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Russia threats to UK at highest level since the Cold War, military chief warns
Russia threats to UK at highest level since the Cold War, military chief warns UK faces its ‘most dangerous period’ in decades as Moscow ‘risks crossing a line’, chief of the air staff says - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments The UK is facing the highest level of threat from Russia since the Cold War, the chief of defence staff has said in a chilling warning for the country. Stressing that Britain faces its “most dangerous period” in decades, Sir Richard Knighton said the country needs to...
Russia threats to UK at highest level since the Cold War, military chief warns
Russia threats to UK at highest level since the Cold War, military chief warns UK faces its ‘most dangerous period’ in decades as Moscow ‘risks crossing a line’, chief of the air staff says - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments The UK is facing the highest level of threat from Russia since the Cold War, the chief of defence staff has said in a chilling warning for the country. Stressing that Britain faces its “most dangerous period” in decades, Sir Richard Knighton said the country needs to...
UK must get ready for prolonged war, says head of the British military
UK must get ready for prolonged war, says head of the British military Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton has warned that threats to the UK are greater now than at any time since the Cold War The UK faces its greatest security threat since the Cold War and must prepare for the possibility of a prolonged war, the head of the armed forces has warned. "This is the most dangerous period that I have known," Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton told the BBC's Today...
New film portrays Thomas and Erika Mann — with an oddly twisted premise
Premiering at Cannes and starring Sandra Hüller, Pawel Pawlikowski's "Fatherland" is set during the Cold War — a complex period for the prominent anti-Nazi intellectuals.
Why NATO’s defense spending imbalance lasted for decades
This is part five of a series examining the challenges confronting the NATO alliance. For more than three decades, the U.S. carried the largest share of NATO's military burden while many European allies spent far less on defense than Washington wanted. The imbalance survived the Cold War, multiple U.S. administrations and repeated debates over burden sharing.
Why NATO’s defense spending imbalance lasted for decades
This is part five of a series examining the challenges confronting the NATO alliance. For more than three decades, the U.S. carried the largest share of NATO's military burden while many European allies spent far less on defense than Washington wanted. The imbalance survived the Cold War, multiple U.S. administrations and repeated debates over burden sharing.
The American Missile Crisis
Recent global conflicts, from Russia and Ukraine to Iran and Israel, have seen a resurgent awareness of the frailty of US munitions stock, which has been drawn down by both direct and indirect involvement in these events. While exact stockpile volumes are not disclosed, it is estimated that supplies of US warheads and the missiles that carry them have declined by nearly an order of magnitude since their peak during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Analysts have estimated that in the event of a...
Why Zelensky’s celebration of WWII-era nationalist guerrillas is causing tension with Poland
Why Zelensky’s celebration of WWII-era nationalist guerrillas is causing tension with Poland Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to name a military unit after a World War II-era militia infamous for massacring Poles and Jews has led to a sharp spike in tensions between Kyiv and Warsaw. Some things are better off staying buried. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a presidential decree on May 26 bestowing the honourary title of “Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army”,...
Britain's defence gap laid bare amid warnings delays to spending plan undermine UK credibility
Britain's defence gap laid bare amid warnings delays to spending plan undermine UK credibility The Defence Investment Plan (DIP) was expected last year but may not be published until July - experts warn the UK needs significant spending to close big holes in its defence David Lammy has defended the Government’s plans for the UK’s defence, saying the pledge for spending to reach 3 percent of national income is “absolutely sacrosanct “. Amid delays to an investment plan for the future, the...
From Make That Movie to Sugar: the week in rave reviews
TV If you only watch one, make it … Make That Movie Channel 4 Summed up in a sentence Last One Laughing finalist delivers one of the funniest shows of the year, with this mockumentary about a director who makes awful films. What our reviewer said “So ostentatiously silly that it deserves to be paraded around the streets.” Stuart Heritage Further reading ‘People are like: you’re a crackpot’: how Sam Campbell became comedy’s oddball superstar Pick of the rest The Four Seasons Netflix Summed up...