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TAIPEI, TAIWAN —Taiwan’s annual military exercise launching this week, will be its largest ever, mobilizing more than 22,000 reservists in response to what officials describe as escalating military pressure from Beijing.The Han Kuang drills are expect…
Request to clarify details on military aid comes after Donald Trump says US will ‘send more weapons to Ukraine’Ukraine has said it is seeking to clarify details after Donald Trump announced late on Monday that US weapons deliveries would resume just da…
Ministry of Defence says Ben Key’s conduct fell far short of standards expected after investigationThe former head of the Royal Navy, Ben Key, has been fired and stripped of his commission after it was discovered that the married admiral had been havin…
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION – On January 27, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at defending the U.S. against an attack by ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles as well as other advanced aerial attacks; the Golden Dome initiati…
EXPERT Q&A — Last week’s NATO summit in The Hague was largely seen as a success, with all members (except Spain) agreeing to raise the alliance’s defense spending target to 5% GDP up from 2%. NATO also put on a show of unity and recommitted to collect…
Guardian investigation sheds light on private intelligence industry that runs covert surveillance operationsIs surveillance by private operators legal in the UK?Wildlife activists who exposed horrific conditions at Scottish salmon farms were subjected …
EXPERT Q&A — NATO leaders convened in The Hague this week for a summit aiming to strengthen the alliance’s defenses, with the ever encroaching threat of Russia in mind. The meeting was largely a success, with all members (barring Spain) pledging to me…
MP Jess Brown-Fuller says at the current rate it could take more than a decade to complete the compensation processAn MP has raised alarm at the slow pace of a scheme to compensate LGBT service personnel dismissed or discharged from the forces because …
UK purchase of F-35A squadron means US nuclear warheads are likely to be stored on British soil once againBritain is to obtain air-launched nuclear weapons by buying a squadron of 12 F-35A fighter jets, which are capable of carrying the US B61-12 gravi…
Expansion decision ‘undermines democracy’ and will mobilise new generation of protesters, groups warnThe biggest expansion of the UK’s nuclear deterrent in a generation will put the nation on the “nuclear frontline” and mobilise a new generation of an…