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• Trump says new Air Force One too costly: ‘Cancel order!’

  07-12-2016 03:22 via defencetalk.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump called Tuesday for the cancellation of a multi-billion dollar Boeing contract to build the next Air Force One, calling the ballooning costs “ridiculous.”...
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• Russia’s updated nuclear ‘red line’ adds uncertainty: experts

  20-11-2024 16:23 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkRussia’s new nuclear doctrine reflects its hopes to deter Ukraine’s allies from a greater role in the war by establishing red lines hedged with added ambiguity, experts say. Moscow warned on Tuesday that it would respond after Ukraine fired longer-range US missiles at its territory for the first time, as President Vladimir Putin issued a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-updated-nuclear-red-line-adds-uncertainty-experts-80514/
  
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• Iraq accuses Israel of seeking pretext for future attack

  20-11-2024 16:10 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkIraq has accused Israel of attempting to legitimize an attack on its territory, after the Israeli foreign ministry protested to the United Nations about attacks by Iraqi militants. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a loose alliance of armed groups backed by Iran, has claimed almost daily drone attacks targeting Israel in recent months, which they […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iraq-accuses-israel-of-seeking-pretext-for-future-attack-80510/
  
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• Russia vows response after Ukraine fires long-range US missiles

  20-11-2024 16:00 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkRussia warned on Tuesday that it would respond after Ukraine fired longer-range US missiles at its territory for the first time, as President Vladimir Putin issued a nuclear threat on the 1,000th day of the war. A senior official told AFP that a strike on Russia’s Bryansk region earlier on Tuesday “was carried out by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-vows-response-after-ukraine-fires-long-range-us-missiles-80506/
  
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• White horse that bolted through London traffic returns to royal duties

  16-11-2024 14:05
  
  Equine charity says Vida has recovered ‘physically and emotionally’ while under their care in the countrysideA white military horse that galloped through central London drenched in blood after bolting with other horses from routine exercises has returned home after more than six months of recovery, a charity has said.Vida was one of five horses that bolted near Buckingham Palace on 24 April after becoming spooked by noise from a nearby construction site and ran for several miles thro
  
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• CPS has spent 18 months considering charges over Deepcut barracks deaths

  11-11-2024 14:19
  Police last year recommended charging ex-officer with misconduct over deaths of soldiers at barracksProsecutors have spent 18 months considering whether to charge a former army instructor at Deepcut barracks where five recruits died more than 20 years ago.A file recommending that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) charge a former member of the Royal Logistic Corps for misconduct in a public office was sent last year but prosecutors said they were still unable to provide guidance on when a decis
  
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• King Charles to lay wreath and lead nation in Remembrance Sunday silence

  10-11-2024 07:00
  Prince and Princess of Wales will join the king and senior politicians to remember those who have died in conflictKing Charles will lay wreaths at the Cenotaph and lead the nation in a two-minute silence at 11am to remember the dead who gave their lives in two world wars as well as those who have died in other conflicts involving British and Commonwealth forces.The Prince and Princess of Wales will join the king and senior politicians for the national service of remembrance at the Cenotaph to ho
  
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• Boost UK defence spending to win Trump’s support, former navy chief urges Starmer

  09-11-2024 14:14
  Lord West says Republican victory is chance to show Britain is willing to prioritise military by allocating 3% of GDPKeir Starmer is being urged to consider an emergency cash injection into defence and to accelerate Britain’s planned review of its military capabilities before Donald Trump’s return to the White House.Senior defence figures are now assessing how Trump’s victory will shape a strategic defence review (SDR) that was already under way in Whitehall, whose findings are
  
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• Remembering black and Asian soldiers who died in the two world wars | Letters

  08-11-2024 19:06
  Dr John Hopkin and Chris Hardy on commemorating the troops from South Asia, Africa and the Caribbean who served in the warsReaders wishing to commemorate black and Asian soldiers might head to the Memorial Gates, near Hyde Park Corner in London, on Remembrance Day. The Gates remember the 5 million volunteers from South Asia, Africa and the Caribbean who served in the two world wars, including Khudadad Khan, a recipient of the Victoria Cross (Push for black and Asian soldiers’ input in worl
  
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• Lancashire memorial to first world war hero given Grade II-listed status

  07-11-2024 06:00
  Stone memorial at church in Withnell tells story of Pte James Miller who was killed at Battle of Somme in 1916A granite stone cross in the boundary wall of an otherwise ordinary English churchyard has been given listed status because of the “extraordinary” story it reveals of first world war heroism.Most war memorials are dedicated to numbers of people, but the memorial at Saint Paul’s church in Withnell, Lancashire, is dedicated to just one. Continue reading...
  
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• Has poppymania gone too far?

  05-11-2024 06:00
  
  Over the past 20 years, the symbol of remembrance for the war dead has become increasingly ubiquitous – and a culture of poppy policing has grown with itIn autumn 2003, about six months after Britain invaded Iraq, Paul Mace had a thought: what if we put poppies on football shirts? Mace, who was then executive director of Leicester City, had always felt strongly about the annual poppy appeal – his father had served in the second world war – and this, he hoped, would bring it to
  
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• Taiwan detects 37 Chinese aircraft near island

  04-11-2024 03:51 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkTaiwan said it detected 37 Chinese fighter jets, drones and other aircraft near the self-ruled island on Sunday as Beijing carried out “long-distance” training flights. China has ramped up military activity around Taiwan in recent years as Beijing pressures Taipei to accept its claims of sovereignty over the island. The Chinese aircraft were spotted from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-detects-37-chinese-aircraft-near-island-80498/
  
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• US bomber joins air drill with South Korea, Japan

  04-11-2024 03:47 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkSouth Korea, Japan, and the United States on Sunday conducted a joint air drill involving a heavy bomber, Seoul’s military said, in response to North Korea’s latest long-range missile test. The exercise took place three days after Pyongyang launched one of its most powerful and advanced solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), which experts say could […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-bomber-joins-air-drill-with-south-korea-japan-80494/
  
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• Navantia pressing MoD for improved terms in Harland & Wolff rescue deal

  03-11-2024 17:23
  Belfast shipyard can save as many as 1,000 jobs if discussions between London and Madrid are a successA Spanish state-owned shipbuilder is reportedly pressing the UK government for improved terms on a deal to supply the Royal Navy with three vessels, in talks that could prove key to rescuing the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic.Navantia, owned by the Spanish government, is poised to buy Belfast-based Harland & Wolff (H&W) in a deal that could save up to 1,000 jobs. Continue readin
  
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• China says holds first dual aircraft carrier drills in South China Sea

  31-10-2024 14:21 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkChina has conducted its first military drills with its two operational aircraft carriers in the contested South China Sea, state media said Thursday. State media did not specify when the exercises with the Liaoning and Shandong vessels took place, though it said the broader naval mission had overlapped with public holidays that spanned late September […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-says-holds-first-dual-aircraft-carrier-drills-in-south-china-sea-80489/
  
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• North Korea fires ICBM as US, Seoul slam Russia deployment

  31-10-2024 14:16 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkNorth Korea said Thursday it had test-fired one of its newest and most powerful missiles to boost its nuclear deterrent, Kim Jong Un’s first weapons test since being accused of sending soldiers to Russia. Seoul had warned a day earlier that the nuclear-armed North was preparing to test-fire another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) or even […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-icbm-as-us-seoul-slam-russia-deployment-80484/
  
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• Nuclear submarine shipyard fire at Barrow-in-Furness leaves two in hospital

  30-10-2024 14:16
  Residents told to stay indoors but police say there is no nuclear risk from blaze at BAE Systems complexTwo people have been taken to hospital after a “significant” fire broke out at BAE Systems’ nuclear submarine shipyard in Cumbria.Residents said they saw huge flames and smoke billowing from the complex in Barrow-in-Furness, where the UK’s new multi-billion-pound Dreadnought submarines are being built. Continue reading...
  
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• Push for black and Asian soldiers’ input in world wars to be taught in UK schools

  30-10-2024 12:38
  
  Exclusive: Awareness of contribution of black and Asian soldiers could help tackle racism, say leading minority ethnic voicesPoliticians and community leaders are calling for the history of black and Asian soldiers who fought for Britain in the world wars to be taught more widely in schools to help tackle ignorance, racism and anti-Muslim prejudice.Speaking on the 110th anniversary of the first Muslim to be awarded the Victoria Cross, leading minority ethnic voices have said that raising awarene
  
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• Russian defence ministry says held fresh nuclear drills

  30-10-2024 05:27 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkRussia said Tuesday its army held fresh nuclear drills under the supervision of President Vladimir Putin, who recently called for changes to rules on the use of Moscow’s nuclear deterrent. Putin has raised the prospect of using nuclear weapons during Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine several times and last month suggested Russia broaden its rules on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-defence-ministry-says-held-fresh-nuclear-drills-80479/
  
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• DoD Tests AI Software, Advances to Improve Physical Security Posture

  28-10-2024 13:09 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkHours before dawn, under the veil of a new moon, two figures in military fatigues grapple like Greco-Roman wrestlers within the razor wire perimeter of the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky. Their movements are rigid but discreet, each maneuvering for leverage beneath the orange glow of the floodlights lining the depot’s security fence. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dod-tests-ai-software-advances-to-improve-physical-security-posture-80474/
  
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• Japan shifting back to nuclear to ditch coal, power AI

  28-10-2024 12:31 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkGlinting in the sun by the world’s biggest nuclear plant, the Sea of Japan is calm now. But as the huge facility gears up to restart, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa has a new tsunami wall, just in case. Japan pulled the plug on nuclear power after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, but with the G7’s dirtiest energy mix, it […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-shifting-back-to-nuclear-to-ditch-coal-power-ai-80465/
  
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• Iran warns will defend itself after Israeli strikes

  28-10-2024 12:26 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkIran warned on Saturday it would defend itself after Israeli air strikes killed at least four soldiers and further stoked fears of a full-scale war in the Middle East. Israel warned Iran would “pay a heavy price” if it responded to the strikes, and the United States, Germany and Britain demanded Tehran not escalate the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-warns-will-defend-itself-after-israeli-strikes-80461/
  
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• Taiwan says China holds ‘combat’ patrol after latest US arms sales

  28-10-2024 12:20 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkChina deployed fighter jets and drones as part of a “joint combat readiness patrol” around Taiwan on Sunday, Taipei said, as Beijing slammed the latest round of US arms sales to the island. The US State Department on Friday approved a $2 billion arms sale package for Taiwan, including advanced surface-to-air missile systems and radar. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-says-china-holds-combat-patrol-after-latest-us-arms-sales-80456/
  
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• US approves $2 bn arms sales to Taiwan including missiles

  28-10-2024 07:36 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkThe US State Department on Friday approved a $2 billion arms sale package for Taiwan including advanced surface-to-air missile systems and radar, a move that could provoke Beijing. The sale, which awaits approval by Congress, includes several anti-aircraft systems, including NASAMS and 123 missiles totaling $1.16 billion, according to the agency responsible for the sale. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-approves-2-bn-arms-sales-to-taiwan-including-missiles-80469/
  
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• Chinese hackers targeted Trump, Vance phones: report

  26-10-2024 02:09 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkChinese hackers have targeted phones used by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance, US media reported Friday. The New York Times, quoting people familiar with the matter, said the hacking attempt appeared to be part of a wide-ranging intelligence collection effort by Chinese hackers. The newspaper said it involved the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-hackers-targeted-trump-vance-phones-report-80447/
  
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• UK to increase military presence in Indo-Pacific to counter China

  26-10-2024 01:01
  
  Keir Starmer to announce expansion in region that will also include business club to increase economic tiesThe UK will increase its military and economic presence in the Indo-Pacific to support regional stability, Keir Starmer will announce on Saturday.In an effort to counter China’s influence, ministers will expand the Royal Navy’s presence in the region and carry out more joint patrols with Pacific island nations. Continue reading...
  
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• Poetic vision of a great uncle shot by a sniper in the first world war | Letter

  25-10-2024 18:44
  
  NJ Ewbank on his great uncle, whose poor eyesight was an important factor in his untimely death in the first world warLeonard Ewbank, who in 1911 wrote his name in the book of Byron’s poetry that has now been returned to St Bees school in Cumbria, was my grandfather’s older brother (Book returned to Cumbria school library 113 years overdue, 19 October). The longer online version of your story mentioned that Leonard had very poor eyesight. This was an important factor in his untimely
  
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• Lebanon says Israeli strike kills 3 journalists

  25-10-2024 13:55 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkLebanon said an Israeli air strike killed three journalists on Friday, in an attack on the country’s south that the minister of information branded as a “war crime”. Pro-Iran Lebanese television channel Al Mayadeen said a cameraman and broadcast engineer were killed in the strike targeting a journalists’ residence in Hasbaya, south Lebanon. Another TV […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lebanon-says-israeli-strike-kills-3-journalists-80437/
  
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• Gaza rescuers say children among 20 killed in Israeli strikes on Khan Yunis

  25-10-2024 13:51 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkGaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes hit two homes at dawn on Friday in Khan Yunis, the territory’s main southern city, killing at least 20 people including children. Fourteen people were killed in a strike that hit the home of the Al-Fara family, and a separate air raid killed another six, according to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/gaza-rescuers-say-children-among-20-killed-in-israeli-strikes-on-khan-yunis-80432/
  
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• Taiwan president says ‘won’t yield an inch’ in defence of island’s territory

  25-10-2024 13:46 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkTaiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Friday the island will not cede an inch of its territory, as China maintains military pressure on Taipei to accept its claim of sovereignty. Lai made the remarks during a visit to the Kinmen islands off China for the 75th anniversary of a victory over communist forces in the Battle […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-president-says-wont-yield-an-inch-in-defence-of-islands-territory-80428/
  
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