Military Capabilities

The British Army's King’s Royal Hussars (KRH) Battlegroup have deployed to Estonia where they will take over from The Royal Welsh to lead NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup in the country. UK Armed Forces...

Estonia’s Defence Forces will host binational combined joint manoeuvres with the German armed forces which will run from October 1 to 27. Exercise Baltic Tiger 2022 will involve base defence drills with reconnaissance squads, snipers,...

NATO air forces took part in the RAF-led biannual exercise Cobra Warrior, designed to exercise participants in high-intensity large force tactical training. Running from 5 to 23 September Cobra Warrior was controlled by directing staff...

Estonian Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur stated on 19 September that Estonia will have an operational mid-range air defence system by 2025. The government has agreed to allocate the funds to next year's budget. “Mid-range...

The Royal Air Force (RAF) has trialed mass low-level parachuting on the A400M Atlas C Mk1, further expanding the aircraft's capability. The A400M Atlas will take over low-level parachuting capability from the C-130J which is...

British forces took part in Exercise Vigilant Knife alongside Swedish and Finnish Armed Forces, further strengthening interoperability in anticipation of Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO. The command-post exercise took place in Rovaniemi and Rovajärvi,...

The British Army has announced a major step-change in its commitment to ultra-modern warfare with the publication of its new Battlefield Electrification Approach. British Army News Release, 3 May 2022: The ambitious vision sets out...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 29 April that 8,000 British Army troops will conduct a series of planned exercises across Europe this summer in one of the largest deployments since the...