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Defence in the Media: 2 September 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 2 September 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media

...in South Wales, supporting thousands of UK jobs and ensuring our servicemen and women have the very best equipment. Afghan interpreters The Daily Mail reports that Penny Mordaunt, Minister for...

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Defence in the Media: Monday 31st August 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 31 August 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media, Equipment, Ministerial comment
Artful, the third of the Royal Navy’s new Astute Class attack submarines has arrived at her Scottish base port from where she will carry out sea trials before entering service later this year. The 7,400-tonne Artful left BAE Systems construction yard at Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria several days ago before sailing to her new home at Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde. She will provide the Royal Navy with the most technologically advanced submarine Britain has ever sent to sea. HMNB Clyde will become a home for the Royal Navy’s submarines and associated support by 2020, creating a submarine centre of specialisation. The base is amongst the largest single-site employers in Scotland, with 6,700 military and civilian personnel, increasing under current UK Government plans to 8,200 by 2022. Defence Minister, Philip Dunne, said: “The arrival of Artful to HMNB Clyde clearly shows that the UK Government is firmly committed to the future of defence in Scotland, this is the latest addition to what will be the home of all Royal Navy submarines by 2020. “The Astute submarine programme is a key part of our £163 billion equipment plan which has been bolstered by the commitment to increase defence spending and meet the NATO pledge of two per cent of our national income for the rest of this decade. “The Astute Class are amongst the most advanced submarines operating in the world today and provide the Royal Navy with the capability it needs to defend UK interests at home and overseas.”

...in the Sun, Chancellor George Osborne writes that the Government is one that puts security first - our national security and economic security – the two going hand-in-hand. Speaking from...

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Defence in the Media: 27 August 2015

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

...the families of the service personnel that died in Iraq have said that they will take legal action about the delay and force the report to be published. Musa Qala...

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Defence in the Media: 23 August 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 23 August 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media

...in Iraq - RAF aircraft have carried out more than 260 air strikes and have flown over 1200 missions, we have around 800 people supporting operations against ISIL and have...

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Defence in the media: 13 August 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 13 August 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media

Of note for Defence this morning, it is being reported widely in the broadcast and print news that families of British service personnel killed in the Iraq War have threatened...

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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: 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: 25 July 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 25 July 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media
Southampton engineers test fly a 3d printed aircraft

...The MOD is clear that decisions to prosecute Service Personnel are independently taken by the Service Prosecution Authority, who fall under the responsibility of the Attorney General, rather than the...

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Defence in the Media: 23 July 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 23 July 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media, Operations, Personnel, Reactive statements

...reports that the Royal Navy offers a one-off bonus to retain nuclear engineers as a countermeasure to prevent the loss of vital staff who work on the UK's fleet of...

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Military personnel thanked for Ebola service at Downing Street

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 10 July 2015 - Categories: Events

...the Downing Street reception received their medals from Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, who visited Sierra Leone back in March, said: I saw first hand the heroism...

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