The Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, and Estonian Minister of Defence, Hanno Pevkur, commit to stronger defence cooperation. The United Kingdom will periodically deploy helicopters to Estonia as part of enhancing our nations’ deep defence relationship built on shared interests and values. Mr Wallace hosted his counterpart, Mr Pevkur, in London for a ...
The UK will donate cutting edge air defence missiles to Ukraine which can help protect against Russian missile strikes, the Defence Secretary announced. The AMRAAM rockets, which will be provided in the coming weeks for use with the NASAMS air defence systems pledged by the US, are the first donated by ...
British troops have taken part in Exercise Vigilant Knife alongside Swedish and Finnish Armed Forces, further strengthening interoperability in anticipation of Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO. The short notice command-post exercise took place in Rovaniemi and Rovajärvi, northern Finland from 29 August to 2 September 2022 and built on the ...
Experts from Dstl have been working with soldiers on a live fire exercise to ensure they are equipped with the most effective kit possible. sing a specially designed obstacle course, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) team conducted a pilot study to assess the effects of the SA-80 L85A2 versus ...