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Spend 3pc on defence or embolden Putin, military grandees tell Starmer
Former first sea lord and former chief of general staff criticise Prime Minister’s 2.5 per cent target as ‘bloody dangerous‘ and ‘worrying’
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Women soldiers to get annual £50 sports bra vouchers for first time
More than 85pc of new recruits experience breast health problems
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Starmer ‘to hold talks with EU on defence co-operation’
Prime Minister set to meet 27 EU leaders in sign of improving relations, it was reported
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China and Russia plotting military stranglehold on Arctic, warns Pentagon
Growing naval cooperation between two nations in waters north of Alaska may mean US increases its own patrols
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America’s woke military is in for a radical shake-up — under DeSantis or Hegseth
Donald Trump has a fight to secure his first choice for defence secretary, but Florida governor tipped as back-up has similar agenda
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US Navy will get re-arm at sea capability to give it edge in China conflict
Engineers adapting crane that can be fitted to a warship, removing need for vessels to travel thousands of miles back to base
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Labour Government putting national security at risk, suggests former MI6 chief
Sir Richard Dearlove ‘deeply worried’ over defence spending and response to Netanyahu arrest warrant
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Trump’s Nato pick said US ‘will spend more than its fair share’ on defence
Choice of Matthew Whitaker may be welcomed by alliance’s European members, who have struggled to hit 2pc target
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US and UK unveil plans for ‘battle-winning’ new hypersonic missiles
Three AUKUS nations will work together to build and test devices as part of wider plan to counter China
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Armed Forces not ready to fight a war, admits Defence Secretary
John Healey says military has been ‘hollowed out’ and ‘underfunded’ under last government
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Britain’s security ‘at risk’ following Armed Forces helicopter training crisis
Lack of engineers to maintain aircraft halts flying lessons for significant number of trainee pilots
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Russian spies targeting UK with Cold War-style sabotage, warns MI5 boss
Ken McCallum says Vladimir Putin’s intelligence agencies targeting businesses to undermine security and economy
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UK backs Ukraine to strike Russia with Storm Shadow missiles
Downing Street believed to support weapons’ use but will not say so publicly amid disagreements with US
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Putin’s fragile grip on Russia has been shaken, says John Healey
Ukraine’s march into Kursk has sown doubt around president, Defence Secretary tells The Telegraph
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Labour ‘to cut millions’ from budget for modernising Armed Forces
UK ‘risks falling further behind adversaries like China and Russia and peers like the US’, warns defence source
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Afghan troops blocked from joining British Army
Citizenship rules mean talented former soldiers are ‘just cleaning or driving’, says major general who fought Taliban
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Armed Forces need revamp to take on ‘deadly quartet’, says review chief
Ex-Nato boss Lord Robertson tells Labour that UK must adapt to threats posed by China, Iran, Russia and North Korea
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Starmer criticised for failure to appoint veterans minister
Campaign pledge has yet to be fulfilled, says ousted Tory Johnny Mercer
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No national event for Armed Forces Day as councils don’t want to host
Growing resistance from groups with concerns about an uncritical portrayal of war
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Army must be ‘twice as lethal’, says new chief
General Sir Roland Walker aims to ‘double military’s fighting power to defend this nation’
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The terrible fate of SAS heroes who landed in France ahead of D-Day
Operation aiming to blunt movement of German reinforcements was a success but the price was the capture and murder of 33 of them
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More people left British military than joined last year, official figures show
Tories accused of creating a recruitment crisis after 8,000 leave Armed Forces early
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‘Everything you read about D-Day is a load of rubbish, I was there’
George Chandler, 99, pans historical accounts of the landings as he recalls seeing young American soldiers ‘not shot but slaughtered’
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‘Age has caught up with me’, says D-Day veteran unable to go to Normandy
Victor Walker, 98, will attend UK remembrance service instead of commemorations in France
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Army shrinks below 73,000 troops for first time since Napoleonic era
Government accused of being ‘deeply negligent of Britain’s defence’
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Army may let recruits with autism or mental health troubles join up
‘Right to revisit entry criteria,’ says Lord Dannatt, as services look to bolster numbers
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Fraudsters have stolen almost £1bn from Ministry of Defence since 2010
Losses could have paid for up to 127 Challenger tanks or 12 F-35 Lightning combat jets, which cost around £88m each
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Revealed: China’s new ‘drone-craft carrier’ threatening the West
Satellite images suggest Chinese navy may have constructed a groundbreaking carrier, signaling a shift in maritime strategy
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British paratroopers practise high readiness with allies in Estonia
Briain is leading a force of more than 2,300 soldiers, sailors and aviators from four countries working together on Exercise Swift Response
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SAS faces perfect storm of overstretched troops and shrinking talent pool
Cuts to Army troop numbers leave special forces struggling to recruit enough personnel to meet their operational needs
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British troops could be sent to Gaza to help US deliver aid
Pentagon has confirmed that construction of a temporary pier has begun, designed to speed up humanitarian aid into Gaza as famine looms
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As wars rage, it’s vital to watch China in the Taiwan Strait. The US Navy gets this
Japanese and German warships join in RIMPAC exercises, too
