Defence in the Media: 26 September 2015

This morning’s Defence-related news includes BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and BBC News reporting that an RAF sergeant was moved out of a hospital waiting room because staff thought his...
This morning’s Defence-related news includes BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and BBC News reporting that an RAF sergeant was moved out of a hospital waiting room because staff thought his...
In today's defence news there is further reporting from the UN about efforts to tackle ISIL in Iraq and Syria and a feature about the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike...
...since Monday. The papers say that while President Ashraf Ghani has said this is “good news”, he has also warned against complacency, adding that the war is ongoing. BBC News...
In Defence news, Doctors Without Borders says it has withdrawn from Kunduz, in Afghanistan, after an air strike by US-led NATO forces allegedly destroyed the city’s hospital and killed 22...
...Radio 4’s Today programme are reporting that the new phase of the operation to deal with people smuggling in the Mediterranean will include the Royal Navy’s HMS Richmond, as announced...
...of mefloquine. Last month, medical experts published new health advice that backs the continued use of ‘Lariam’ by travellers from the UK. Based on such expert advice, the MOD continues...
...Syria and neighbouring countries; to disrupt the trafficking gangs and to address the root causes of instability that cause people to seek a new life elsewhere. MOD Crown Copyright 2015...
There has been extensive coverage today of the news that a number of boats containing migrants landed on the shore of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, and that a US F-18...
...it will not allow a new migrant route to open up to the UK. We will continue to work closely with the Cypriot authorities. Follow us on Twitter and don’t...
...and attack capability for the Royal Navy. Artful now commences trials from her new baseport in HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, which is set to become the home to...