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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