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The words of one senior official, a lot of the equipment the british armed forces have got is 15 years out of date. the artillery doesnt fire, they dont have enough drones, they are not up to speed on cyber and all of this is against the backdrop of whats known as sub threshold warfare. its a bit of jargon, i know, but what that means and this is a topic that has been created a lot by the chief of defence staff, is states considered to be hostile to western interests specifically china and russi...

Fewer tanks and fewer soldiers. the raf will retire some of its olderjets and aircraft. and the navy will see a cut in its surface fleet before new warships come into service. all this at a time when the government says that threats are rising. but it is promising a hi—tech armed forces and to invest in new technologies from fastjets to drones and robots to fight the wars of the future. we will ensure defence is threat—focused, modernised and financially sustainable, ready to confront future...

Aircraft and ships to fund new equipment and technologies. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale reports. the government says the armed forces of the future will be better equipped with troops supported by robots and drones able to operate in small teams anywhere in the world. it says they will be backed up by a new kind of army — skilled in information, electronic and cyberwarfare. but itll also be leaner. the size of the regular army is expected to be cut by as much as 10,000, to 70,000 ...

By a new kind of army — skilled in information, electronic and cyberwarfare. but itll also be leaner. the size of the regular army is expected to be cut by as much as 10,000 to 70,000 troops. that may concern close allies like the us, who say size matters. quantity has a quality all its own, as stalin taught us, and we are concerned about the shrinking size of britains military. but i would rather have a fully capable, fully resourced, smaller british force than i would have a larger, less cap...

Halls. show me where weve done those things, because we have done none of them. >> reporter: we were allowed rare access to one of their training sites at a secret location in georgia. >> we are now driving to the nfac training facility. >> reporter: we spoke to one member who chose to go by the code name shy to protect her anonymity. >> this is the handgun course? >> correct. >> reporter: and what do you do next? >> we are going to the area where we practice our primary weapons firing. >> repor...

The government says the armed forces of the future will be better equipped with troops supported by robots and drones able to operate in small teams anywhere in the world. it says they will be backed up by a new kind of army, skilled in information, electronic and cyberwarfare. but it will also be leaner. the size of the regular army is expected to be cut by as much as 10,000 to 70,000 troops. that may concern close allies like the us, who say size matters.— concern close allies like the us, w...

Them. so it did not flag any concerns for the u.s. arm of the trial. i think its very important to iterate in the u.s. however, before they make their recommendations, there will be a very, very rigorous process to make sure that there are no concerning red flags or side effects like the thrombotic events that were reported from europe last week. and i should note that the european and regulatory agencies have analyzed their data and feel very comfortable that the benefits far outweigh the risk,...

With fewer soldiers and tanks, and a reduction in the number of older aircraft. the cuts are being made to help fund new equipment and technologies. the defence secretary, ben wallace, said the changes marked a shift "from mass mobilisation to readiness and relevance for confronting the threats of the future". by 2025, the number of regular troops will be reduced from a target of 82,000 to 72,500. the number of new f—35 aircraft will be increased from a8, while the number of typhoon fighters w...

So darn loud." >> this was part of the prosecutors plan to put doloress gun in malieks hands. fbi firearms expert brett mills told jurors about the results of that serial number restoration test he did on the gun recovered from the river. >> i wound up pulling up all but one of the digits. it wound up matching the bill of sale for ms. delgados purchase of the revolver. >> is that like a bingo moment for you, when you put this stuff to the test and it works? >> finding out that the number i resto...

On a gun from the fbi collection. >> once youve polished it, you go in and you literally start peeling the layers back with the acid until the number actually is visible. >> its amazing how it just reappears, the serial number. >> sometimes it does. other times you might not be able to restore any type of number at all. >> there was another way to determine if they had found the murder weapon. mills would try to match the telltale markings on the bullets that killed karlin to the gun from the ri...