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 to the Russian invaders in early March. It has been...
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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 have changed little over the past few weeks; a small...
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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 rains and mud, it is perhaps timely to review where...
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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 to make of the nuclear drills which Russia has just...
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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 to remind ourselves that there are other areas of the...
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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 Stuart Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback) is available for pre-order...
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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 Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback) is available for pre-order now...
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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, to which nobody has owned up to yet by the...
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“Dirty Bomb” Disinformation
w/e 28th October 2022 Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu has raised fears, without evidence, that Ukraine plans to use a dirty bomb in the Russo-Ukraine conflict. This he has...
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UK Defence Budget Uplift In Doubt
w/e 28th October 2022 No sooner had the military community rejoiced at the pledge by former PM Liz Truss to raise the UK’s defence budget to 3% of GDP...
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Sign up now to Lt. Col Stuart’s Podcast – How the Undersea Threat could cripple the globe
Click Here How the Undersea Threat could cripple the globe First there was the presumed sabotage on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, to which nobody has...
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Who might replace Putin as President?
w/e 21st October 2022 Rumours circulating on secure social media “east of the Balkans” are beginning to suggest that Vladimir Putin may not be as secure as President of...
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China is wooing Ex-RAF Pilots with ¼ million salaries!
w/e 21st October 2022 Much spluttering from the usual Bufton Tuftons in their leather armchairs at the news that former Royal Air Force pilots are being lured by China...
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Is Russia ready to press the nuclear button?
w/e 21st October 2022 As I’ve been saying until I’m almost, but not quite, blue in the face, the chances of Putin using nuclear weapons in the Russo-Ukraine war...
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Defence Newsletter w/c 10th October 2022
w/c 10th October 2022 Putin’s Surprise Birthday Presents Time To Look After Our Veterans Properly The Military And The Media Lt Col Stuart Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback) is available...
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Alba Party Defence Policy Debate
w/c 3rd October 2022 I note that Scotland’s other party of independence, the Alba party, founded by Alex Salmond and a few acolytes and yet to find electoral success...
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Ukraine: Russia’s Botched “Partial Mobilisation”
w/c 3rd October 2022 Much confusion ensued after Putin’s decree for partial mobilisation of reservists last week. Instances have been reported of mobilizing men without prior military experience, assigning...
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The Nord Stream Conundrum
w/c 3rd October 2022 There was a bit of a media flap last week when a series of underwater explosions damaged both the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines...
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Defence Newsletter w/c 3rd October 2022
w/c 3rd October 2022 The Nord Stream Conundrum Ukraine: Russia’s Botched “Partial Mobilisation” Alba Party Defence Policy Debate http://www.DefenceReview.UK @peoplemattertv @509298
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UK Defence Budget Hiked
The UK’s new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, pledged before her elevation to power that the UK defence budget would rise from its present just over 2.1% of GDP to 3.0%...
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Defence Newsletter w/e 30th September 2022
Ukraine: Threat of Nuclear War Recedes UK Defence Budget Hiked Catalunya http://www.DefenceReview.UK @peoplemattertv @509298
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Ukraine: Threat of Nuclear War Recedes
There has been a marked shift in tone this week from those who had been predicting nuclear Armageddon in Ukraine. After weeks of saying that Putin’s threat of using tactical...
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Ukraine War: Rapid Advances in the Donbas
Ukraine is winning & Russia is losing. Ukrainian army on the offensive in Donbas Kherson in the south whole of the Kharkiv Oblast recovered Russian forces lose 00s of...
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Russia Buys Weapons Abroad
Russia used 35% of ammunition stocks in just over 6 months Now trying to buy Soviet era 122mm & 152mm ammunition on world markets – but shortages force Russia to...
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HRH Queen’s Funeral is a military affair
Britain’s military heavily involved in HRH’s funeral arrangements 1,500 personnel from all three services Cortege route will be mine swept by Army & RAF units Army sniper teams & armed...
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DefenceReview.UK w/e 16th September 2022
HRH Queen’s Funeral is a military affair Britain’s military heavily involved in HRH’s funeral arrangements 1,500 personnel from all three services Cortege route will be mine swept by Army &...
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New Prime Minister Truss commits to additional £147 billion Defence spend over next 8 years
Britain’s defence forces are at a historical low Royal Navy needs more submarines & surface &, Royal Air Force needs more F-35Bs, Typhoons, and tactical lift aircraft, Army is short...
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Ukraine “Counter-Offensive”
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...
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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!...
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Lt. Col Stuart Crawford Wednesday 21 September, at 19:00 at the Real Cercle Artístic – Catalonia
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British Army Has More Horses Than Tanks
Is Britain capable of defending itself? British army numbers drop to 72,500 by 2025 And British Army has more horses than tanks - 485 versus 227 If there’s one thing...
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Crawford’s International Defence Review
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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...
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Crawford’s International Defence Review w/e 7th August 2022
Kosovo – Serbia Increased Tensions There were increased tensions on the Serbia – Kosovo border this week when the Kosovan government attempted again to order the 50,000 Serbians living there...
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Beards in the British Army
A recurring theme on British army social media channels is the debate about whether soldiers should be allowed to grow beards. The Royal Navy has long allowed beards, and recently...
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The Ajax Scandal
I have written before about the awful, slow-motion car crash that is the UK Ministry of Defence’s equipment procurement processes and practices. However I am prompted to return to the...
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Kosovo – Serbia Increased Tensions
There were increased tensions on the Serbia – Kosovo border this week when the Kosovan government attempted again to order the 50,000 Serbians living there to switch from using Serbian...
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Quality or Quantity? The Tank Conundrum
f the Ukraine war has taught us anything about high-tempo conventional warfare between peer adversaries, it is that numbers matter. That Russia has been able to continue its assault despite...
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Inquiry Into SAS Operations
The UK’s Ministry of Defence has proposed that there should be a judge-led inquiry into allegations of illegal killings of Afghan men in Afghanistan in 2010-11 by the SAS. This...
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Defence Select Committee Report
Westminster’s Defence Select Committee has just published its report into the Government’s Integrated Defence and Security Review, which was published back in March 2021 before the withdrawal from Afghanistan and...
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Ukraine Update
Multiple sources are now reporting that the war in Ukraine is about to enter a new phase. After the Russian attempts on Kyiv and Kharkiv, which were both repulsed, their...
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Crawford’s International Defence Review w/e 29th July 2022
Ukraine Update Multiple sources are now reporting that the war in Ukraine is about to enter a new phase. Speculation is mounting that Ukraine is on the cusp of mounting...
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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...
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The Age of the Tank is Not Yet Over
Recent conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan and, more tellingly, the current war in Ukraine have brought a renewed focus on the role of the main battle tank (MBT)...
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