Tag: UK

  • Navy chief fears cuts will leave forces stretched

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    Strategic Defence and Security Review due to be published. Navy chief fears cuts will leave forces stretched THE former head of the Royal Navy says five years of government-led cutbacks […]

  • Disturbances at UK military base

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    Tensions rise among migrants. Migrant crisis: Disturbances at UK military base in Cyprus Footage has emerged showing a series of disturbances by migrants who want to leave a UK military […]

  • UK defence cuts bite

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    As ministers consider the latest defence review, it is time to scale down some of the equipment on order. Our Armed Forces need BMWs not Ferraris By Con Coughlin As […]

  • Migrants land at RAF base

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    First time migrants have landed on British sovereign territory. Migrant crisis: Boats land at UK base RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus Two boats carrying 140 migrants, including children, have landed at […]

  • Royal Navy’s OPV under construction

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    HMS Trent due to join feet in 2017. Royal Navy begins work on third offshore patrol vessel The U.K. Royal Navy announced Wednesday construction has begun on its third and […]

  • UK to consider maritime patrol programme

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    Strategic Defence and Security Review to be released later this year. DSEI: UK to consider maritime patrol programme in defence review BY: CRAIG HOYLE The UK’s continuing Strategic Defence and […]

  • Saab and BAE in mines countermeasures deal

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    New mines disposal system under development. Saab signs maritime mine countermeasures contract with BAE Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract with BAE Systems for the design and […]

  • UK Progress, Pacific Tensions

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    Modernisation of Royal Navy continues. UK Progress, Pacific Tensions Key Naval Conference By Christopher P. Cavas LONDON — Britain’s First Sea Lord touted the importance of the Royal Navy’s modernization programs […]

  • Gibraltar and Innocent Passage

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    The legal whys and wherefores. Gibraltar: Legal Advice on Innocent Passage ALEX CALVO While tensions over the South China Sea often prompt headlines, attracting a great deal of attention by […]

  • Navy ship yet to make a rescue in Med

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    SAR not ship’s primary mission, says MoD. British ship sent on Mediterranean migrant mission has not rescued a single person The Royal Navy ship sent to join a Europe-wide mission […]

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