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🚙What will replace 5,000 Land Rovers? BFBS Forces News test-drives the contenders
Plus, Professor Michael Clarke on Russia, Nato and the prospect of an Article 5-style challenge
🎙️Watch the latest #bfbsSitrep🔗⬇️
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The SA80's days are numbered. What comes next? 🇬🇧
#ProjectGrayburn is searching for the British Army's next service rifle
The latest #bfbsSitrep | What will replace the main service rifle, the SA80?🔗piped.video/ukECZnqbHlg?si=R4Hh…
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If Britain went to war, could 95,000 veterans really be mobilised?
The UK's Strategic Reserve has been dormant for decades. Now thousands could be called back to test whether it can actually function
Is the UK ready, or already behind?
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"People have just come to live with them"🗣️
Colin Freeman's update from Zaporizhzhia is interrupted by an airstrike.
The journalist and author gives a firsthand account of life under constant air-raid alerts in Ukraine
🎧#BFBSSitrep |📻18:30 BST @BFBSRadioHQ
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🗣️ "You may not want to go to war, but war will come to you"
🎙️How exposed are British troops in the Middle East?
Professor Michael Clarke and former Royal Navy Commander Tom Sharpe break down the risks - and what the UK could do next🔗piped.video/nivDRS0LUG8?si=CukM…
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"The problem is you can't beat it to zero"🗣️
🎙️On this week's #BFBSSitrep, Sian Grzeszczyk Melbourne speaks to former Royal Navy Commander Tom Sharpe about Iran's strikes on US military bases - and the threat facing US and UK personnel overseas🎧piped.video/watch?v=nivDRS0L…
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What do the latest strikes by Iran on US bases in the Middle East mean for British troops? Expert analysis on @bfbsSitrep from Professor Michael Clarke @TomSharpe134 & Sir Simon Mayall #defenceexplained
British troops caught in "the war of losers"
Iran's strikes on US bases put British personnel across the Middle East at real risk
In the latest #BFBSSitrep, experts assess the dangers — and what comes next🔗⬇️
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British troops caught in "the war of losers"
Iran's strikes on US bases put British personnel across the Middle East at real risk
In the latest #BFBSSitrep, experts assess the dangers — and what comes next🔗⬇️
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Can UK tech break the battlefield deadlock in Ukraine? 🇬🇧🇺🇦
Storm Shadow blueprints. Ukrainian drone data. Lessons for countering Russian air defences.
Plus: Why the size of your plane matters in Moscow🔗⬇️piped.video/Iql9iyqOWCE?si=NZDn…
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"Ukraine can't concentrate" its forces as Russia combines missiles, drones and artillery🗣️
Can UK tech — including Storm Shadow — break the battlefield deadlock?🔗⬇️ #BFBSSitrep
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"We chose the biggest aircraft we could send there to send a message" 🗣️
🇬🇧✈️Former UK Defence Attaché John Foreman on flying Ben Wallace and Tony Radakin to Moscow aboard an RAF Voyager - and why the plane mattered🔗⬇️
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I'm on today's Daily Dits podcast - released every day by @BFBSRadioHQ - chatting about my recent trip to Iceland and the work of NATO's maritime task force - responsible for security in the High North. Listen here⬇️
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Russia has threatened "consequences" over British-made drones used by Ukraine. Could Moscow go further?
The latest #bfbsSitrep examines the risk to British troops, critical infrastructure and undersea cables - and how Russia could exploit a crisis🔗⬇️
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Grey-zone expert Elisabeth Braw warns how Russia could target British troops in Estonia and Poland without firing a shot
The goal? Make the deployment increasingly difficult to sustain
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"I flew a plane over UK aircraft carriers, and nothing happened"🗣️
Former Defence Minister @Tobias_Ellwood says it exposed serious gaps in the UK's air defences
How ready is Britain for modern threats?
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🌍How do you prevent a world war?
As warnings of a potential conflict with Russia grow, what can be done to stop escalation?
Tobias Ellwood and General Sir Richard Shirreff join this week's #BFBSSitrep to discuss🔗⬇️
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AI. Quantum. Biotech. The next defence revolution is underway
This week on #BFBSSitrep: Nato's investment in emerging technologies and the UK alliance helping turn cutting-edge research into military capability.
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"Something much nastier" could be coming🗣️
Professor Michael Clarke on escalation risks from the Ukraine war, while #Sitrep explores Nato's race to turn AI, quantum and biotech into frontline capability
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The next arms race is in AI, autonomy, quantum and biotech
This week on #Sitrep: How Nato is backing the technologies of tomorrow and what its red lines are as the war in Ukraine spills beyond its borders🔗⬇️
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Does pulling British tanks from Estonia make the UK look weaker?
Former tank commander Justin Crump joined the latest #BFBSSitrep to explain why capability, not tanks, is what really matters🔗piped.video/XEwg3IelGpg?si=tTfY…
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