In 1986, the writer Tom Clancy and his sidekick Larry Bond, to whom we owe the famous naval simulation game Harpoon, published the novel "Red Storm Rising", in French "Tempête ...
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Will London be able to keep a pilot aboard its Tempest stealth fighter?
In his latest research paper from July 2020, the air power researcher of the prestigious Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Justin Bronk, made several recommendations that ...
Read the articleBritain radically changes strategic doctrine
In recent months, statements coming from London about the evolution of the British armies have followed one another, with very often drastic reductions in the means, especially heavy ones, of its forces.…
Read the articleWill the United Kingdom sacrifice its defense on the altar of Covid19?
Since the end of the Second World War, Great Britain had, along with France, the most experienced and efficient armies in Western Europe, based on a military tradition ...
Read the articleBritish armies ready to dispense with Challenger 2 tanks to specialize in support
It has been several years since the fate of some 227 Challenger 2 heavy tanks, of which 160 are in service, and of the 388 Infantry Warrior fighting vehicles of the armies ...
Read the articleFaced with Russian threat, Ireland could acquire combat aircraft
In 1998, the Irish Air Force (Irish Air Corps) withdrew from service its Fouga Magister jet training aircraft, bought second-hand in France in 1975, signifying the end of aviation…
Read the articleBritish Defense Review Delayed To Address Consequences Of COVID-19 Pandemic
According to British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, the next strategic defense review (the equivalent of the French Defense White Paper) could be "hard to swallow" for…
Read the articleInitial Operating Capability declared for the two first P-8 Poseidon aircrafts of the Royal Air Force
Ten years ago, the British Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft program was canceled, and the last Nimrod MR2s retired from service in 2011. Since then, the Royal…
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