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Vintage meets modern: Swordfish and Seafire conduct flypast over HMS Queen Elizabeth
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (464+ words) Two vintage Fleet Air Arm aircraft have conducted a flypast over one of the UK's aircraft carriers as she continues on her three-month deployment around the country and northern Europe. A Swordfish and a Seafire from Navy Wings, a naval…...
UK commits £100m to Nato scheme supplying 90% of Ukraine's Patriot missiles
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (465+ words) The UK has committed £100m to the Nato scheme that now supplies around 90% of the Patriot interceptors reaching Ukraine. The money will fund Patriot missiles and other air defence equipment through the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List, known as Purl, with deliveries…...
One-in, one-out as Ministry of Defence confirms British Army is not undermanned
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (494+ words) The Army is officially not undermanned, according to the Ministry of Defence. Confirmation of its manning status came as statistics revealed that although thousands of personnel had left the service last year, the overall size of the organisation remained largely…...
Poland opens new centre built with UK expertise to strengthen nation's air defences
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (311+ words) A new defence centre built with UK expertise has been opened in Poland, enabling support and training for Warsaw's Pilica+ programme. The Pilica+ programme is a multibillion-pound project building an integrated air defence network with the UK to defend Poland's…...
How the Navy's Black Sea standoff became a wargame over Russian disinformation
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (505+ words) In June 2021, an incident involving a Royal Navy warship saw both the UK and Russia battle for control of the narrative. And that clash has now been turned into a board game, training the next generation to win the story,…...
Fond farewell for HMS Queen Elizabeth as she lands key Nato role for first time
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (408+ words) If you happened to be passing through the cobbled streets of Old Portsmouth over the weekend, you may have caught a glimpse, through the narrow buildings, of the gargantuan sight of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Head further towards the harbour, and…...
Military 'cannot operate on warm words': Tories outline plans to increase defence spending by £10bn
1+ week, 2+ day ago (474+ words) The Conservative Party has announced how it would fund a £10bn per year uplift in order to hike defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030. The extra investment would be funded through more cuts to the welfare bill, and the party has…...
UK can lead Nato's battlefield revolution after lessons from Ukraine, says retired US general
1+ week, 3+ day ago (520+ words) Britain is ahead in responding to changes on the battlefield in light of the Ukraine war, a retired US general has told peers in a speech. General (Retired) David Petraeus said that the UK was demonstrating "strategic clarity" early on…...
Getting fast and furious: How fast jet pilots practise flying low-level at speed
1+ week, 3+ day ago (358+ words) Almost every day of the year, state-of-the-art aircraft tear down a network of valleys in Snowdonia as pilots hone their skills in some of Britain's most challenging terrain. It's called the Mach Loop – otherwise known as The Roundabout by US…...
New electronic warfare arms race to hijack enemy drones and take over the controls
1+ week, 4+ day ago (725+ words) When a drone lands somewhere unexpected, its operator may not know why it happened – but sometimes, their enemies do. There are several ways electronic warfare can be used to take an opposing platform out of the fight. They are all…...