Libya, Who Said This
This is an interesting
Libya – A Game of Two Halves
A guest post form Chris.B Last September I wrote a post about Libya and what challenges the country might face going forward, post-Gaddafi. Specifically, I was …
Select Committee – Operations in Libya
A straight reprint from the conclusions
2011, Libya and 2012
A bold title for a single post but a trawl through the year reveals a few things worth noting in this disjointed and rambling beginning of year post! It goes …
An Empty Quiver
The Portsmouth News has reported that HMS Westminster was only carrying 4 Sea Wolf missiles when conducting operations off Libya, or enough for two shots …
UAV Proliferation
Our future ground based anti-air capabilities seem to be coalescing around CAMM and Lightweight Starstreak but have a look at this
Guest post – The Future of Libya
No, not part of TD’s “Future Of” series. I’m not sure the Boss is ready to branch out into a North African division just yet. Rather, …
Libya Update
I don’t tend to do news posts on current events because there are so many better places to get the information but I am not sure this Russia Today video …
Apaches South, or Maybe Not
Or East or West, depending on where they are coming from! Of course I am referring to the rumoured deployment of British Army Apache AH1 helicopters to Libya. …
The Mastiff 3 and a few other bits and bobs
Lots of things to blog about this week; the covenant, yet more cuts, the NAO report on the dogs breakfast that is the British Army vehicle fleet, Libya, …
HMS Liverpool Delivers the News
I know this is a few days old but it’s a good story anyway. From the
Counter Port Denial in Misrata
Whilst the blogging world has been wetting its pants over Osama and that mystery stealth helicopter there has been some interesting activity in the waters off …
What if the target was Saif
Reports from a number of news sources are indicating that the Libyan authorities have announced that an air strike on a house has killed Saif al Arab Gaddafi, …
Libya, Liam, Dave, Mike, Bob and the SDSR
Dr Liam Fox MP (Secretary of State for Defence) and General Sir David Richards (Chief of the Defence Staff) have met with their US counterparts in Washington, …
Libya: Double Down or Drift Along
When I first wrote a post on Libya it was clear, at least to me, that Qadaffi’s forces would forgo their tanks and revert to lighter weapons and move …
Libya or Afghanistan – Time to Choose
When we started operations in Libya I did question the strategic interest, where were the UK’s interests in expending treasure and risking blood, …
The Next Move in Libya
You have to sympathise with mainstream media hacks, on the same day that the Telegraph pronounced that RAF Typhoons are unable to engage in air to ground …
Revisiting SDSR
There has been a growing opinion that the cuts announced in the SDSR have gone too deep and that it should be reversed, with some of the capabilities given a …
Heads Up
As the Charles de Gaulle moved out of Toulon last week and the contributing force list was published by NATO for Operation Unified Protector there is a lot of …
Taking Sides in a Civil War
At what point in operations in Libya do we admit that we are taking sides in a civil war? It is difficult to get any accurate information out of Libya and the …