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Defence in the Media: 11 August 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 11 August 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media

Included amongst this morning’s broadcast bulletins and of interest to Defence is the Sky News report that ISIL are now focussing on urging British recruits to carry out “lone wolf” attacks in the UK

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Defence in the media: 10 August 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 10 August 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media

...criticises that the money will come from the MOD's equipment budget, and be spent on wealthy businessmen rather than on equipment for service personnel. Our statement was not carried in...

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Defence in the Media: 9 August 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 9 August 2015 - Categories: Army 2020, Defence in the media, Equipment, Ministerial comment, Operations
On Monday 27th July 2015 the British Army's first XI vs The Pakistan Army's first XI was played at the British Army's home Cricket Ground in Aldershot. Among the principle guests invited to watch the match were Senior British and Pakistani officers, His Excellency Syed Ibne Abbas, the Pakistan High Commissioner along with fellow members from he Pakistan High Commission and members of business and regional communities. On the invitation by the British Army's Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Nick Parker, the Pakistan Army Cricket Team is touring the United Kingdom from 22nd - 30th July 2015 in a series of matches designed as much to further foster relationships between the two nations military communities, through the Defence Engagement initiative, as it is to test each others teams at the crease. Crown copyright. Photo credit: Corporal Max Bryan (Army Photographer)

...Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking at the ceremony, has renewed his commitment to a nuclear weapons free Japan. There are also a wide range of Defence related stories covered in...

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Defence in the Media: 8 August 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 8 August 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media

...support our veterans here. Kabul blasts A number of outlets report that a number of people have been killed in a truck bomb explosion in Kabul. There have been a...

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Defence in the Media: 31 July 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 31 July 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media

This morning’s broadcast headlines are dominated by the ongoing migrant crisis in Calais and Kent.

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Breaking News: MOD response to Court of Appeal judgement

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 30 July 2015 - Categories: Breaking News

...such as the Geneva Conventions, which were designed for conflict situations. Our armed forces must be able to detain enemies who attempt to maim and kill UK service personnel and...

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Defence in the Media: 30th July 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 30 July 2015 - Categories: Army 2020, Defence in the media, Personnel
A Royal Air Force Typhoon and an Indian Air Force Flanker flying together on Exercise Indra Dhanush. Royal Air Force and Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft are ‘dogfighting’ in a major airpower training exercise in the skies above Britain. For Exercise Indradanush the IAF has flown their Russian built Flanker jet fighters, along with transport and tanker aircraft, across three continents to train with their RAF counterparts. Designed to reinforce the strategic relationship and enhance the mutual operational understanding between the two air forces, pilots and ground forces from both nations are participating in a series of increasingly complex training scenarios.

Defence issues in the news today include calls for the Army to help secure Calais, follow up coverage of Army numbers, and the confirmation of the death of Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

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Defence in the media: 27 July 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 27 July 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media

Amongst today’s broadcast bulletins is the news that the Prime Minister is expected announce trade deals of around £750m when he visits Indonesia later.

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Defence in the Media: 14 July 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 14 July 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media

The Daily Mail’s front page this morning features an interview with a father of one of the reservists who died on a march on the Brecon Beacons ahead of the expected verdict from the inquest today.

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Defence in the Media: 12 July 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 12 July 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media, Equipment, Operations

...who contributed, not just those who fell, and all that was achieved. Mr Cameron also adds that the Government’s support remains for our Armed Forces - from enshrining the Covenant...

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