Former 🇬🇧 DefSec Rt. Hon Ben Wallace MP asks PM to ask #Israel to help #Ukraine - just as U.K. helped Israel in its defence last night . Wallace says when he was in office he’d been pleading with Israel to help Ukraine with air defences

While Iran says its military action “can be deemed concluded,” it’s not talking about hijacking a Nato and EU member’s cargo ship on Saturday.

🇬🇧 PM goes no further than saying Royal Air Force Typhoons shot down “a number” of #Iran drones( is single figure) . Also says U.K. provided intelligence reconnaissance and surveillance assets

“Iran was testing the missile-defense system, the resolve of the regional countries, the resolve of the US. Out of all of this comes a great risk. When 2 powerful parties engage in direct hostility, no one knows where this thing goes.” -Jonathan Schanzer FDD wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Coordinated by Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧, Ukrainian soldiers have been training on live fire ranges during Op Interflex💪

Over 34,000 Ukrainian recruits have now been trained during the operation

Interflex continues to train more Defense of Ukraine recruits, and we continue to #StandWithUkraine 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦

The 🇬🇧 Royal Navy’s HMS Lancaster, operating in support of the 🇨🇦 Canadian-led Combined Task Force 150, carried out its second successful drug seizure in as many days, seizing 2,000 kg of hashish from a dhow in the Arabian Sea, April 11.

Full story at the link below ⬇️…

The Earl of Minto admits in the Lords that Defence spending is significantly lower as a percentage of GDP than when the Tories came into power..

2.47% in 2010 down to 2.28% in 2023...

➡️2010: 2.47%
2011: 2.38%
2012: 2.16%
2013: 2.24%
2014: 2.14%
2015: 2.03%
2016: 2.09%
2017:…

It’s a reasonable question to ask whether Russia’s missile and drone attacks on Ukraine - and the limits of Western intervention- emboldened #Iran .

PM confirming that Royal Air Force Typhoons shot down an unspecified number of #Iran drones last night . No further detail from MOD

PM confirming Royal Air Force Typhoons shot down an unspecified number of #iran drones

Big loss - best for the future Mark.

Additional Royal Air Force jets and air refuelling tankers have deployed to the Middle East to bolster Op Shader, the UK’s existing counter-Daesh operation in Iraq & Syria.
 
In addition, the jets will intercept airborne attacks within range of our existing missions. My statement:

🔴 Who is arming Israel?

A new in-depth AOAV report analysing the key military supporters of Israel.

Find the full report in the link below⬇️
aoav.org.uk/2024/who-is-ar…

Sat down with Deborah Haynes for long chat on all I’ve been doing for last few years as MinAF. We’ve got to keep pushing boundaries of our support for Ukraine. We’ve got to fund defence better with 2.5% of GDP now & 3% by 2030. And we’ve got to improve our strategic resilience.

🇳🇴 #Norway to Transfer 22 #F16 Fighter Jets to #Ukraine .

The agreement includes not only the provision of fighter jets but also engines, auxiliary materials, simulators, spare parts, and other essential equipment, as reported by Norwegian news outlet Nettavisen.

📷: AFP

After the amputation, I work as an instructor, helping my fellow brothers.

I'm running TCS London Marathon to raise money for prosthetics for Ukrainian soldier Mykhailo STALKER Yurchuk.

You can support Oleksiy's fundraising on the Marathon's website:

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“the revived and more dangerous threat of Russia means “defending Ukraine” is now a strategy for defeat.”

Six months at Sea - and in a demanding operation - these 3 were true to this, when we visited USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) .

🇬🇧 is supporting international efforts to ensure more aid can reach Gaza by sea, with @rfacardiganbay sailing to the eastern Mediterranean to assist.

HMS Diamond provided an escort through the Red Sea, where she remains to defend against Houthi attacks on civilian shipping.

Very pleased to be publishing Mass Precision Strike: Designing UAV Complexes for Land Forces - co-authored with my colleague Justin Bronk at RUSI. rusi.org/explore-our-re…