Only a few months ago the UK promised to supply 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, a move which helped persuade other western nations to supply their own tanks to aid the fight against the Russian invasion. Britain’s tanks have been in Ukraine for some months now. Since then the floodgates have creaked open, albeit sometimes slowly, andContinue reading “Where Have The Challengers Gone?”
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Wagner fighters marching on Warsaw? They wouldn’t dare.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has met with Vladimir Putin for the first time since he brokered the truce to end the recent mutiny by Wagner fighters which temporarily threatened Putin’s grip on power in Russia. In front of the TV cameras in St Petersburg last Sunday Lukashenko claimed that the Wagner fighters “are askingContinue reading “Wagner fighters marching on Warsaw? They wouldn’t dare.”
West is knowingly throwing Ukrainians into Russian meatgrinder, says Stuart Crawford
The Ukrainian counter-offensive has been going on for a couple of months without any signs of significant progress, let alone a breakthrough. Putin had been crowing that the UkrAF summer campaign has “failed”. Is there any truth in this? Well, it’s still early days and operations on this scale tend to take weeks andContinue reading “West is knowingly throwing Ukrainians into Russian meatgrinder, says Stuart Crawford”
Missile interceptors are today’s crucial weapon of war – UK of course is unprotected
The Russo-Ukraine war has been a wake up call for the west in general and NATO members in particular. The re-emergence of Russia as an aggressor nation in eastern Europe has sent many western nations scrambling to upgrade their military capabilities. Many lessons have been learned and re-learned from this latest conflict; that numbersContinue reading “Missile interceptors are today’s crucial weapon of war – UK of course is unprotected”
Army in crisis: We have enough tanks to last about a week in conflict
If the dreadful Ukraine war has taught us anything it is that big numbers matter, so why are we Hell bent on reducing Britain’s military to Dad’s Army levels. When I joined the 4th Royal Tank Regiment (Scotland’s Own) as a brand new, wet-behind-the-ears subaltern in Munster, West Germany, in early 1980, I becameContinue reading “Army in crisis: We have enough tanks to last about a week in conflict”