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Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced that warship HMS Daring will deploy to the Gulf as the UK’s latest contribution to the campaign against Daesh.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Statement by Ambassador Stephen Hickey, Counsellor at the UK Mission to the United Nations, in UN Security Council Meeting on UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo)
Michael Fallon has praised RAF crews who have struck a major Daesh training complex in Mosul.
PM attended a meeting with the leaders of the United States of America, France, Germany and Italy at the end of the NATO Summit in Warsaw.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Friday 1st July 2016 marks an historic day for the UK as the future of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force combat air fleets, the F-35B Lightning II, flew over their prospective ‘homes’; HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Prince of Wal…
Lieutenant Colonel Tim How of the Royal Tank Regiment writes about the importance of remembering the past to inform future military tactics
Statement by Ambassador Matthew Rycroft of the UK Mission to the UN following adoption of Security Council resolution taking action against the illegal flow of weapons into Libya
While in Crete for the event Michael Fallon also underlines the importance of defence relations with Greece in meetings with his Greek counterpart.
The Dambusters will again fly at the forefront of aviation technology as they prepare to become Britain’s first F-35B Lightning Squadron.
Defence Secretary has met with counter-Daesh Coalition counterparts to review progress and consider further steps to accelerate the campaign.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon and French Defence Secretary Jean-Yves Le Drian see Exercise Griffin Strike in full flow.
The Royal Navy ship HMS Mersey has played a key part in an operation to seize a vessel suspected of smuggling cocaine off Nicaragua.
The Defence Secretary has reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to help Lebanon protect itself against terrorism, including the threat from Daesh.
A joint force between the UK and France will face its biggest development test to date as the two countries come together for an exercise.
RAF Typhoon and the Royal Navy warship HMS Iron Duke will deploy to the Baltic this month.
The Prime Minister and President Hollande discussed UK-France co-operation on counter-terrorism, migration, defence and nuclear energy.
Following the UK-France Summit, David Cameron gave a statement on Daesh, our bilateral security co-operation and the migration crisis.
Statement by Ambassador Matthew Rycroft of the UK Mission to the UN following the adoption of Security Council Resolution 2270 on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Hundreds of UK maritime personnel will take part in a NATO exercise focused on crisis response over the next fortnight.
Speaking on a panel discussion wt the Munich Security Conference, the Defence Secretary spoke about how conflicting threat assessments and divergent strategic priorities among NATO member states be reconciled in the run-up t…
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