As the Middle East once again awaits a possible US strike on Iran, American and Israeli navies have recently carried out a joint exercise in the Red Sea. A US Navy destroyer docked in Israel for a routing, pre-planned visit and trained thereafter alongside Israeli vessels as part of an ongoing collaboration withContinue reading “Storm Clouds Gather Over Iran”
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The liberation of Cuba – Frederick Lauritzen
This article was originally produced here – https://www.kallipolis.co.uk/cuba Trump’s target is Cuba. The dusty history books must be taken down from the shelf. The island is central to North American geopolitics. Three British brothers conquered the island in 1762, George, Augustus, and William Keppel. The conquest and their occupation of Havana defined the placeContinue reading “The liberation of Cuba – Frederick Lauritzen”
Trump Takes Back Insults To Britain’s War Dead
By now the world has become used to US President Trump’s outlandish, bombastic, and usually unfounded outbursts on all sorts of topics as he plies his transactional politics on us all. Anyone with any sense ignores them and shrugs them off. However a new nadir was reached with his comments on the AfghanistanContinue reading “Trump Takes Back Insults To Britain’s War Dead”
£5bn, Eight Years Late and Unusable: MPs Signal the End of the Army’s Ajax Farce
Ajax Armoured Vehicle Finally Killed Off After £5bn Spent and Years of Failure The statement made in the House of Commons yesterday by Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence Luke Pollard MP has most probably sounded the death knell of the troubled British army armoured cavalry vehicle Ajax. Already at least eightContinue reading “£5bn, Eight Years Late and Unusable: MPs Signal the End of the Army’s Ajax Farce”
12 Squadron begins deployment to the Gulf region reflecting the strong UK-Qatar defence partnership that helps to keep the UK secure at home and strong abroad
Copyright and all rights reserved – .gov.uk The Royal Air Force’s joint Typhoon squadron with Qatar, 12 Squadron, has deployed to the Gulf for defensive purposes noting regional tensions as part of the UK-Qatar Defence Assurance Agreement, demonstrating the strong and enduring defence relationship between the UK and Qatar. 12 Squadron has regularly deployedContinue reading “12 Squadron begins deployment to the Gulf region reflecting the strong UK-Qatar defence partnership that helps to keep the UK secure at home and strong abroad”