Soldiers are called in to drive ambulances in Wales to help paramedics under ‘extreme pressure’ amid surging Covid cases The Welsh Ambulance Service will have support from 94 British Army soldiers Wales was put into lockdown on Sunday as its coronavirus cases continue to rise Soldiers last helped public services during the first wave of … Read more
France is developing bionic soldiers resistant to pain with microchip-enhanced brain power and superior hearing Scientists also researching pills to keep soldiers awake for long periods of time Microchips will be designed to release calming substances and improve brains Scientists also trying to make implants for headquarters to track soldier location By Isabella Nikolic For … Read more
‘Artificial skin’ that gives soldiers the power of invisibility on the battlefield uses pixelized screens which autonomously heat or cool to mimic the environment Researchers have designed a type of cloaking skin that provides invisibility Designed as patches, the device is made if individual pixelized screens The screens gather data of the surrounding temperatures to change … Read more
Eight Fijian-born former soldiers who fought for Britain in Iraq face being deported because their visas expired after they left the Armed Forces They face deportation after failing to realise their visas would expire Taitusi Ratucaucau claims he was only given a month’s notice to apply for a visa Lord Dannatt, a former Chief of … Read more
A retired three-star general is sticking by his claims that U.S. special operation forces died in during an attack on a CIA computer facility in Germany that was stowing away info about an effort to flip votes from President Donald Trump to Joe Biden, even though top Army officials have heavily rebuked that such an … Read more
A nurse who was photographed working at a country house hospital during the First World War is finally being given the recognition she deserves after she was identified following an appeal on Antiques Roadshow. Colourised photographs of nurses at Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, were first broadcast on a 2018 episode as part of an appeal by … Read more
Nine Australian soldiers have taken their own lives in just three weeks amid the release of a damning report into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. The four-year inquiry uncovered a ‘shameful record’ of unlawful killings which took place outside the ‘heat of battle’. A redacted version of the report was released on Thursday after weeks … Read more
Thousands of Australian soldiers could lose their medals after a report claimed there was no longer ‘sustained outstanding service’ after a damning inquiry exposed a litany of alleged war crimes. The atrocities allegedly committed by Australian Special Air Service members were so heinous that more than 50 pages in Thursday’s report had to be redacted. … Read more
The Siege of Lucknow began on May 25, 1857, when the woman and children in the Indian city were ordered into the Residency, the area’s chief fortress. The Indian Mutiny had begun 15 days before, on May 10 when Indian soldiers, known as Sepoys, protested the new Enfield Rifle. To use the gun soldiers had … Read more
Chinese troops used ‘microwave’ weapons to force Indian soldiers to retreat by making them violently sick during a Himalayan stand-off, a professor has claimed. The electromagnetic weapons which cook the human tissue of enemy troops ‘turned the mountain tops into a microwave oven’ and made the Indian soldiers vomit, international studies expert Jin Canrong told … Read more