WWI Casualties
From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, WWI casualties by nation state. With the anniversary this year there will no doubt be many issues about ignoring the sacrifice of service…
RFA Wave Knight seizes drugs in the Caribbean
The question is, are large RFA vessels actually better in this role than say, a Type 23 Frigate? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/wave-knight-seizes-drugs-in-the-caribbean
The Recruitment Group Does Not Hold Vacancy Information
The letters page of the Soldier magazine never fails to deliver the odd comedy gem. 'Far from smooth operators harm recruiting' is the best one in the latest edition. http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/2bfdd26c#/2bfdd26c/56…
The Real F35 Debate
Forget the arguments about cost, capability, concurrency and timelines. What is much more important than all of those, and something I don't think has been fully established yet, is does…
German defence minister in parting shot at France and Great Britain
I don't really know what to make of this! Where are the keys to the bus? http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/world/story/outgoing-german-defence-minister-parting-shot-france-britain-20140109
Defence 3D Printing
Some really interesting news recently about 3D printing in the defence aerospace sector. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33wIEBb9yoU Read more http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/british-fighter-jet-takes-to-the-skies-carrying-3d-printed-parts/ http://www.adsadvance.co.uk/article.php?section=defence&article=3d-printed-metal-part-flown-for-first-time-on-uk-fighter-jet
Towards the next Defence and Security Review: part one report
Everything was going well until I got to the first sentence The capabilities of HM Forces should be determined not by budgetary constraints but by a fully-developed strategy which defines…
Everything Must Go – The MoD Finds More Stuff to Sell
Rolling off the back of the failed attempt to sell off (kind of, I know it was technically a Government Owned entity) DE&S the MoD has confirmed it is still…