Defence in the media: Wednesday 18 October

...carrier, to have a front row seat, would be an absolute privilege. It wouldn’t just be about the pilot - there are hundreds of people who have been working tirelessly...
...carrier, to have a front row seat, would be an absolute privilege. It wouldn’t just be about the pilot - there are hundreds of people who have been working tirelessly...
...and looking at how we best spend our rising defence budget to protect our country. No decisions have yet been made and at this stage, any discussion of the options...
...in Georgia and in Ukraine. We continue to see Russian involvement in Syria prolonging that dreadful civil war. We’ve had Russian pilots buzzing NATO planes and ships, defying international protocols....
There is continued broadcast and print media coverage of the UK response to Hurricane Irma, the EU Security Paper and the trial of two soldiers charged with terror offences for their alleged membership of a banned neo-Nazi group.
Today’s defence-related news includes coverage of the Royal Navy ship RFA Mounts Bay standing ready to help victims of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean. RFA Mounts Bay The BBC, The...
Today's defence related news includes coverage of the Defence Secretary’s speech at the RAF Air Power Conference in London, the new Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, the construction of the Type...
...Daily Mail, which reflects that the new generation of around 50 Apache attack helicopters is entering service with the Army in the early 2020s. The article links the announcement to...
Today's defence related news includes coverage of the Armed Forces Day national event in Liverpool, a Sunday Express story on empty MOD homes and a report in the Sunday Times that the MOD has given Lockheed Martin a 'dressing down' …
Today’s Defence news includes continued coverage of the Defence Secretary’s visit to meet the troops supporting NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) in Estonia and the arrival of the US F-35A aircraft at RAF Lakenheath.
Defence news today includes continued coverage of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Sutherland escorting two Russian warships near the UK coastline, an RMP investigation and reports that North Korea’s most...