Containerised Merlin and Puma Escape Trainers
Lutra Associates and Oxford Specialist Coachbuilders have supplied a pair of escape trainers for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Joint Helicopter Command (JHC), one each for the Merlin and…
The Antiques Roadshow Comes to Salisbury
Over the last couple of weeks the British Army has been dusting off the cobwebs and testing its ability to deploy the lead armoured task force from 3 DIV. 1,650…
RFA Argus Leaves Sierra Leone
What an absolutely fantastic display of the finest that the UK can offer to world, personally, I think we should all be proud. RFA Argus is leaving the waters of…
Falkland Islands Defence Review
Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, is to make a statement in the House of Commons on Tuesday 24 March 2015 on the Falkland Islands Defence Review. The statement…
Don’t Worry, We Have a Fully Funded Equipment Plan (For Now)
The Parliamentary Defence Committee has produced a report entitled Re-thinking Defence To Meet New Threats. The report points to a number of short comings in the UK's defence capability…
What to do about the rise of the drone quadcopter
THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED AND REPLACED CLICK HERE TO VIEW The defence and security implications of the rise of quadcopter 'drones' have been a source of debate on Think Defence for a…
St Helena Airport Update
It has been a couple of years coming but the new airport at St Helena is fast approaching the date of its inaugural flight. St Helena is one of the…
Selling off the Family Aluminium
I say aluminium, of course, because there is no silver left, that went a long time ago. After the announcement a few weeks ago of the preferred bidder for the sale…