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The size of the army is to be reduced to 72,500 soldiers by 2025 as part of a move towards drones and cyber warfare. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said "increased deployability and technological advantage" meant greater effect could be delivered by fewer people.more

Maria Barr, a woman from the archival photo of the Institute of National Remembrance, whose identity has been established thanks to the involvement of researchers and history enthusiasts, will be buried in London's Gunnersbury Cemetery.more

Russia has condemned the decision by the UK government to boost its arsenal of nuclear weapons, saying the move would harm international stability.more

Britain wants to shape a world where democracies can thrive, but needs to be prepared for a world marked by heightened conflicts and divisions, reported today in an integrated review of British security policy. It added that the United Kingdom would therefore not reduce the number of nuclear warheads it had, and even increase the maximum number.more

NATO must cut its “military emissions” as part of moves to tackle climate change, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, as he welcomed U.S. climate change envoy John Kerry to Brussels.more

MI5 is allowed to authorise its agents to torture and murder, a Court of Appeal ruling suggests.more

An intruder made it aboard an aircraft belonging to the unit responsible for Air Force One after entering Joint Base Andrews without authorization Thursday, leading to a security review of bases around the world, according to military officials.more

Myanmar's military has seized power after detaining civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior members of her governing party.more

President Joe Biden has repealed Donald Trump's ban on transgender Americans joining the military. The ban was announced by Mr Trump during his first year in office.more

Britain pushed ahead with plans for its first fighter drone on Monday, signing a 30 million pound ($41 million) design and manufacture contract for the unmanned aircraft to have a trial flight in the next three years.more

Soldiers took up positions in the U.S. Capitol in a scene reminiscent of Civil War deployments as Washington braced for the inauguration of a new president and a vote to impeach the current one.more

From submerging themselves into cold lakes to survival missions without a tent or sleeping bag, Norfolk troops have tested their skills while deployed in Poland.more

In 2020, they were added to the Russian army, incl. new ships, missile systems and modernized tanks. New weapons are being deployed in strategic regions of the country. Work is underway on the promising weapons announced by President Vladimir Putin.more

A further 800 British military personnel have been sent to Kent to help ... traffic can begin to move at a closer to normal pace through Dover. more

A Swedish parliamentary majority in favour of readiness to join NATO as a possible security policy option has emerged for the first time after the far-right Sweden Democrats party shifted position on the military alliance.more

Trade talks between the UK and European Union are continuing in Brussels with one day to go until a deadline imposed by the two sides. The leaders of both parties have warned they are unlikely to reach a post-Brexit trade deal by Sunday.more

The Army could be used to help transport further stocks of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine from Belgium to the UK, a Foreign Office minister says.more

Both houses of Congress (the Senate and the House of Representatives) agreed on a joint text on the New Defense Budget Act (NDAA). The project changes, among others plans for the withdrawal of some US troops from Germany, which may have a negative impact on military cooperation with Poland.more

The United States officially pulled out of another arms control pact with Russia on Sunday, marking the end of a six-month notification process informing Moscow, U.S. officials told Fox News.more

The UK military is to receive an extra £4bn a year over the next four years, the government has said.more

Średni wiek zgłaszających się kandydatów do służby w wojsku przez Resortowy Portal Rekrutacyjny to 28 lat. Cztery piąte to mężczyźni, blisko jedna czwarta ma wykształcenie wyższe – poinformowało Biuro ds. Programu Zostań Żołnierzem.more

Coronavirus has made the prospect of World War Three a real risk, the UK’s most senior military commander has warned.more

People in Liverpool will be offered regular Covid-19 tests under the first trial of whole city testing in England.more

Boris Johnson has called in the army to help deliver new "rapid" coronavirus testing ‘of whole UK towns and cities’.more

The United Kingdom has notified the European Union of its intention to withdraw from all EU joint military operations by the end of this year, the Reuters agency informed, citing diplomatic sources.more