Defence in the Media: 23 May 2016

A variety of Defence stories are covered in the media today, including Armed Forces recruitment , the start of Iraqi military operations to re-take Fallujah from Daesh, and the House...
A variety of Defence stories are covered in the media today, including Armed Forces recruitment , the start of Iraqi military operations to re-take Fallujah from Daesh, and the House...
...something more – and that would be tried out a month later with the very first use of tanks on the battlefield, between the villages of Flers and Courcelette. Captain...
...to Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. The Independent says that FCO Minister Tobias Ellwood told the House of Commons yesterday that Saudi Arabia has told the British Government that it...
...London on military mental health screening. A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: We don’t use post-operational mental health screening and regularly review how we manage the mental health of our...
...in unmanned air systems; criticism of the Royal Navy’s Type 26 programme; and calls from military wives for better treatment for PTSD. Mosul There is print and broadcast coverage of...
...Williamson said The reprehensible use of chemical weapons in Douma is further evidence of the Syrian regime’s appalling cruelty against its own people. We will not stand by whilst innocent...
...Our activation today in response to the passage of a Russian warship close to the UK resulted in a cordial interaction between professional sailors based on the recognised conventions at...
...training and education. Inflatable tanks The Sunday Times reports that the British Army is contemplating a new plan to use blow up tanks to use as decoys. The paper says...
...new plan to use blow up tanks to use as decoys. The paper says both Russia and the US have developed life-size inflatable tanks as decoys intended to fool enemy...