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Royal Navy scrambles to intercept fleet of NINE Russian warships spotted in waters close to UK NATO allies involved in the operation to monitor ‘every movement’ of the fleet Corvettes, landing ships and missile-armed patrol boats had been spotted Commanding officers say Russians ‘operated in safe and professional manner’ By Tom Pyman For Mailonline Published: … Read more
Royal Navy’s newest £100m warship HMS Trent breaks down nine days into its maiden voyage and hauled back to port in Gibraltar The 90-metre ship had to be dragged back to port after only nine days at sea The Royal Navy said she was experiencing a defect and was waiting for parts The captain and … Read more
Top US general David Petraeus demands Britain gives urgent sanctuary to Afghan translators who helped our heroes on the battlefield US General David Petraeus urged Home Secretary Priti Patel to help interpreters He said ‘we owe a considerable debt’ to translators who helped in Afghanistan The US had resettled their translators through a special immigrant … Read more
Putin orders snap military drills involving 150,000 troops and hundreds of aircraft and naval vessels on Ukrainian border to ensure ‘security in Russia’s southwest’ Russia is conducting snap military drills along its southern border with Ukraine 150,000 troops are involved and will test readiness for larger drill in September It comes just hours after Ukraine … Read more
Memo to Putin: NATO drills featuring 28 ships and 3,000 troops from 19 countries including the UK get underway in the Baltic Sea Forces from 19 countries including the UK, US, France and Germany are taking part in joint NATO exercise Dubbed BALTOPS, the annual drills began in the Baltic Sea on June 7 and … Read more
NATO must focus on the threat posed by China to ‘our values and way of life’, the military body’s chief says Jens Stoltenberg called for a ‘more global approach’ to threat from China He said the coronavirus pandemic had ‘magnified’ security concerns West becoming more conscious of dangers of relying on China for technology ‘China … Read more
Nato general leading coronavirus response in Europe defends its ‘slow response’ to crisis because ‘everyone was caught a little off-guard’ Lieutenant-General Olivier Rittimann said ‘no one’ understood Covid-19 crisis He added it wasn’t fair of Tobias Ellwood to say Nato needs to ‘wake up’ to threat General said organisation had deployed 4,000 medics and 250 field … Read more
Stunning moment B2 stealth bombers from the US fly in to RAF Fairford after carrying out training missions in Europe Three USAF B-2 stealth bombers landed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire Deployment came from Lajes Field, Portugal and performed bombing runs USAR claims deadly B-2 bombers conducted NATO drills to ‘deter adversaries’ Exercises come amid … Read more