Boris Johnson is accused of bending the knee to China: Tories rage at PM s naivety after major review urges deeper trade links with Beijing despite security chiefs calling it a systemic threat to the West
Boris Johnson has unveiled major review of the UK s defence, security and foreign policy after year of work
There will be a £24billion rise in defence spending including a drive towards space, laser and cyber warfare
Nuclear arsenal is set to be expanded for the first time in decades amid fears rivals are building their capacity
Review calls for deeper trade links and cooperation with China despite warning it is systemic threat to West
Exclusive: I will use force to defend Falklands, promises Boris Johnson
Prime Minister vows to use military to protect British territories including Gibraltar, according to leaked papers from defence review
15 March 2021 • 9:49pm
The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth complements the stark skyline of the Firth of Clyde in its first visit to Western Scotland after two weeks of sea trials. The £3bn flagship of the Royal Navy will dock at a new ammunition jetty at Glen Mallan as part of final preparations before its first deployment
Boris Johnson will pledge to defend the Falklands and Gibraltar with the military, leaked documents have revealed.
Mr. Michael Cook is the Deputy Director for the 412th Communications Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base, California. The squadron’s mission is to deliver agile cyber capabilities to develop, support and defend innovative Test and Evaluation solutions and,
Bi-Color Green and Blue Titanium Coin Features the Parrotfish
We are thrilled to announce the release of a brand new bi-color titanium coin on behalf of the
British Indian Ocean Territory featuring the colorful
parrotfish.
The coin features three parrotfish amongst the corals in tropical waters highlighted in green titanium within a blue titanium background.
The Parrotfish can be found in relatively shallow tropical and subtropical oceans with the group displaying the largest species richness in the
Indo-Pacific. The arrangement of their teeth is highly unusual – arranged on the external surface of their jawbones forming a parrot-like beak that gives them their name. This is not the only unusual characteristic of this particular species as they start their life as females but then change into males during their lifespan.
In the middle of the Indian Ocean lies some of the last coral reef wilderness on Earth. The Chagos Archipelago, a collection of atolls, including Earth s largest - the Great Chagos Bank- is home to reefs that have been largely undisturbed by humans for the last 50 years. Some estimates indicate the Chagos Archipelago may contain more than half of the healthy coral reefs remaining in the entire Indian Ocean. These reefs are protected both by their remote location, and in one of the world s largest no-take marine reserves the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) marine protected area.
In 2015, scientists at the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) came to the Chagos Archipelago to assess the status of the reefs. Over the course of two months at sea, an international team of scientists conducted thousands of surveys of the benthic and reef fish communities at over 100 locations across the archipelago. This research was conducted as part of the Foundation s Global Reef Ex