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UK forces train to lead NATO Battlegroup in Estonia

Multinational integration exercise Bold Dragon saw 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh (1RWELSH) Battlegroup get to grips with the harsh environment of the Tapa Central Training Area in Estonia to establish their role as lead...

UK plans to provide Poland with Challenger 2

Britain is planning to send Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Poland in a significant escalation of its military support so that Ukraine can then be supplied by the Polish government with Soviet-era T-72...

Royal Marines practice rescuing downed aircrew

UK Royal Marines have been practicing rescuing pilots shot down behind enemy lines in the barren landscape of Iceland alongside their American counterparts. Fresh from NATO exercise Cold Response 22, the commandos remained in the...

Increased demand for missile defence amid Ukraine war

US defence company Lockheed Martin said on Tuesday that the ongoing Russian attack on Ukraine had boosted demand for Lockheed Martin missile defence systems. "We've got demand signals for THAAD and PAC-3 from around the...

UK forces to exercise in Finland

UK forces are to train alongside troops from Latvia, the USA and Estonia in Finland's ARROW 22 mechanised exercise taking place 2-22 May 2022. Led by Finland's armoured brigade, ARROW 22 will take place in...

RAF C-130 conducts tactical refuelling of Army helicopters in Estonia

A Royal Air Force (RAF) C-130J Hercules from 47 Squadron operating from RAF Akrotiri has been conducting tactical refuelling of British Army Wildcat helicopters, which are deployed on a NATO mission in Estonia called...

Moskva hit by two Neptune missiles

The Pentagon has said that the sunken Russian warship Moskva was hit by two Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles. The 12,000-ton Slava-class guided-missile cruiser Moskva was the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet. A senior US...

Russian Black Sea flagship Moskva sunk

The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 14 April that the guided-missile cruiser Moskva has sunk following an internal explosion. The MoD claims the vessel had been severely damaged due to an ammunition...