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Ukraine is doing the fighting for us. Chancellor Scholz needs to grow a pair and get on with it
Germany, in the form of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, is making a bit of a fool of itself over its intransigence...
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Britain sending Challenger 2 Tanks – is there more than meets the eye?
There has been a bit of a feeding frenzy this week over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement that Britain is...
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Russia to deploy new Battle Tank in Ukraine War
Sticking with tanks at the moment, but this time with Russian ones, there is speculation that Russia is preparing to...
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Civilians & Ministers killed in Kyiv Helicopter Crash
Ukraine suffered a body blow this week when a civilian helicopter on its way to the front line near Bakhmut...
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Defence Newsletter w/c 23rd January 2023
w/c 23rd January 2023 Ukraine is doing the fighting for us. Chancellor Scholz needs to grow a pair and...
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Reviews of “Tank Commander: From the Cold War to the Gulf and Beyond”
From United Kingdom ihw21hr 5.0 out of 5 stars Great insight into modern soldiering Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on...
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The UK now fields only 227 main battle tanks, a far cry from the 900 or so strong inventory only a couple of decades ago
The present British MBT, the Challenger 2, had its origins in the Chieftain Replacement programme of the 1980s, when I...
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Video – How winter is affecting the war in Ukraine
https://youtu.be/tcVOtMja5Us Lt Col Stuart Crawford is a Defence Analyst and a former Army officer, author & broadcaster – sign up...
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In war, you have to keep your troops safe
Have you heard Lt Col Stuart Crawford's latest podcast? " In war, you have to keep your troops safe Lt...
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Russo-Ukraine War: The Need For Operational Security
In the first significant action of 2023, carried out on New Year’s Day, Ukrainian forces attacked Russian troops in the...
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We house our servicemen in squalor – where is the outcry?
The current cold snap has caught the UK out once again, as it seems to do every winter, with widespread...
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Who is supplying the weapons to Ukraine – the latest Defence Review podcast
Lt Col Stuart Crawford is a Defence Analyst and a former Army officer, author & broadcaster – sign up to...
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Iran Supports Russia In Ukraine
We learned this week that Iran is now allegedly the biggest external supplier of arms to Russia as the...
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Ukraine now has the intent and capability to strike back on Russian soil
What’s going on behind the scenes with the recent news that Ukraine has attacked three airfields in mainland Russia? According...
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Lessons to be learned from latest report – but if the west fails act, to we do so at our peril.
At the end of last month the UK’s prestigious military think tank, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), published a...
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The worst weapon of the Russian War? – Rape!
Disturbing tales continue to come out of Ukraine about the systematic sexual abuse and rape of Ukrainian women and girls...
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Russia Failing On The Battlefield
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters that Russia was “failing on the battlefield” in Ukraine as he headed into...
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Crimea is the main strategic in this war – who holds it controls the Black Sea & the entrance to the Sea of Azov.
There is much speculation from the usual suspects on what the next stage in the Russo-Ukraine war might be. With...
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Britain Continues Arms Supplies To Ukraine
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made an unannounced visit to Kyiv last Saturday to meet Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy,...
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Defence Newsletter 23rd November 2022
23rd November 2022 Britain Continues Arms Supplies To Ukraine Red Arrows Falling Apart Is Russia fomenting tensions in Kosovo?...
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Britain Continues Arms Supplies To Ukraine
23rd November 2022 UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made an unannounced visit to Kyiv last Saturday to meet Ukraine’s...
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Red Arrows Falling Apart
23rd November 2022 The RAF’s elite display squadron, the Red Arrows, has been back in the news again for...
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Is Russia fomenting tensions in Kosovo?
23rd November 2022 I wrote a few months back on the tensions on the Kosovo-Serbia border. To recap, there...
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Lt Col Stuart Crawford is a Defence Analyst and a former Army officer, author & broadcaster – sign up to...
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Ukraine: Information, Misinformation, Disinformation
The old adage has it that the first casualty of war is the truth, and I think we can...
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What Just Happened In Kherson?
Just last week the world watched agog as Russian forces abandoned Kherson city and withdrew to the eastern bank...
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Poland Missile Attack: Who Is To Blame and What Happens Next?
The meeting of the G20 political leaders on Bali in Indonesia has just ended, but the agenda in its...
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What just happened in Kherson podcast
15th November 2022 Lt Col Stuart Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback) is available for pre-order now http://www.DefenceReview.UK @peoplemattertv...
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Russian Missiles Hit Poland: Does NATO Respond?
News just breaking tells us that two Russian missiles, presumably part of the barrage of 100 launched today against...
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Is The Russian Army “Quiet Quitting”?
w/c 14th November 2022 The concept of “quiet quitting” has enjoyed some popularity in the media of late. It...
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Evacuation Of Kherson: Bluff or Reality?
The city of Kherson, in the Oblast (region) of the same name and in the south-eastern corner of Ukraine, fell...
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Is Ukraine Running Out Of Weapons?
It increasingly appears that the war in Ukraine is grinding into a stalemate. The maps of gains and losses...
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Ukraine Update: Who’s Winning In Ukraine?
w/e 4th November 2022 As winter fast approaches and land operations in the Ukraine war stall in the autumn...
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Russian Nuclear Drills
w/e 4th November 2022 As the war in Ukraine grinds on relentlessly with no end in sight, what are we...
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Challenging Times In Cyprus
w/e 4th November 2022 Whilst the eyes of the world are on the continuing war in Ukraine, we sometimes have...
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Defence Newsletter w/e 4th November 2022
w/e 4th November 2022 Challenging Times In Cyprus Ukraine Update: Who’s Winning In Ukraine? Russian Nuclear Drills Lt Col...
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Have you signed up for the Defence Review Podcast? https://open.spotify.com/show/4vHJsYgxfrDyTkKgMpGlqs Lt Col Stuart Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback)...
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Defence Newsletter w/e 28th October 2022
w/e 28th October 2022 “Dirty Bomb” Disinformation UK Defence Budget Uplift In Doubt The Undersea Threat Lt Col Stuart...
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The Undersea Threat
w/e 28th October 2022 First there was the presumed sabotage on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea,...
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