Defence in the Media: 14 February 2016
...reports that the Foreign Office has raised concerns about the Defence Secretary’s upcoming visit to the Falkland Islands. The paper writes that Mr Fallon will become the first Defence Secretary...
...reports that the Foreign Office has raised concerns about the Defence Secretary’s upcoming visit to the Falkland Islands. The paper writes that Mr Fallon will become the first Defence Secretary...
...Times report that the Army is moving towards a decision to lift a ban on women fighting on the frontline. The articles say that Armed Forces Minister Penny Mordaunt and...
...increased to £35.2 billion as set out to Parliament. The MOD can confirm that our commitments to spend 2% of GDP on defence, that the MOD's budget would rise by...
...feature today about the female Peshmerga fighters who have been trained by UK personnel in Northern Iraq. The piece reports that the female soldiers are feared by Daesh because they...
...face are growing in scale, complexity and concurrency. In a more dangerous world, we have chosen to use our hard-earned economic strength to give our Armed Forces what they need...
Today’s defence news includes an interview with the highest ranking reservist in the forces and reports that a US military working dog has received a medal for heroism. ARMY RESERVES...
...air space. Army field hospitals An article is carried in the Daily Telegraph that the Army has unveiled a new rapid reaction field hospital that can be flown anywhere in...
...and a Ministry of Defence (MOD) Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) published on the War Powers Convention. The WMS sets out that the Government remains committed to the convention that sees...
...leads on this story. Read our tributes to Captain Seath here: tribute Strikes against Daesh The Sun reports that Tornados have used their biggest bomb against Daesh for the first...
Today's items of interest for defence include reporting that US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the violence in Syria must end and that a widespread ceasefire is a...