Gaza Aid Fleet in India
Britain’s amphibious task group has left the Eastern Mediterranean and arrived in India for an exercise, appearing to close down the ability of the Royal […]
Articles by Tim Ripley
Astute Go Slow?
An insight into the progress of the building of the Royal Navy’s last two Astute-class nuclear-powered submarines
A400M is Go for Parachuting
Hundreds of British paratroops are to stage their first ever battalion-level drop from Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas airlifters this May in Estonia. The […]
Heappey Out, Doherty In
Rishi Sunak has played a cautious move by replacing outgoing armed forces minister James Heappey with former veterans minister Leo Doherty
Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson in battle over military review
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are locked in a power struggle over money for the military after the chancellor axed the three-year spending review last […]
Army marches on with ‘failed’ digital recruiting system
Military chiefs are looking to expand an online recruiting system that has left the army short of thousands of soldiers despite repeated criticism from spending […]
We must sacrifice tanks and sell more arms to fund hi‑tech warfare, warns defence secretary
The armed forces will have to give up assets such as tanks if they are to have drones and other modern equipment, the defence secretary […]
US will hit ‘very fast and very hard’ if Iran retaliates for Qassem Soleimani assassination, Trump warns
Donald Trump has warned that the US will hit Iran “very fast and very hard” if it takes retaliatory action after the assassination of the […]
Top brass plans to shrink army
Defence chiefs are discussing plans to slash the size of the British Army and lend one of the Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carriers to the […]
Tim Ripley’s new book, Operation Aleppo, out now
Russia’s intervention in Syria in September 2015 caught the world by surprise. Since then Russian bombers, fighter jets, drones, warships and special forces troops have […]