Defence in the media: 7 February 2016

...government in Libya. Corbyn has demanded the Prime Minister give MPs an "unequivocal assurance that no decision has been taken to use drones in support of military operations in Libya"....
...government in Libya. Corbyn has demanded the Prime Minister give MPs an "unequivocal assurance that no decision has been taken to use drones in support of military operations in Libya"....
...Coverage references the use of British bases to launch the attack, and carries a statement by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, which can be seen in full below. Most papers speculate...
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...
...750,000 civilians trapped in the area, as Daesh use of drones increases. Unmanned air systems investment The BBC reports on an £8m joint MOD-Leonardo investment in unmanned rotary drone research...
...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...
...Where airfields are no longer required and we will work closely with potential buyers and the local council to make sure that the sites’ future use best meets the needs...