Military

Most recent

• 

  Missiles in the sea, drones in the air, but no boots on the ground

  18 Sep 2013:

  • Future of army in doubt
  • Navy to consume large share of UK military spending

• Leadership sees off conference rebels' call to axe Trident nuclear missiles

  17 Sep 2013: Lib Dem conference delegates vote to reduce but not scrap deterrent – latest in series of victories for leadership

• Jason Smith's officer fights back tears as inquest told of heatstroke death

  16 Sep 2013: Mother of reservist serving in Iraq who died in 50C heat says she hopes new inquest will establish if lessons have been learned

• Nuclear weapons: an accident waiting to happen

  14 Sep 2013:

  In July 1956, a plane crashed in Suffolk, nearly detonating an atomic bomb. In January 1987, an RAF truck carrying two hydrogen bombs skidded off a road in Wiltshire. Many more near-misses remain top secret. Who is really at risk from Britain's nuclear weapons? Eric Schlosser reports

• Heatstroke soldier's mother says 'lessons may not have been learned'

  13 Sep 2013: A second inquest into the death in 2003 of Private Jason Smith will also shed light on the deaths of three soldiers on an SAS selection exercise in the Brecon Beacons in July

• Prince William leaves RAF to pursue charity work

  12 Sep 2013:

  The Duke of Cambridge is expected to leave Anglesey after a seven-year military career and return to London

• Prince William to leave armed forces

  12 Sep 2013: Kensington Palace says Duke of Cambridge has completed final shift as RAF rescue pilot and will now focus on charity interests

• Baha Mousa will never get justice while the army investigates itself

  12 Sep 2013: Andrew Williams: The scrutiny of the police over the Stephen Lawrence murder is absent from the military's inquiry into Baha Mousa's death

• US and UK accused of 'squeezing life out of' Ascension Island

  11 Sep 2013:

  Britain denies uprooting families living on tiny mid-Atlantic island to make way for American military base

• Should we have a 'modern form' of national service?

  Poll, 11 Sep 2013:

  Conservative MP Philip Hollobone wants to reintroduce compulsory national service in the UK. His scheme would include 'instruction in personal financial budgeting, household bills, nutrition ... [and] treating elderly and disabled people with dignity and respect'. Do you support the idea?

• Who will win the first world war this time round?

  11 Sep 2013:

  Jackie Ashley: It's no surprise that the centenary events are controversial – but in Britain, the anti-war side risks hitting the wrong note

• Afghan policeman killed two Britons to save face, inquest hears

  10 Sep 2013: Corporal Channing Day and Corporal David O'Connor were shot dead while on their way to train local police in first aid

• Police reinvestigate Baha Mousa death

  10 Sep 2013: Police to pursue lines of inquiry that warrant further attention in killing of Iraqi hotel receptionist by British troops

• UK soldier says he may have shot Iraqis who were already seriously injured

  9 Sep 2013: Giving evidence at al-Sweady inquiry, Paul Kelly denies deliberately firing at injured Iraqis after 2004 gun battle

• Bloody Sunday army officer shot and killed in Kenyan robbery

  9 Sep 2013: Edward Loden, under whose command troops fired more than 100 rounds, dies after gang force their way into son's house

• Next
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

1-15 of 7979 for Military