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  • 080/2012 - Hammond announces £1billion contract to power future submarines

    The MoD has awarded Rolls Royce a £1.1 billion contract to produce new reactor cores for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines and upgrade the plant where they will be built. The nuclear reactor cores will be used to power th…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 077/2012 - Star of Jubilee celebrations deploys to Gulf

    HMS Diamond, which played a starring role in Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations earlier this month, sails from Portsmouth on Wednesday (June 13) for her maiden operational deployment to the Middle East.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal United Services Institute: Land Warfare Conference 2012

    Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New RAF C-17 aircraft touches down in the UK

    A new C-17 transport aircraft has been unveiled today by the Defence Secretary at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Injured personnel display garden at Chelsea Flower Show

    Patients at Headley Court are growing stronger through a gardening project which has culminated in the creation of a display garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Independent report states public rate Armed Forces highly

    The biggest ever independent survey of British troops, which explores the relationship between Service personnel and wider society, has been published this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 3rd annual Electrical Infrastructure Security Summit

    Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Final Helmand district in UK operational area enters transition process

    Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand province, where British forces operate, has now entered the transition process whereby responsibility for security will be handed over to Afghan forces.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary balances MOD budget

    Through a series of tough but necessary decisions, combined with radical reforms of the MOD’s financial processes, the £38bn black hole in the…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • MOD announces change of Joint Strike Fighter jet

    The MOD will move away from the Carrier Variant (CV) JSF and our Armed Forces will instead operate the short take-off and vertical landing (…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British wounded warriors return victorious

    The trip was supported and funded by the UK charity Help for Heroes and culminated in the team meeting His Royal Highness Prince Harry, who …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Ocean sails up Thames for Olympics exercise

    HMS Ocean will be moored at Greenwich and will be acting as a maritime logistic hub in support of police-led maritime security operations during…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary visits UK troops in Germany

    The visit to the troops from the regiments, both of which are part of 7th Armoured Brigade (The Desert Rats), allowed the Secretary of State…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Hammond - UK would welcome enhanced defence relationship with Germany

    Mr Hammond was hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswartige Politik (German Council on Foreign Relations) in Berlin, and his speech was…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ground-based air defence systems tested in Olympics security exercise

    The systems are being placed at six sites in and around London for testing with dummy missiles as part of Exercise Olympic Guardian. The nine…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 2012/05/02 - Shared Security: Transforming Defence to Face the Future

    Speech delivered by Secretary of State for Defence at the British Embassy, Berlin (hosted by German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)), on Wednesday 2 May 2012.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Typhoon jets arrive at RAF Northolt for Olympics role

    Typhoon fighter jets arrived at RAF Northolt today to take part in a major military exercise to test security for the forthcoming London Olympic Games.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Future UK force levels in Afghanistan

    Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary announces £70m for Afghan security forces

    He made the announcement at a meeting of NATO Foreign and Defence Ministers in Brussels. The funding will be kept under review and will come…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign and Defence Secretaries attend NATO meeting in Brussels

    Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced £70 million a year funding for the Afghan National Security Forces after British combat operations end in Afghanistan in 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government