Ukrainians trying to isolate Russian forces from the city of Kherson Signs that Ukrainians regaining the initiative in Donbas But Autumn brings rains and mud rendering impassable hampering both sides War will last through coming winter and well into 2023. By the time you read this we’ll be over a week into the much acclaimed Kherson counteroffensive being implemented by Ukrainian forces against the Russian occupiers in that part of the south of the country.Continue reading “Ukraine “Counter-Offensive””
Category Archives: Stuart Crawford
In the Navy
Officer suing Navy claims he’s victim of religious discrimination by being made to work on Trident £3 billion aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales to return to dry dock indefinitely! Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, hints future of Navy may depend more upon submarines than ships Last week saw two major events affecting Britain’s Royal Navy. On the good news front, HMS Anson, the fifth of the Navy’s Astute Class nuclear-powered attack submarines, was commissioned atContinue reading “In the Navy”
In case you missed Lt Col Stuart Crawford The Briefing with Arlene Foster today
Crawford’s International Defence Review w/c 8th August 2022
Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri One should never rejoice in the demise of a fellow human being but it’s difficult not to agree that Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of al’Quaeda, got what was coming to him. The long-serving former second in command to Usama bin Laden met his maker when two US Hellfire missiles slammed into his balcony in Kabul where he was taking the early morning air and now he is no more. Those who liveContinue reading “Crawford’s International Defence Review w/c 8th August 2022”
SAS or SS?
Last week’s BBC Panorama programme “SAS Death Squads Exposed” raised some serious questions about the exploits of Britain’s elite special forces in Afghanistan in 2010-11. Apparently some four years in the making, the programme took a measured and appropriately inquisitive look at how Britain’s best-known special forces outfit operated and how it might have transgressed the normal laws of war during that conflict. Predictably it has led to an out burst of spluttering from theContinue reading “SAS or SS?”