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Defence in the Media: 14 May 2018

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 14 May 2018 - Categories: Army, Defence in the media, Equipment, Legacy, Legal, Ministerial comment, Nuclear, Personnel, Reactive statements, Royal Navy
Britain's third £1 billion Astute Class nuclear submarine, HMS Artful. Crown copyright.

Defence news today includes Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson's announcement that the Ministry of Defence is investing £2.5 billion in Britain's submarine building projects.

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Defence in the Media: 24 April 2018

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 24 April 2018 - Categories: Army, Defence in the media, Equipment, Royal Navy
A Royal Gun Salute took place on Saturday (April 21) to celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday. Today The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and The Honourable Artillery Company will each fire celebratory Royal Salutes at 2pm. Crown copyright.

...Executive Agency will lead on the procurement, in-service support and decommissioning of all UK nuclear submarines. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said: Our nuclear deterrent is our ultimate defence from the...

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Defence in the Media: 13 November 2016

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 13 November 2016 - Categories: Uncategorized
2016 Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph

...that the Prime Minister believes Remembrance Sunday should honour forces fighting Islamic State as well as war dead. The BBC have also broadcast Remembrance Services from around the country, including...

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Defence Minister Philip Dunne on dismantling decommissioned submarines

Posted by: Philip Dunne, Posted on: 7 July 2016 - Categories: Ministerial comment

...to store the Intermediate Level radioactive Waste (ILW) from our decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines. From a shortlist of five sites, I am pleased to announce that Capenhurst Nuclear Services in Capenhurst,...

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Defence in the media: 11 October 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 11 October 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media
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Broadcasters today are prominently highlighting the news that a convoy of UK military vehicles has been attacked while on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan blast It is being widely reported...

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Defence in the Media: 8 September 2015

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

...that a British submarine damaged a fishing trawler that was dragged backwards through the Irish Sea when it became snagged in its nets. Articles draw on the statement made by...

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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 Minister Philip Dunne talks about the shut down of the Vulcan Naval test reactor

Posted by: Philip Dunne and MOD News Team, Posted on: 22 July 2015 - Categories: Ministerial comment

...shut down. New technology is available and advances in other types of modelling and computational codes mean it is not necessary to set up future full-scale prototypes at this time...

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Defence in the Media: 2 June 2015

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

...Michael Fallon opens new accommodation block at Brunei Garrison, the home of 1 Royal Gurkha Rifles. Follow us on Twitter and don’t forget to sign up for email alerts.  ...

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Defence Spending

Posted by: Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence, Posted on: 2 June 2015 - Categories: Equipment, Ministerial comment

...and so well that you can invest for the future. We’re building two aircraft carriers, seven Hunter-Killer submarines, there are new armoured vehicles on order for the army, we’re buying...

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