£2b Spending Boost in Response to Paris Attacks
They say politicians never let a good crisis go to waste; An extra £2bn will be spent on the UK's special forces to fight terrorism, David Cameron has said. The…
A French Bomber
Does this mean the Marine Nationale now has a long-range bomber and the RAF doesn't? Ouch! From Navy Recognition; The French Navy (Marine Nationale) announced that on 18 June 2015,…
France ups the ante on defence spending, or does it?
The reaction to the news that France has increased their defence budget by €2.3 Billion this year and €3.8 billion by 2019 has been met by what I think are…
Royal Artillery and CAESAR
A few images of the 1 Royal Horse Artillery and 3e régiment d'artillerie de marine (3e RAMa) using the 155mm CAESAR self propelled artillery system.
Airbus Shares in Dassault Aviation
Airbus have confirmed they are now actively looking to divest themselves of their 46% shareholding in Dassault Aviation. With increasing defence cooperation with the UK and the intent of BAE to merge…
A Mistral for Sale
So https://twitter.com/LarsGyllenhaal/status/491590419881263105 A lot of people think we can just whip out the Queen's credit card and integrate the ship into the Royal Navy, if only life were that simple,…
Nexter VBCI – The Marketing Continues
This time, from the French ministry of defence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg69eArSHEQ
A One Sided Partnership
As we all know, the British Army Watchkeeper UAV system has been developed by a consortium of companies, U-Tacs (Elbit) and Thales, in roughly equal ownership. Thales are a French…