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A North Korean parade has spelled out the message ‘defend with your life’ in a Pyongyang square in an apparent rehearsal ahead of a party congress in January. Satellite imagery showed the propaganda phrase being spelled out in Korean by people standing in formation and holding up red placards in Kim Il-sung Square. The think-tank … Read more
Soldiers are called in to drive ambulances in Wales to help paramedics under ‘extreme pressure’ amid surging Covid cases The Welsh Ambulance Service will have support from 94 British Army soldiers Wales was put into lockdown on Sunday as its coronavirus cases continue to rise Soldiers last helped public services during the first wave of … Read more
France is developing bionic soldiers resistant to pain with microchip-enhanced brain power and superior hearing Scientists also researching pills to keep soldiers awake for long periods of time Microchips will be designed to release calming substances and improve brains Scientists also trying to make implants for headquarters to track soldier location By Isabella Nikolic For … Read more
Army of the biologically enhanced ‘super soldiers’: China is using ‘gene editing’ to make the military ‘stronger and more powerful’, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has warned He said DNA is being altered to make their soldiers stronger and more powerful Comes after a very critical article he wrote about China in the WSJ last … Read more
‘Artificial skin’ that gives soldiers the power of invisibility on the battlefield uses pixelized screens which autonomously heat or cool to mimic the environment Researchers have designed a type of cloaking skin that provides invisibility Designed as patches, the device is made if individual pixelized screens The screens gather data of the surrounding temperatures to change … Read more
Eight Fijian-born former soldiers who fought for Britain in Iraq face being deported because their visas expired after they left the Armed Forces They face deportation after failing to realise their visas would expire Taitusi Ratucaucau claims he was only given a month’s notice to apply for a visa Lord Dannatt, a former Chief of … Read more
A retired three-star general is sticking by his claims that U.S. special operation forces died in during an attack on a CIA computer facility in Germany that was stowing away info about an effort to flip votes from President Donald Trump to Joe Biden, even though top Army officials have heavily rebuked that such an … Read more
Relatives of soldiers killed by an IRA bomb that was the responsibility of terrorist John Downey could learn today how much money he will pay them after last year’s civil action win against him. Last year the High Court ruled that he was involved in the 1982 Hyde Park car bombing that murdered four servicemen … Read more
A nurse who was photographed working at a country house hospital during the First World War is finally being given the recognition she deserves after she was identified following an appeal on Antiques Roadshow. Colourised photographs of nurses at Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, were first broadcast on a 2018 episode as part of an appeal by … Read more
Nine Australian soldiers have taken their own lives in just three weeks amid the release of a damning report into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. The four-year inquiry uncovered a ‘shameful record’ of unlawful killings which took place outside the ‘heat of battle’. A redacted version of the report was released on Thursday after weeks … Read more