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  • Nigeria

    Guest post from Chris.B Nigeria has been facing a recent surge of violence which has been encapsulated most clearly by the Christmas Day Bombings...

  • Block III Apache

  • Nothing But Eyes

  • Cased Telescoping Ammunition Update

  • Catch and Release

  • Cap in Hand

  • Is It Time to Cancel CVF and JCA?

  • UK Military Bridging – Equipment (The Bailey Bridge)

  • Mortars

  • 40mm or 90mm, or maybe even 105mm

 

Thoughts on the Future

  • Multi Role Brigades

    The Strategic Defence and Security Review framed the future of the British Army in terms of the Multi Role Brigade. This had been signalled from...

  • Grand Strategy on a Budget – Part 5 (Conclusion)

  • A Grand Strategy – Part 4 (Defence Policy)

  • Grand Strategy on a Budget – Part 3 (Foreign Policy)

  • Grand Strategy on a Budget – Part 2 (Examining Trends)

  • Grand Strategy on a Budget – Part 1

  • A Question in Pictures

  • Fantasy Fleets – Chris B

  • 2012 for Defence

  • The Strategic Raiding Pocket Division

 

Business and Politics

  • Parliamentary Answers – to 26th January 2011

    This is a regular round up of Parliamentary questions and answers from ministers relevant to defence issues In addition to oral questions, MPs...

  • The Bottomless Black Hole

  • Parliametary Answers – to 24th Jan 2012

  • Is Iran a Threat or Not?

  • Destination of the Defence Pound

  • The USMC and a Matter of Perspective

  • Consequences

  • Could Devolution Kill Trident

  • Parliamentary Answers – to 19 January 2012

  • The Scene is Set – European UAV Rumble

 

News, Images, Videos and Brochures

  • 1 Yorks on Patrol

    Some good pictures from the MoD (click to enlarge)   Soldier from 1 Yorks on Patrol in Afghanistan Soldiers from 1 Yorks on Patrol in Afghanistan Soldiers...

  • Now Thats a Rocket

  • Want that one

  • Bad News Comes in Threes – Eurofighter Woes

  • Another Blog to Read – Teaching Fighting

  • The ‘unstoppable’ peace process in Nad ‘Ali

  • Guiding the eyes in the sky over Afghanistan

  • Chinook Helicopter Picks Up Supplies

  • Some Ships

  • UK Foreign And Defence Policies – A Cause For Alarm?

 

History, Humour and Culture

  • The War Horse Tank

    A great video clip from the Tank Museum The Tank Museum has obtained the tank used in Steven Spielberg’s new World War One blockbuster...

  • UK Military Bridging – Equipment (The Bailey Bridge)

  • The Kapok Landing Stage Mk I

  • Parachute Training

  • UK Military Bridging – Equipment (Pre WWII Equipment Bridging)

  • UK Military Bridging – Equipment (Construction Bridging)

  • Building Vehicles in the Old Days

  • HMS Victory – A Good Use of Defence Funds

  • UK Military Bridging – Equipment (Assault Bridging)

  • UK Military Bridging – Floating Equipment

 

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  • Christmas Update

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  • Phil on Is Iran a Threat or Not?"Iran today announced a series of measures (still to be approved by the parliament) that would block Iranian oil from
  • Phil on Multi Role BrigadesThe Army has experimented with deleting brigades and deleting divisions. You will note that we currently still have both. I
  • James on Is Iran a Threat or Not?Iran today announced a series of measures (still to be approved by the parliament) that would block Iranian oil from
  • Phil on Multi Role BrigadesThose 5 brigade groups could also undertake SLE and the Falklands Roulement Company. Perhaps even drop 16X down to three
  • x on Multi Role BrigadesWell we should just scrap all the heavy kit. Scrap the brigade structure. And have 25 battle-groups.... If we have
  • Phil on Multi Role BrigadesPersonally I'd see 3x5 infantry battalions for the brigade groups 4 bns for 16X 2 bns Cyprus 1 Brunei 2
  • Phil on Multi Role Brigades@x Well you just can't have that. You cannot have a persistent medium operation and a heavy brigade. It's not
  • x on Multi Role Brigades@ Phil I understand kit can be moved and forces worked up. And that when the balloon goes up kit
 

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