Showing posts with label british military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label british military. Show all posts
Friday, April 25, 2014

The High Cost Of British Military Interventions

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Click on Image to Enlarge Image Credit: The Guardian UK Military Operations Since Cold War Have Cost £34bn, Says Study -- The Guardia...
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Monday, April 7, 2014

Senior British Officers Will Be Court-Martialled And Jailed If They Send Troops Into Battle With Inadequate Equipment

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Senior Officers Who Send Troops To Their Deaths Using Faulty Kit Will Be Jailed: Soldiers' Families Praise New Rules As Top Brass War...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

More Cuts Planned For The British Military

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Armed Forces To 'Axe 3,000 More Jobs Next Year In Further Cost-Cutting Drive' -- Daily Mail * Soldiers, RAF staff and Navy medi...
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Friday, October 4, 2013

Gurkha Is Shot And Hit By Grenade Then Takes On Two Armed Taliban With Only A Knife

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Cpl Griffiths (left), A/Cpl Gurung and L/Cpl Hughes are among 117 honoured. BBC Gurkha Is Shot And Hit By Grenade Then Takes On Taliba...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Britain To Double It's Drone Fleet

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New Afghanistan Drones To Be Remote-Controlled From Britain As RAF Doubles Its Unmanned Aircraft Strike Force -- Daily Mail Britain is...
Monday, October 1, 2012

The Shrinking British Army

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New Year Lay-Offs: Army To Fire 8,000 Soldiers In 'Fast-Track' Redundancies And Sackings Of Over-45s -- Daily Mail * The cut w...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

The Shrinking British Military

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Army To Shrink To Smallest Size Since Boer War While Reservists' Role Bolstered -- The Guardian • Regulars to fall from 100,000 to 84,00...
Saturday, December 18, 2010

Proficient British Bomb Defusing Expert Gets A Bonus Of Only £20 A Day

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Photo: Award: Prince Charles presents the George Medal to Warrant Officer Karl Ley at Buckingham Palace Just £20 Extra A Day: How Much A Re...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

Harrier Jet Farewell Event. RAF Cottesmore 2010. (Video)

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My Comment: A sad day for the British air force.

The End Of An Era: The Last Flight Of The British Harrier Jet

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Final salute: The 16-strong fleet of distinctive Harrier jump jets in close formation above RAF Cottesmore Last Hurrah For The Harrier: Jump...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

How Britain Is Protecting Its Soldiers In Afghanistan

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The 7.5ton Ocelot, partially designed by Formula 1 engineers, has a V-shaped hull to deflect the force of blasts Revealed, The 7.5 Ton Patro...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Why The RAF Should Not Be Cut -- A Commentary

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Spitfires and Hurricanes played a vital role in defeating Nazi Germany Photo: Reuters We Clip The Wings Of The RAF At ur peril -- Con Cough...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Improper Training And Equipment Is Costing British Soldier's Lives In Afghanistan

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Woman Soldier Was 'Unlawfully Killed After Inadequate Training' -- The Independent Coroner promises to raise concerns about deaths o...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

The Sad State Of Britain's Helicopter Fleet (Or Lack Of) In Afghanistan

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Begging a lift: A borrowed Mi-8 in Afghanistan Now We Are Borrowing Russian Helicopters To Fight The Taliban -- The Daily Mail British front...