By now the world has become used to US President Trump’s outlandish, bombastic, and usually unfounded outbursts on all sorts of topics as he plies his transactional politics on us all. Anyone with any sense ignores them and shrugs them off. However a new nadir was reached with his comments on the AfghanistanContinue reading “Trump Takes Back Insults To Britain’s War Dead”
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£5bn, Eight Years Late and Unusable: MPs Signal the End of the Army’s Ajax Farce
Ajax Armoured Vehicle Finally Killed Off After £5bn Spent and Years of Failure The statement made in the House of Commons yesterday by Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence Luke Pollard MP has most probably sounded the death knell of the troubled British army armoured cavalry vehicle Ajax. Already at least eightContinue reading “£5bn, Eight Years Late and Unusable: MPs Signal the End of the Army’s Ajax Farce”
12 Squadron begins deployment to the Gulf region reflecting the strong UK-Qatar defence partnership that helps to keep the UK secure at home and strong abroad
Copyright and all rights reserved – .gov.uk The Royal Air Force’s joint Typhoon squadron with Qatar, 12 Squadron, has deployed to the Gulf for defensive purposes noting regional tensions as part of the UK-Qatar Defence Assurance Agreement, demonstrating the strong and enduring defence relationship between the UK and Qatar. 12 Squadron has regularly deployedContinue reading “12 Squadron begins deployment to the Gulf region reflecting the strong UK-Qatar defence partnership that helps to keep the UK secure at home and strong abroad”
UK and Poland agree enhanced missile defence and helicopter training cooperation
The UK and Poland’s ability to shoot down air and missile threats will be strengthened by deepened cooperation between the two countries. UK and Poland to enhance joint training to improve both countries’ ability to shoot down air and missile threats. Polish helicopter pilots and instructors to begin training in the UK this summer asContinue reading ” UK and Poland agree enhanced missile defence and helicopter training cooperation”
Trump To Putin: This Is How You Do It
This article was originally published in http://www.express.co.uk Putin could learn a lot from Trump Compare and contrast, if you will, two recent military coup de main operations. The first of these was Russia’s attempt in February 2022 to decapitate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ’s government in Kyiv, replace it with a pro-Moscow administration, andContinue reading “Trump To Putin: This Is How You Do It”