#uk-operations

#uk-operations

Retired Army Special Forces officer Mike Nelson criticized Hegseth's rhetoric, stating, 'That's a necessary end to achieve goals through military force - you have to kill people to achieve them. That's not the end. It's a weird obsession with death for the sake of it.'

The continuing closure of the waterway is deeply damaging and getting global shipping moving is crucial to ease cost of living pressures. Iran is believed to have laid at least a dozen mines to prevent oil tankers and other vessels from passing through the strait.

Many of the foundations that have underpinned Australia's security, prosperity and democracy are being tested: social cohesion is eroding, trust in institutions is declining, intolerance is growing, even truth itself is being undermined by conspiracy, mis- and disinformation.

Asgard will help it realise the ambitions of the government's 2025 Strategic defence review, which promised to 'deliver a tenfold increase in lethality over the next 10 years' via a combination of enhanced 'firepower, surveillance technology, autonomy, digital connectivity and data'.

The Home Office has confirmed that it is no longer housing asylum seekers in the Banbury House hotel in Oxfordshire, which had been the focus of protests. The Marine Court hotel in Bangor, County Down, was closed to asylum seekers after four years of hosting them, according to the local authority.

The U.S. has discovered that air superiority and missile defense systems designed to counter tens/hundreds of aircraft and missiles is insufficient against asymmetric attacks of thousands of drones.

Bases in Erbil where UK and allied troops are stationed and Baghdad were struck a number of times on Wednesday night, according to Brigadier Guy Foden, in what is the third attack on British forces since the conflict began.

the AI-capable equipment includes radios, headsets, display tablets, cables, batteries, pouches, and antennas.

Irish political leaders are bracing themselves for the fallout from the US and Israeli strikes on Iran as widespread travel disruptions cause chaos across the Gulf and Middle East. Some airports in the region have closed indefinitely, leaving Irish tourists stranded, as well as about 14,000 Irish nationals living in the Middle East who potentially remain at risk.

Britain is to develop new air defence weapons alongside the EU's four biggest military powers, deepening ties with the European defence sector. The project will invite manufacturers in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Poland to submit plans to build low-cost missiles and autonomous drones. The allies are pledging a speedy process to build the weapons together, inspired by Ukraine's development of cheap drones to counter attacks from Russia.