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15 December 2017
The Challenger II gets an upgrade to cope with new Russian threats
The UK needs to upgrade its fleet of Challenger 2 tanks to be able to compete with a new generation of highly dangerous Russian tanks, but after 20 years of...
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15 December 2017
Global tensions are encouraging countries to better arm themselves
The Peace Research Institute, based in Oslo, estimates that 2016 was the fifth deadliest year since the end of the cold war, despite the overall number of conflicts falling.
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4 September 2016
Wrong kit, wrong place: will the Chilcot lessons be learned?
“Lessons will be learned” is a mantra that has become the required response to every British inquiry into instances of abuse, scandal or disaster, typically uttered shortly before the conclusions...
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30 August 2016
NATO summit 2016: common interests take sharp focus
At the NATO summit in Warsaw, NATO and the EU issued their first joint declaration on security cooperation, pledging to work together particularly in the fields of hybrid warfare and...
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2 August 2016
Fat fighters: can tech tackle the global military obesity problem?
Despite regular fitness testing and physical training, increasing numbers of armed forces personnel are overweight or obese, and some are turning to extreme measures to achieve a healthy weight. Could...
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27 June 2016
Is it time for the European arms industry to consolidate?
Seventy years on from the end of WWII, the European defence industry remains almost entirely organised along old national lines. This legacy has significant implications today including exorbitant costs and...
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