The Royal Navy's last Trafalgar-Class attack submarine has completed its final voyage from Scotland to be decommissioned.
HMS Triumph sailed from HM Naval Base Clyde, at Faslane in Argyll, to HMNB Devonport in Plymouth to retire after more than 20 years in service.more
The new EU defence commissioner, Andrius Kubilius, yesterday called for faster armament in Europe. "To be honest, we are not sufficiently prepared for a possible attack," he admitted in an interview with Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND).more
The Finnish military has ordered tenants in various parts of the country to leave residential homes adjacent to strategically important military facilities. Dozens of families have been ordered to move out in areas near airports in Lapland alone, as well as in central Finland. The houses will be demolished, Yle radio reported yesterday.more
Dutch F-35 fighter jets intercepted three Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Friday and escorted them at a distance over international waters to the border of the NATO area of responsibility, the Dutch defence ministry said on Monday.more
The Ministry of Defence is war-gaming a major conflict to "stress-test" supplies of ammunition and equipment in a war time scenario.
The MoD says it is the first war games to involve representatives of the defence industry – alongside military commanders and officials. more
Yesterday, Norwegian Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram announced the sending of F-35 multi-role aircraft and NASAMS anti-aircraft systems to Poland, which will protect the airspace over the logistics hub in Rzeszów.more
A British former UFO hunter has said he does not “rule out” recent drone incursions over RAF bases in England being connected to Russia and China and nuclear weapons.more
In the first 10 months of 2024, more Ukrainian soldiers have deserted than in the first two years of the war, the Financial Times reported. According to the British newspaper's sources, conscripts are also fleeing training abroad, including in Poland.more
If Russian leader Vladimir Putin vassalises Ukraine, he will not stop there, in which case the security of Britain, France, Europe, transatlantic security would be at risk, British MI6 intelligence chief Richard Moore warned in Paris yesterday.more
More than 1.3 million people would have been killed and 950,000 injured if an attack on Warsaw had taken place using a Russian R-36M2 nuclear missile (in NATO code: SS-18 Satan), according to the US ‘Newsweek’ today. The impact of attacks on major European cities was estimated by nuclear technology historian Professor Alex Wellerstein.more
With Donald Trump returning to the White House, talks about sending European troops to Ukraine are gaining momentum, writes the French daily ‘Le Monde’ on Monday. Paris, London and Warsaw, among others, could play a leading role in this initiative.more
The U.S. Air Force says a number of small drones were detected last week around three bases in eastern England that are used by American forces.
The drones were spotted between Wednesday and Friday near RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Feltwell. They were actively monitored after they were seen in the vicinity of and over the three bases, U.S. Air Forces Europe said in a statement.more
The UK will save £500m by scrapping old military equipment early, the defence secretary has announced, despite a warning that the UK faces "increasing global threats".
Ships, drones and helicopters - some more than 50 years old - will be decommissioned ahead of schedule, John Healey told the Commons.more
Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrei Kielin has stated that the authorities in London are “directly involved” in the war in Ukraine, as British Storm Shadow missiles have been used to attack facilities on Russian territory, Sky News reported yesterday.more
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated today that the US anti-missile base in Poland has long been among the possible priority targets for Russia. MFA spokesman Pavel Vronsky stressed that the Redzikowo installation is purely defensive in nature.more
Ukraine has, for the first time, fired on targets in Russia with British-made longer-range Storm Shadow missiles, the Bloomberg news agency reported yesterday, citing officials from Western countries, who requested anonymity.more
The Pentagon intends to soon announce another package of military aid for Ukraine worth at least $275 million, AP reported yesterday, citing an anonymous Pentagon official, who also confirmed the use of ATACMS missiles by Ukraine, saying that Russia shot down two of the eight missiles used.more
Following US President Joe Biden's authorisation of Ukraine's use of ATACMS missiles to attack targets inside Russia, a similar decision by the UK authorities is expected for Franco-British Storm Shadow missiles, ‘The Guardian’ daily reported yesterday.more
Vladimir Putin's signed amendment to the nuclear doctrine, which stipulates that any conventional attack on Russia assisted by a nuclear power can be considered a strike made jointly, lowers the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons, AP assessed today.more
In recent days, the presence of Russian naval vessels in waters under Portuguese jurisdiction has significantly increased, said the commander of the Portuguese Navy, Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo.more
Russia has brought the war back to Europe, and even troops from North Korea. The threat of an armed attack on an EU member state is higher than at any time since the end of the Cold War, said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, speaking yesterday at the Finnish-Swedish cooperation forum in Espoo.more
The European Commission yesterday dismissed media reports that it intended to send troops from European countries to Ukraine as part of a US plan to ‘freeze the war’ in the country.more
Someone moved the UK's oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why. Launched in 1969, just a few months after humans first set foot on the Moon, Skynet-1A was put high above Africa's east coast to relay communications for British forces.more
The German government approved a draft of a new model for military service yesterday. Young men who turn 18 next year will have to fill out a questionnaire about their readiness and fitness for service. For young women, providing such information will be voluntary.more
