Offensive Mining
In all our recent discussions and posts on mine countermeasures I have completely ignored the subject of offensive mining but the recent BALTOPS exercise included
July 14, 2015
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Exercise ARDENT DEFENDER
Exercise ARDENT DEFENDER is a multi national search and EOD exercise hosted by Canada on the west coast. Held annually, Exercise ARDENT DEFENDER improves participants’
July 10, 2015
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3 Million Cubic Metres
The MoD have awarded a £30m contract to Westminster Boskalis for dredging the 4-5 mile approach channel of Portsmouth in order to accommodate the larger
July 1, 2015
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Adventures in Commonality
What is commonality? An interesting question in its own right, the dictionary definition is The state of sharing features or attributes. In a defence context,
May 28, 2015
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Royal Navy CROWSNEST Decision
In what I think is the first post-election major project announcement the MoD have today confirmed that an updated Thales Cerberus system has been selected for
May 22, 2015
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UK Rapid Response – Introduction
The need to respond quickly to an emerging crisis has formed the bedrock of much of the UK’s force capability generation activity for some time. Beyond
May 16, 2015
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Fixed and Rotary Aircraft in Service Numbers and their Pilots
Between Parliamentary Questions and Answers and the always interesting Freedom of Information response it is possible to determine just how few aircraft the UK has
April 11, 2015
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The Type 29 Global Combat Ship
It seems by the time the Type 26 Global Combat ship gets to the manufacture stage it should really be called the Type 29. The
February 21, 2015
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