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First Responders from all five OPCW regional groups increased their skills in handling emergencies involving chemical weapons and toxic industrial
Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment of Admiral Sir Tony Radakin KCB ADC to take over from General Sir Nicholas Carter GCB CBE DSO ADC Gen as the next Chief of the Defence Staff.
Commander of Strategic Command RUSI conference speech General Sir Patrick Sanders, Commander of Strategic Command’s speech at the RUSI Strategic Command Conference: Sharpening the UK Defence’s edge in the 2020’s. From: 26 May 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you, Secretary of State and let me add my own welcome to our second annual conference. Fifteen months have passed since we gathered at RUSI on Whitehall for the inaugural Strategic Command conference and it has since been a seminal period for Defence, and for Strategic Command in particular. Non...
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Britain buys 14 new Chinook helos, but it’ll take a decade for full delivery Britain has ordered the extended-range version of the H-47 Chinook helicopter. (Boeing) LONDON — Britain has confirmed it will acquire 14 Boeing-made Chinook helicopters, but the government has prolonged the delivery schedule over the next decade years due to budget issues. The deal was made through the U.S. Defense Department’s Foreign Military Sales process and will see Britain pay £1.4 billion (U.S. $2 billion) for the helicopters and associated equipment. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2026 and be...
May 1, 2021 © Photo: Wikimedia The U.K.’s global influence is routinely seen as benign, writes Mark Curtis. Only occasionally does a more accurate picture emerge. By Mark CURTIS A leading Guardian columnist wrote an article in February listing the world’s “bad guys.” “Across the world,” he asserted, “the bad guys are winning.” His list included Burma, China, Russia, North Korea, Syria and Ethiopia — but he didn’t mention the U.K. or the U.S. A few months before, another influential columnist at the paper, Jonathan Freedland listed Assad of Syria, Orban of Hungar...