The reality of the challenges involved in recapturing the Falkland Islands
Hello all, and welcome to my first ever Think Defence article. My name is Sir Humphrey, and I’m the author of a small blog called the Thin Pinstriped Line. …
A Fact Lite Factbox on Typhoon
In an effort to keep its readers educated Andy Bloxham has written a fact box article on the
Telegraph Article – 24.09.10
I am often critical of Con Coughlin’s writings in the Telegraph but his article today struck me as being very
How the MoD Wastes Billions
An interesting and pretty hard hitting programme, as soon as we start talking about service personnel bleeding to death in a minefield because of a lack of …
This Weeks Dispatches, Channel 4
In the run in to the publication of the SDSR the Channel 4 Dispatches team and respected author/journalist Sam Kiley will be airing a hard hitting documentary …
Life on Trident
A good article from the Guardian At any moment, one of Britain’s four Trident submarines is out there, somewhere, patrolling a continent-sized patch of …
Mainstream Media – Defence is at a Cross Roads with no Sign Post
Writing in The Times this week is Allan Mallinson on the subject of the future of the armed forces in which he prescribes some simple medicine; Add 10,000 to …
Mainstream Media – Tanks Unfit for Service
We are introducing a new category today called Mainstream Media. One of the objectives of this blog is to elevate and broaden the debate on UK Defence issues. …