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Join us for an online panel discussion to examine Iran’s internal stability, deterrence capacity, nuclear diplomacy, and the prospects for war or transition.
📅 12 March
🕰️ 10:00 - 11:00
📍 Zoom
Register 👇
https://ow.ly/rWIe50Yk7lI
You probably won’t find many people in Defence that wouldn’t say privately or anonymously that it needs more money and needs it now - indeed, that would be true for the last two decades. MoD budgeting, for as long as I remember, has always been about what you can’t have.🧵
Cool video round-up of yesterday's Fireside Chat by @ChiefofAirStaff at RAeS HQ. #avgeek #defence
-30°C. 200 miles above the Arctic Circle.
In the strategically vital High North, Britain’s Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron train where few others can.
Minister for the Armed Forces, Col @AlistairCarns, joined them in Norway. 🇳🇴
If you can operate here, you can operate
How does the RAF detect and counter hostile drones? 🛑
The Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems team works with constantly developing technology to meet the emerging threats of today’s world.
The message from the Munich Security Conference this weekend was clear: what those of us in uniform do matters.
It matters for our country. It matters for our allies. And it matters more now than it has done for a very long time.
The High North is a complex theatre which requires all elements of UK power to work in harmony. And Air & Space capabilities remain key to policing such a vast, inhospitable place. But working in our “backyard” will ease some of the support and sustainment challenges of HIGHMAST.
In our latest High Ground podcast @gregbagwell and @BellusUK discuss what might have changed since the UK’s SDR was published, and what that might mean for the much anticipated Defence Investment Plan. https://airspacepower.com/the-high-ground-an-aspa-podcast/?playlist=191eb9d&video=9d2e0ef
Last call for corporate partners! The Integrated Warfare Centre/@CSOC_MOD invite partners for #BattlespaceAdvantage on 25/26 March. Gain insights into emerging technologies & engage with leaders shaping the future of integrated warfare. Deadline 20 Feb. https://bit.ly/4rD8wWz
More than 800 British defence companies have urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to establish a rearmament bank to guarantee lending to the sector. Via @politico
Properly funding and publishing the Defence Investment Plan ASAP would be a good first step. Many defence SMEs are
UK to take command of JFC Norfolk, but US to take command of all 3 theatre combat commands. They already led Land and Air Command, but this means taking command of the Maritime Command HQ in Northwood, UK, which was previously a UK lead.
Russian strikes on Ukraine 🇺🇦 are much larger and much more impactful than they were in 2023 and 2024, because
1. Putin understands that every promise and statement Trump has made on Ukraine is never followed up with any serious action
2. Ukraine is no longer pledged AMRAAM and
The @ChiefofAirStaff Global Air & Space Chiefs’ Conference is now less than two months away! In this video, RAF Deputy Commander Operations, Air Marshal @HarvSmyth, tells us more about the topics we can expect to hear about.
Find out more: http://ow.ly/MkS050Oznu5
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