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Prime Minister Theresa May spoke at the UN Security Council's event at UNGA 2018.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Soldiers who thwarted a rocket attack on Camp Bastion in February have been awarded their richly-deserved Afghanistan campaign medals.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
First Defence Ministerial Council takes place in Paris
MOD is looking to industry for innovative ways to counter potential threats to UK military helicopters from ground-based weapons.
Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence.
The RAF's Reaper programme has achieved the milestone of providing more than 10,000 hours of armed overwatch in support of UK and coalition forces in Afghanistan.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has commented on the final report of the UN Panel of Experts on Yemen.
The mission makes global observations of the Earth's surface soil water content and the salt in the oceans.
Declaration signed by the UK and France following the UK-France Summit 2010 in London on 2 November 2010.
The Ministry of Defence has today signed a 15-year contract with ABL Alliance to provide support of the Trident Strategic Weapon System at the Royal Naval Armament Depot (RNAD) Coulport and the Strategic Weapon Support Building (SWSB) Faslane, both of...
The UK highlighted the close link between regional and global security, while condemning recent actions taken by the Assad regime, the DPRK, Russia and Iran.
The UK and USA will work closer together than ever before to tackle shared threats as Britain expands its horizons across the globe, the Defence Secretary has affirmed.
The MOD has awarded a £1.2 billion contract for Audacious, the latest Astute Class attack submarine to be built for the Royal Navy.
Defence Minister Philip Dunne has visited the US to see first-hand the closeness of the UK-US collaboration on key defence programmes.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
The mission was carefully co-ordinated with other allied air missions by NATO’s air operations centre, based at Poggio in Italy, and in particular…
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon's speech to the Royal United Services Institute's Air Power Conference 2015
HMS Montrose, a frigate of the Royal Navy, was in Colombo today as part of her routine deployment in the Indian Ocean.
The first Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft has arrived in the UK.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
During the 68th anniversary year of 617 Squadron's famous 'Dambusters' raid in the Ruhr Valley the squadron is once again on active operations, this time supporting ISAF troops out of Kandahar Airfield.
The 4th Battalion The Rifles (4 RIFLES) Battle Group has undertaken a last minute exercise to test their mobilisation procedures for their new role as the UK's Spearhead Lead Element (SLE).
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