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Foreign Secretary is travelling to Kosovo to meet UK personnel deployed to NATO’s peacekeeping mission, and to underline UK support for stability in the region.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Defence Secretary announces that hundreds of British-made air defence missiles are being shipped to Ukraine to protect civilians and infrastructure from drones and bombing.
UK forces are taking lead of NATO’s rapid response force on 1 January 2024, placing thousands of soldiers on standby and ready to deploy within days.
The UK has been providing basic training to Ukraine's combat air pilots as a contribution to the international Air Force Capability Coalition for Ukraine
The UK and Saudi Arabia have reaffirmed their long-standing defence partnership, amid the deteriorating security situation in the Red Sea.
RAdm Andrew Betton visits Malaysian Joint HQ and meets Five Powers Defence Arrangements staff.
Royal Navy Destroyer HMS Diamond joins Operation Prosperity Guardian, a new international task force to protect merchant shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Ambassador Cowell expressed his condolences for the death of a LAF soldier in Lebanon and called for restoring calm on the Blue Line.
Experts from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have achieved a significant milestone within Pillar II of the AUKUS partnership.
Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin gave his annual RUSI Lecture on 13 December 2023.
UK signs international Treaty with Japan and Italy for a future combat air programme that aims to develop an innovative stealth fighter with supersonic capability and equipped with cutting-edge technology.
UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan gave a keynote speech on AUKUS at a 'Future of defence in Western Australia' conference in Perth.
As part of ongoing diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, the Defence Secretary travels to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) and Israel this week.
A new landmark radar initiative will increase UK security by being able to better detect, track and identify objects in deep space.
A landmark security partnership entered a new phase today as the Defence Ministers of the UK, Australia and United States met in California.
HMS Diamond has set sail to bolster UK naval forces across the Middle East.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps met virtually with ministers from Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) and agreed to activate a JEF Response option.
Two NATO Allies, the UK and Türkiye, have today agreed to work more closely together to help bring greater stability, security and prosperity to both nations.
A new Accord signed between the UK and Republic of Korea will strengthen our joint ability to enforce sanctions against North Korea.
Minister for the Armed Forces, James Heappey, met key figures in Washington DC to discuss bilateral defence cooperation.
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