RAF Typhoon are jets scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers heading towards HMS Queen Elizabeth while it was on a exercise off Scottish coast RAF Typhoons were scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers near Norway Two Tupulev 160 bombers were heading in direction of HMS Queen Elizabeth £3billion aircraft carrier was off Scottish coast on … Read more
A once-secret cave facility in Norway could be the next Arctic base for US Navy submarines, with final talks over a transfer of control over the base said to be underway. Senior American military officials have made multiple recent visits to the privately owned Olavsvern base near Tromso, and a deal to transfer control of … Read more
A once-secret cave facility in Norway could be the next Arctic base for US Navy submarines, with final talks over a transfer of control over the base said to be underway. Senior American military officials have made multiple recent visits to the privately owned Olavsvern base near Tromso, and a deal to transfer control of … Read more
These images show Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth leading the largest and most powerful task force assembled by a European Navy in almost 20 years. The £3billion aircraft carrier – the joint largest in the Royal Navy’s history – was the crown jewel in a flotilla of nine ships which form the UK’s new Carrier Strike … Read more
Marine experts herded a pod of five Northern bottlenose whales out of a Scottish loch ahead of Europe’s largest military exercise this weekend – before they swam back in again. The mammals have been in the firth of the Clyde for some weeks – attracting much attention when they entered a Greenock harbour last month. … Read more
Operation whale! Military and marine experts start audacious attempt to move pod of northern bottlenose whales out of a Scottish loch before Europe’s largest military exercise begins Whales have been in firth of Clyde for weeks and have attracted local attention Major Nato war games – Exercise Joint Warrior – is due to start there … Read more
Russia’s new Skyfall missile that will be able to fly around Earth for YEARS and will be ready to launch nuclear strike at any moment, Britain’s defence intelligence chief warns Skyfall missile can ‘attack from unexpected directions,’ says Defence chief Accident involving the missile caused radiation spike and left at least five dead Russian president … Read more
Strength in the skies: Six US B-52s flew over all 30 NATO nations in a single day flanked by around 80 allied planes as US colonel says airforce stands in ‘lock step’ with British counterparts Around 80 aircraft flew over all 30 NATO states as part of the organisation’s Exercise Point Blank on Thursday The … Read more
President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, just weeks after helping to broker peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. He was nominated by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament, who praised Trump for his efforts towards resolving conflicts worldwide. ‘For his merit, I think he has … Read more
Russia is risking a ‘new Cold War’ if it tries to push its power base beyond its border, Nato‘s secretary general has warned. Jens Stoltenberg said that Moscow’s recent behaviour and attempt to establish a new ‘sphere of influence … requires a response from Nato’. His remarks come days after the North Atlantic Council met … Read more