Theresa May’s bid for Nato secretary general job sparks fears of by-election in Maidenhead as Tory insiders admit they are ‘very worried’ of a repeat of the loss in Chesham and Amersham Talk of the ex-PM going for job of Nato secretary general has prompted concerns They fear voters in Maidenhead may replicate loss in … Read more
Russia today vowed to ‘take extra measures’ if Nato responds after the Kremlin dispatched 4,000 troops to reinforce the disputed Ukrainian border. ‘No doubt such a scenario would lead to a further increase in tensions close to Russia’s borders. Of course, this would call for additional measures from the Russian side to ensure its security,’ … Read more
NATO scrambles fighter jets TEN times in one day to intercept unusually high number of Russian bombers and fighters over Europe Britain, Belgium, Italy and Norway were among the nations to scramble fighters Six groups of Russian jets were intercepted in the space of six hours, NATO said It comes with relations between Russia and … Read more
Dominic Raab calls on Nato to stand up to Putin’s growing military threat and ‘destabilising’ cyber attacks – and urge members to allow nations facing Russian aggression to join alliance Dominic Raab warned democracies are ‘under threat from authoritarian powers’ In a swipe at Russia, he warned of ‘cyber threats and malicious new technology’ Nato … Read more
Labour’s support for UK’s Trident nuclear deterrent is ‘non-negotiable’, says shadow defence secretary John Healey as he signals split from Corbyn era Shadow defence secretary said Labour support for deterrent is ‘non-negotiable’ John Healey also said Labour support for NATO military alliance is ‘unshakeable’ Comments represent a significant shift to approach taken under Jeremy Corbyn … Read more
A Royal Navy warship has monitored a Russian attack submarine as the vessel travelled through British waters. Portsmouth-based patrol ship HMS Mersey tracked the surfaced submarine, RFS Rostov Na Donu, as it moved through the North Sea and the English Channel. The Kilo-class diesel powered attack submarine was moving through on its journey from the Baltic … Read more
UK troops surge as Iraq simmers: Hundreds of British soldiers will be sent to Iraq as part of new NATO mission Britain to send hundreds of troops to Iraq in biggest increase since the Gulf War Defence sources say Nato plans to increase numbers in Iraq from 400 to 5,000 179 British troops lost their … Read more
Newly released US intelligence files show how close the Soviet Union came to launching a nuclear attack during a NATO weapons exercise in 1983. The Communist bloc put fighter bombers strapped with nuclear bombs on high alert in East Germany during a ‘war scare’ prompted by NATO’s Able Archer command exercise in November 1983. Soviet … Read more
NATO leaders are set to discuss withdrawing from Afghanistan this week as they meet for their first talks since Joe Biden took office. The US is currently committed to withdrawing its remaining 2,500 troops by May under a peace deal signed by President Trump, with NATO unlikely to leave its 9,600 soldiers in the country … Read more
The calamitous state of the British Army is revealed today in a leaked briefing. All but one of its 33 infantry battalions are dangerously short of combat-ready troops, according to the alarming Ministry of Defence report. Marked ‘Official: Sensitive’, it shows that key frontline units have barely half the manpower needed for operational deployment. A … Read more