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The Falklands and ISAF

In our previous post on the US reaction to the latest Falklands Islands we pondered on the fact that the UK has 10,000 service personnel in Afghanistan and this deployment has been ongoing for several years at a very high cost in blood and treasure. And yet despite this, the State Department and Hilary ...
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MSM – Great Article in the Mail

This is a fantastic article, excellent reporting and superb photography covering the work of the Medical Emergency Response Teams in Afghanistan. Full credit must go to the journalist, Marco Di Lauro. This is exactly the type of defence reporting we need more of http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1248526/The-flight-angels-saving-lives-Afghanistans-airborne-A-E.html AKPC_IDS ...
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Who is the bigger security threat?

As we get ever close the the Green Paper and Future Security and Defence Review one of the key questions we have to ask ourselves is, who, where and when are the threats to the UK. So in the rush to avoid buying those much maligned exquisite systems are we losing sight of a few painful lessons earned ...
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Weight Pulling – A Response

Another contributor to our little blog, this time ripping one of my previous posts to pieces, the bloody cheek! This is a riposte to my post about Afghanistan from Mark Nixon I will drop my response (along with the dummy) in comments. · On December 9th, ADMIN posted Afghanistan, Who is Pulling Their ...
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Afghanistan, Who is Pulling Their Weight

There is a widely help opinion that some NATO nations are not pulling their weight in Afghanistan. NATO is a political and military alliance, therefore it should act as a collective if one nations security is threatened. Article V of the NATO charter states; The Parties agree that an armed attack against ...
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Don’t Worry, They Always Pack Extra Screws

Threading a needle wearing boxing gloves. This amazing series of photographs shows the loading of a C17 at RAF brize Norton with the first of a batch of Merlin helicopters bound for Afghanistan. Not much to say except, brilliant… AKPC_IDS += "1337,";SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Don’t ...
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Afghanistan – Searching for a Point

“It was the English,” Kaspar cried, “Who put the French to rout; But what they fought each other for I could not well make out.” ‘The Battle of Blenheim’ – Robert Southey (1774 -1843)     A searching question was posted on this website 18th July, asking what ...
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He was alive when it went in – he wasn’t alive when it came out

A simple quote to describe the actions of Lieutenant James Adamson, recently awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in Afghanistan. In his own words… “It was a split second decision. “I either wasted vital seconds changing the magazine on my rifle or went over the top and did ...
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A Tale of Two Chinooks

Whether the Government likes it or not, helicopters are on the agenda and regularly on the front page.  In this instance we take a delve into the recent story of the ‘Cut and Shut Chinook Scandal’, which actually isn’t a scandal.  It isn’t actually much of a story, but at the moment it is being ...
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Afghanistan and the Case of the Missing Helicopters

Another excellent post from one of our regular contributors; Helicopters, or at least the lack of them, have generated a number of headlines and a great deal of consternation in Westminster over the past few weeks.  David Cameron, the leader of the opposition, has made a great deal of political capital ...
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