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Best British War Films – Where Eagles Dare
Apologies to the makers of Saving Private Ryan, Das Boot, Cross of Iron and countless other great war films but this one is for the Brits only. Stiff upper lips, gritty realism and tally ho’s all round. Film Description Richard Burton stars as Major John Smith, a British agent during WWII who is in charge [...]
Parliamentary Answers – to 25 June 2011
This is a regular round up of Parliamentary questions and answers from ministers relevant to defence issues In addition to oral questions, MPs and Peers can ask government ministers questions for written answer. These are often used to obtain detailed information about policies and statistics on the activities of government departments. In the House of [...]
The Need to Rethink FRES SV
A guest post from Monty After reading your excellent article on FRES, I think we have every reason to question the suitability of the ASCOD 2 vehicle that has been selected to replace CVR(T). It is as large as a Warrior IFV but doesn’t do anything that a Warrior couldn’t do if it were to [...]
The Future of the British Army 07 – ISTAR and Formation Reconnaissance (02) A Sensible Future
In the previous post I looked at a few issues that might influence equipment and structure decisions. Do we employ stealth or fight for information, have organic or non organic reconnaissance units and what is the relative importance of secondary roles that reconnaissance units tend to get used for. If the answer to the first [...]
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