U.S. Skeptical of Putin’s Pledge to Put Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus
Belarus gave away their nuclear weapons after the Cold War. Will Putin send them back?
Military
US Military Needs 7th Branch Just For Cyber, Leaders Say
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Record: A national association of current and former military digital security leaders is calling on Congress to establish a separate cyber service, arguing that the lack of one creates an “unnecessary risk”…
Funeral of black second world war veteran moved as large crowds expected
Westminster council says new date and venue being arranged to ensure Ft Sgt Peter Brown gets ‘sendoff he deserves’The funeral of one of the RAF’s last black second world war veterans is to be moved as large crowds are expected to attend the service.Org…
Liam Holden was waterboarded and tortured by British army, Belfast high court rules
Estate awarded £350,000 including damages for inhumane and degrading treatmentIn 1973 Liam Holden was convicted of murdering a British soldier in Northern Ireland and became the last person in the United Kingdom to be sentenced to hang.On Friday – half…
U.S. Retaliates After Drone Strikes American Forces in Syria
A U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one other U.S. contractor were wounded when a suspected Iranian drone struck a facility on a coalition base in northeast Syria on Thursday.
The Anti-Drone Arms Race: Inside the Fight to Protect the World’s Skies
Anti-drone technology is the need of the hour. This young firm in Singapore is leading the way.
RAF airstrikes killed 29 civilians in Iraq and Syria in two years, analysis suggests
Report says UK armed service has ‘major questions to answer’ about conduct in war against Islamic StateTwenty-nine civilians are feared to have been killed in nine RAF airstrikes in Iraq and Syria between 2016 and 2018, 10 more than previous estimates,…
UK begins inquiry into alleged SAS extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan
Lord Justice Haddon-Cave issues call for evidence, saying it is critical law-breakers be referred to authoritiesA judge investigating allegations of more than 50 summary killings by SAS soldiers in Afghanistan has issued a call for anyone with evidence…
Multiple civilian deaths linked to 2016-17 British airstrikes against IS in Mosul
Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds deaths despite claims British weapons did not harm a single non-combatantUnacknowledged victims whose lives were torn apart Multiple airstrikes that killed civilians during the campaign against Islamic State in I…
British army’s new Ajax fighting vehicle will not be ready until end of decade
Labour accuse government of failing taxpayers and troops with £5.5bn programme that is already six years lateA troubled £5.5bn programme which is already six years late in building the British army’s new Ajax fighting vehicle won’t be delivered until t…