Ukrainian Counter-Offensive: Where Will The Blow Fall?
Recent speculation in the world’s media on when the long-anticipated Ukrainian counter-offensive against their Russian invaders will begin has...
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Sudan – descended into chaos
So, what’s going on in Sudan then? Over the past week or so we have watched the country descend...
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Kwayga announces project partnering with USAID Economic Resilience Activity to support Ukrainian Food & Drinks suppliers
Martin Fitzgerald and Mike McGrath, co-founders of Kwayga announced the "European Shelves for Ukrainian Producers" project at the Enterprise...
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BAE Systems announces partnership with Microsoft
BAE Systems has announced a partnership with Microsoft to utilize innovative cloud technology to equip defence programs. Combining BAE...
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Is This The Ukrainian Counter-Offensive?
In the Russo-Ukraine war the Russian invaders have been battering away in Bakhmut for months now, trying to capture...
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The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World – By Tim Marshall. Elliott and Thompson Limited, ISBN 978 1 78396 687 5, 238 pages, £20.00 (hardback).
When I was a staff officer in the Headquarters British Forces Middle East (HQBFME) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during...
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Ukraine Air Defence – Who will win the race?
The recently leaked Pentagon documents were yet another embarrassment for the USA and its allies, revealing as they do...
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Babcock to support British Army with electric vehicle conversion and trials
Babcock International Group (Babcock), the defence company, has been awarded a one-year contract by the Ministry of Defence (MOD)...
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The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change our World
Leading authority on foreign affairs, Tim Marshall has written his latest highly-anticipated next book, The Future of Geography: How...
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New Report – Unwrapping the Riddle of Defence Acquisition in the UK
Risk management consultancy Redstone Risk has published a report – Unwrapping the Riddle of Defence Acquisition in the United...
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Finland Joins NATO
So, Finland has joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), thereby becoming the thirty-first nation to be admitted to membership....
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UK Challenger 2s Enter The Fray
We now know that at least some of the fourteen Challenger 2 main battle tanks (MBTs) pledged to the...
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Russian Obsolete Tanks Are Still Tanks
There has been a general chortling in the commentariat over news that the Russians are now apparently transporting obsolete...
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Russia using ‘nuclear’ ammo in Ukraine and Putin 100% knew this
Putin criticised the UK's donation of 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, specifically taking issue with the potential deployment...
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How I Would Win The Ukraine War
I have been commenting on the progress of the Russo-Ukraine warn for over a year now, getting about eighty...
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Is Downing Of US Drone An Act Of War?
Wars are sometimes started on the flimsiest of excuses. The War of Jenkins’ Ear, for example, took place between...
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Will Poland And Slovakia Sending MiG-29s To Ukraine Open The Floodgates?
Poland announced that it is to send four of its MiG-29 Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine, with the hint...
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Nicola Sturgeon’s replacement ,,,,, who will threaten the Union most?
"Union Safe in Kate Forbes' Hands! There are barely two weeks to go before the competition to replace Nicola...
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Any Russian victory at Bakhmut will be Pyrrhic!!
The war in Ukraine, now dragging on into its second year, has been punctuated by intense conflicts over towns...
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Ukraine: How Russia Got It Wrong
You’ll all be familiar with those “how it started: how it’s going now” photograph posts on social media,...
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How The Ukraine War Ends
We are just short of a year to the day when Russia invaded Ukraine. We all know what...
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UK Defence Review interviews George Alison – Editor UK Defence Journal
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4fcUamhDlzHJHbNyBU1Xwn?si=QyAJWjocSu6xmsbvaAFFcw Loading… Lt Col Stuart Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback) is available now http://www.DefenceReview.UK @peoplemattertv @509298
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Send F-16s And ATACMS To Ukraine Now!
Much as Germany dragged its heels over sending tanks to Ukraine before it was frog-marched into doing so by...
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The Defence Review Podcast – How the Ukrainians will win the war
Loading… Lt Col Stuart Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback) is available now http://www.DefenceReview.UK @peoplemattertv @509298
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The Ukraine War – One year on!
https://youtu.be/BmOkNJBvkjs Loading… Lt Col Stuart Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback) is available now http://www.DefenceReview.UK @peoplemattertv @509298
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Who’s who in the SNP leadership race?
"Nominations closed on Friday for the election of a new leader for the SNP following the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon....
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Putin’s latest speech – Lt Col Stuart Crawford’s response
https://youtu.be/XOw4SJ8gUmY Lt Col Stuart Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback) is available now http://www.DefenceReview.UK @peoplemattertv @509298
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Defence Newsletter February 2023
w/c 13th February 2023 ‘Planes For Ukraine Air superiority is a prerequisite for successful operations by manoeuvring armoured formations;...
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Neunundneunzig Luftballons
The discovery of a high-flying Chinese observation balloon over the USA caused a few red faces in Washington last...
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Ukraine Spring Offensives
Conversations buzz around the prospect of renewed fighting in Ukraine in the next few weeks, or even days. With...
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‘Planes For Ukraine
The big news over the past few days has centred on President Zelensky’s visit to the UK. Although clearly...
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Lt. Col Stuart Crawford updates Baroness Foster on The Ukraine War!
https://youtu.be/kwkFAqjqXEg Lt Col Stuart Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback) is available now http://www.DefenceReview.UK @peoplemattertv @509298
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British Army Doesn’t Have Sufficient Ammunition Stocks
Continuing with the theme that the UK is not regarded as a first tier military nation any more in...
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China’s Hanging Around the US- observing!!
The Americans were not too pleased this week when the news that a Chinese observation balloon was hovering over...
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UK Not First Tier Military Nation Anymore
The UK is no longer a first tier military nation according to an anonymous US general. Apparently he has...
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China and the South Atlantic – no longer flirting – they’re going steady!
China's strategic expansion continues with alliance with Argentina! Lt Col Stuart Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback) is available now...
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Defence Newsletter w/e 27th January 2023
w/e 27th January 2023 Tensions In The South Atlantic Whilst the world’s attention has been focussed on Ukraine there...
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Rwanda – DR Congo Confrontation
w/e 27th January 2023 Again, with the focus of most western commentators on Ukraine, less attention is being paid...
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What About The Rest Of The Weapons For Ukraine?
w/e 27th January 2023 There has been much rejoicing mixed with a sense of relief that the USA...
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Tensions In The South Atlantic
w/e 27th January 2023 Whilst the world’s attention has been focussed on Ukraine there are other simmering tensions elsewhere,...
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