sutherland escorting two Russian warships near the UK coastline, an RMP investigation and reports that North Korea’s most...
Defence news today includes continued coverage of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Sutherland escorting two Russian warships near the UK coastline, an RMP investigation and reports that North Korea’s most...
A variety of Defence stories feature in today’s media , including reports that North Korea has launched four ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan. Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism policeman...
...transportation, maintenance, or deployment of cluster munitions in Saudi Arabia. Image of the day An RAF Typhoon flies with Republic of Korea (RoK) and US aircraft over RoK in 2016...
...report that Trident missiles are being upgraded to protect them from cyber threats. The articles state that the update will protect the weapon from rogue nations such as North Korea...
...on the front page of The Times reports that data was used by MI6 helped unmask a scientist who sold nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea. NATO The...
On Sunday I represented the UK at the latest contract signing to enhance capability of the Eurofighter Typhoon. This prompted me to set out the context of this latest £165...
...offering fierce resistance to advancing Iraqi forces. The latest air strike update can be seen here. Battle of Jutland The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, Daily Express, The Sun and...
...RESCUE It is reported that a British man who suffered a serious seal bite on a remote South Atlantic island was rescued by a joint Royal Navy and Royal Air...
...the end of April to turn round the worst performing area, the south-east, or face losing their multi-billion pound contract. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said: I made it abundantly clear...
...ships have been involved in operations from South Atlantic to the Indian Ocean ranging from including counter-piracy and humanitarian work to disaster relief and counter-narcotics operations. In addition to logistical...