Armed Forces Minister on 21st-Century Land Warfare
Mark Lancaster at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2018 on the Challenges Facing the British Army The Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Mark Lancaster, gave the opening address […]
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The Russian Federation is the world’s largest country covering over 17m2 km, with a population of over 143 million. Military conscription is compulsory, giving Russia a total of over 1 million active service personnel. Military spending is at approx $70bn per year (2014 figures), putting Russia into third place behind the USA and China, although expenditure is expected to rise substantially. Russia is the world’s largest exporter of arms, with a 30% share of the total export trade. Russia is a founder member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
Royal Welsh on Ex SABER STRIKE
1 R WELSH Participate in the Multinational Military Exercise SABER STRIKE 2018 Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh (1 R WELSH), currently deployed to Estonia on Operation CABRIT, […]
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RAF Gets New Quick Reaction Alert Radar
Air Defence Radar at Saxa Vord on the Island of Unst, Shetland, Now Operational The MOD has announced that the RAF’s newly installed Air Defence Radar at Saxa Vord on […]
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US Army Responds to New Arms Race
US Army Claims Lasers, Hypersonic Weapons and Unmanned/Autonomous Vehicles Within 10 Years Within a decade, if not sooner, leap-ahead technologies like lasers, hypersonic weapons, mobile and secure networks and unmanned/autonomous […]
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Cost of Continued Fighting in Ukraine
UN Warning: Millions Face Starvation and Disease as Fighting Continues in Eastern Ukraine Nearly 3.5 million people caught up in the conflict in eastern Ukraine urgently need humanitarian aid, according […]
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MI5 Identifies “Current Threat Landscape”
Russia and Islamic Terrorism Top List of Threats According to MI5’s Director General MI5’s Director General, Andrew Parker, spoke before the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV) Symposium in Berlin on 14 […]
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Israeli Air Force Strikes Iranian Quds Force in Syria
Israeli Air Force Confirms Retaliation After Iranian Attack Against Golan Heights The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has confirmed that Israeli Air Force fighter jets have attacked dozens of military targets […]
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