Defence in the Media: 16 March 2016
...a Lynx helicopter crash that killed five UK servicemen in Afghanistan in 2014. Russia/Syria Commentary around Russia’s decision to drawdown a significant amount of its military in Syria continues with...
...a Lynx helicopter crash that killed five UK servicemen in Afghanistan in 2014. Russia/Syria Commentary around Russia’s decision to drawdown a significant amount of its military in Syria continues with...
...duty in Afghanistan is to receive the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. Lucca lost one of her front legs during a search for improvised explosive devices in 2012, according...
...in Afghanistan. A number of protected mobility vehicles have been brought into the core fleet; it was decided that the capability required from Warthog could be delivered by other vehicles,...
Today’s defence news includes reporting on Libya and coverage of a court case which heard that the youngest British soldier to serve in Afghanistan was beaten to death in an...
...Star, The Times and New Day report that more than £140,000 has been raised in memory of the Afghanistan veteran following his death during the London Marathon, and that the...
...While the MOD cannot comment on asylum cases, our position on Afghan interpreters is below. We recognise the vital role local staff, including interpreters, played in operations in Afghanistan. That...
MOD News Team, 31 July 2016 – defence in the media. In today’s defence news there is coverage of legal claims from British troops wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq, an...
...troops, amid allegations Iraqi civilians were paid bribes to bring abuse claims. Afghanistan Today’s papers report on an attack on a convoy carrying 12 foreign tourists, including eight British tourists,...
...against the extremist group. Separately, The Wall Street Journal Europe (p3) reports that Hafiz Saeed Khan, Daesh’s leader in Afghanistan, was killed by a drone strike in a part of...
...sector. Afghanistan incident The Sunday Telegraph looks at a ‘Green on Blue’ incident from Afghanistan set to be examined in court. A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: All compensation claims...