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Turkey has shot down two Syrian war planes and destroyed 100 tanks as it launches a military offensive against the Moscow-backed Syrian regime after an airstrike that killed 34 of its soldiers. Turkish defence minister Hulusi Akar announced the operation – dubbed ‘Spring Shield’ – today and vowed that any attack on Turkish forces or … Read more
The armed forces along with the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance volunteers could be drafted in to support the NHS after 23 test positive for coronavirus in the UK. Military doctors and nurses would be on hand at hospitals where staff are too ill to work or are self-isolating, under ministerial plans for … Read more
WATCH THIS: A group of autonomous military robots win a search and rescue competition in an underground power plant, as they search for warm mannequins that simulate human survivors after a gas leak DARPA hosted a search and rescue competition for autonomous robots The winning team, from JPL programmed 12 autonomous robots to find warm … Read more
The funeral of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak took place in Cairo on Wednesday as his body was flown to a mosque in the city’s east by helicopter before the casket was carried out by an honour guard. Dozens of Mubarak supporters, clad in black and carrying posters of the former president, watched the helicopter … Read more
They’re playing Kate and Lisa – characters inspired by the real-life wives of soldiers serving in Afghanistan who formed a choir a decade ago comprised of women across the UK and abroad. And Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan lead some of the real members of the women’s choir at the Military Wives premiere in … Read more
Hundreds of musicians in British military bands are forced to stop playing due to injuries caused by playing and marching at the same time Figures show 348 musicians from military bands were medically downgraded It is thought 137 has suffered long-term musculoskeletal disorders since 2008 Band members also suffered with repetitive strain injuries and heat stroke By … Read more
Kristin Scott Thomas’s two step-brothers served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and she called on them for background for the picture. ‘I would ring them up and go: ‘Does it happen like this, or like that?’ They were very helpful,’ she reported Kristin Scott Thomas fixed me in her sights. Was that froideur or merriment behind … Read more
US Department of Defense instructs military to brace for a coronavirus ‘pandemic’ and quarantine any soldiers that have been to China this month Wednesday, the Department of Defense sent a memo to Navy and Marine Corps commanders to prepare for a pandemic of coronavirus They’re ordered to check their preparedness plans to ensure military members can … Read more
TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS by Annabel Venning (Hodder £20, 336 pp) WAR BOOKS OF THE YEAR TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS by Annabel Venning (Hodder £20, 336 pp) Wars are fought not by politicians and generals, but by ordinary people called on to do extraordinary things. Like the brothers and sisters of the middle-class … Read more
By: AP | Published: October 15, 2015 3:33:54 pm South China Sea. As expectations grow that the U.S. Navy will directly challenge Beijing’s South China Sea claims, China is engaging in some serious image-building for its own military by hosting two international security forums this week. The events kick off Friday with an informal meeting … Read more