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  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 became part of the mighty British Army of the Rhine. A relic of the post-war occupation of Germany and very much a fixture in the Cold War years 1945-1989, BAORContinue reading “You can’t do defence on a shoestring”

  The UK parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has just published its report on China. It has its origins in a previous inquiry by the Committee into whether the Chinese company Huawei should be allowed to supply equipment for Britain’s 5G telecommunications network, with the prime consideration here being our seeming over-reliance on ChineseContinue reading “China has spread like a cancer to every sector of British life”

  Babcock and the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) have signed an initial contract for the multi-year refit of the second of the UK’s Vanguard Class nuclear submarines, HMS Victorious. The initial full cost recovery agreement, which will be replaced with a contract on the same terms for the full programme before the end of theContinue reading “Second Vanguard Class submarine refit awarded”

  There has been a bit of a hoo-hah since the US administration announced its intention to supply cluster bombs to Ukraine as part of its most recent £625 million military aid package. Cluster munitions, to give them their more generic description, work by  dispersing large numbers of small bomblets from a rocket, missile orContinue reading “Cluster Bombs To Ukraine – right or wrong?”

Babcock, the international defence company, has been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to support urgent operational requirements for Ukraine’s military land assets as part of the UK’s support for the country.  The initial 12-month contract is worth around £50 million and includes options to extend. The contract will see Babcock provide operationalContinue reading “Babcock ramps up UK military support to Ukraine  “