DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Winds of change in Whitehall
Change is afoot in Whitehall, as Air Chief Marshal Stuart Peach hands over as chief of the defence staff (CDS) to General Nick Carter. This ...
DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Is the door closed for MoD spending?
Overbudget, under resourced and torn between maintaining a home industrial base or being able to afford equipment in plentiful amounts. That seems to be the ...
NWI - Naval Warfare
Opinion: UK leans toward maritime security focus
At the Royal United Service Institute (RUSI) Seapower conference in May, Gavin Williamson, the secretary of state for defence and Adm Phillip Jones, First Sea ...
NWI - Naval Warfare
Opinion: Royal Navy sailing to stronger waters?
In late 2017 the UK Royal Navy (RN) seemed to be in a difficult place. Wracked by funding challenges threatening enormous cuts, and unable to ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Gulf deference to Western influence may be ending
22nd April 2018
The UK’s opening of its new naval base in Bahrain, which will be known as the Naval Support Facility, represents the first permanent UK naval ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Disinformation is Russia's Syrian narrative
16th April 2018
The launching of airstrikes in Syria by the UK, France and the USA in response to the reported used of Chemical weapons in Douma by ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: UK military to get Carter
2nd April 2018
The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) is beloved of acronyms and abbreviations and in recent weeks a new one reportedly entered common use - ABC ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: UK needs Saudi defence relationship
16th March 2018
The recent visit by the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammad Bin Sultan (MBS) to the United Kingdom has generated a flurry of announcements about the future ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Treading carefully with conviction
13th March 2018
The news of the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, along with his daughter and a policeman in Salisbury has seen an incident in ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Information holds the key in modern warfare
6th March 2018
General Gordon Messenger, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in the UK, has given a candid interview to the Times in which he sets out ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: What next for the UK fast jet industry?
2nd March 2018
The UK announced on 21 February that work will begin on a new ‘Combat Air Strategy’ that will seek to map out the future direction ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Brexit will put military focus under the microscope
20th February 2018
At the Munich Security conference, Prime Minister Teresa May sought to set out how the UK Government wished to develop its security partnership with the ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Opinion: UK's ship scrapping dangerous for national security
8th February 2018
The House of Commons Defence Committee (HCDC) report into the future of the country's Amphibious Forces has been published, setting out a vision of doom ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: UK defence must choose which cut will be deepest
1st February 2018
The worst kept secret in Whitehall has recently been publicly confirmed in the House of Commons by Gavin Williamson, namely the intention to split off ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Cuts likely in the great grim defence review
27th January 2018
The first Defence Questions of 2018 took place on 15 January in the House of Commons. This monthly occurrence is the chance for ministers to ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Opinion: Issues to address for RN in 2018
17th January 2018
The winter holiday period is a time of goodwill, rest and relaxation for many as people take a break and relax after a long year. ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Time to get the UK’s house in order
28th December 2017
There have been reports that the UK Ministry of Defence is in the midst of yet another budget crisis, suffering from the challenge of trying ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Is carrier commissioning the beginning of the end for UK shipbuilding?
7th December 2017
Thursday 7 December marks the day when the ‘Queen Elizabeth’ is commissioned as the Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier. It will have been over 30 ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: London’s latest SDSR review attempts to square the defence circle
10th November 2017
The UK has adopted a policy of conducting a Strategic Defence & Security Review (SDSR) every five years. The process aims to review commitments, ensure ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Fallon down – the challenges facing the UK’s new defence secretary
3rd November 2017
Gavin Who? That’s the likely first reaction from many seasoned Whitehall warriors on the news that Gavin Williamson, the 41-year-old MP for South Staffordshire and ...
