The Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has confirmed £1.7Bn is to be invested upgrading Scottish military bases as the MOD’s Defence Board convened in Edinburgh for the first time. Sir Michael outlined how Scotland will host several additional key Defence capabilities by 2020 to the Board and recognised its unique contribution to ...
Russia has stated for the first time the scale of its cyber warfare, making it a priority for the military following the 2008 conflict with Georgia. Russian Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, didn’t give specifics on how or what may have been targeted but told MPs in Russia’s lower house of parliament “information ...
Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have been called to Portsmouth Harbour this morning, where a Second World War bomb has been found. The device was found in the early hours of this morning in the excavator head of one of the barges dredging the harbour. The harbour is currently being dredged as ...
The NATO Defence Ministerial is due to go ahead this week. It is the first meeting of the year and the first to include new US Defence Secretary Mattis. Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, will join other allied defence ministers in greeting Secretary Mattis, who is well versed with NATO following his ...
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