Vehicle convoys have been conducted around Latvia and Lithuania to bring the masses of equipment and vehicles to their final destinations for the exercise. The convoy destined for Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, arrived late in the afternoon as onlookers stared bemused.…
This article has been doing the rounds over the last few days and in the run up to SDSR 2015 was seen by many as a timely reminder of just how weak the UK has become. This article was written…
I have often warned about fixating on the magic 2% of GDP as a means of measuring defence spending for the simple reason it becomes the objective of defence policy. Much like NHS targets that saw ‘hello nurses‘ being deployed…
In response to the situation in the Ukraine several news outlets have reported that NATO will establish a new expeditionary reaction force od divisional strength. Comprising approximately 10,000 personnel with the building blocks to grow it is said to be…
Another day, another intercept RAF Typhoons were yesterday (Tuesday 17 June) scrambled to intercept multiple Russian aircraft as part of NATO’s ongoing mission to police Baltic airspace. The Typhoon aircraft, from 3 (Fighter) Squadron, were launched after four separate groups…
This is a very good post from CDR Salamander on the potential third order effects from Crimea Russia has demonstrated, again for those who wish to see, that history belongs to those who make it. Russia is Russia, and hard…
In 2011 I posted a quick story about the planned NATO HQ [browser-shot width=”600″ url=”;] An update [browser-shot width=”600″ url=”;] Post Afghanistan, NATO, like almost anything even vaguely military in nature, is going to be facing much greater financial scrutiny…
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 talk about the UK’s paltry contribution, especially when compared to France,…
