The UK will give multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to Ukraine to help the country defend itself against Russian aggression, the Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, has announced. The cutting edge M270 weapon system, which can strike targets up to 80km away with pinpoint accuracy, will offer a significant boost in capability for the ...
The Defence Secretary and Shipbuilding Tsar Ben Wallace has met representatives from some of Britain’s most successful maritime companies in the south west. The Defence Secretary and Shipbuilding Tsar Ben Wallace met with Pendennis Shipyard, A&P Falmouth and Harland & Wolff Appledore to discuss how closer working between government and British ...
The UK’s new defence strategy in the Arctic region has been announced in Norway by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. The UK’s Defence Contribution in the High North outlines plans to protect critical underwater national infrastructure and ensure freedom of navigation through international seas and Exclusive Economic Zones in the Arctic region. The strategy ...
Following an urgent request for assistance, the military is being deployed to the Grampian region of Scotland to support the response to Storm Arwen. 134 personnel from across the services have been deployed to check on vulnerable people in their homes and to conduct door-to-door checks on over 4,000 homes. The military ...