Defence in the Media: 16 April 2016
Today’s news blog features more on the remarkable life story of Sandhurst’s leading Army officer cadet, Kidane Cousland, plus claims relating to an arms fair held in London last year.
Today’s news blog features more on the remarkable life story of Sandhurst’s leading Army officer cadet, Kidane Cousland, plus claims relating to an arms fair held in London last year.
Today's news includes reports on ISIL, HMS Richmond, the Ebola operation homecoming parade and the Marine A campaign.
Sky News, BBC News and the Today Programme all report that HMS Richmond will be offered to the EU mission to tackle people smugglers at their source.
Of note for UK Defence news this morning, the Daily Mail splashes on the ‘Marine A’ case as a new campaign is launched to get the authorities to reconsider the sentence of Sgt Alexander Blackman