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A New Command in Scotland Signals the Army’s Wider Role in National Resilience
Brigadier Dave Calder takes charge of 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland, bringing operational experience and a strong local connection to a role that extends well beyond traditional military duties. The arrival of Brigadier Dave Calder OBE as the…
A flying blood bank for the modern battlefield
The most consequential military technologies are not always those designed to destroy an opponent. Sometimes they are the ones that make it possible to keep a wounded soldier on the battlefield alive. That is the thinking behind an experiment by…
North Korean Missile Unit Expands Pyongyang’s Role in Russia’s War
The deployment of North Korean missile personnel to western Russia, accompanied by new ballistic missiles and launchers, would move military cooperation with Moscow beyond weapons supply and battlefield manpower towards direct operational support. A North Korean missile unit has begun…
Taiwan’s mobile missile strategy sharpens focus on asymmetric defence
Taiwan’s latest live-fire exercises on its western coastline offered more than a display of military hardware. They represented the clearest articulation yet of Taipei’s evolving defence doctrine: mobility, survivability and the ability to inflict significant damage on a superior adversary.…
Britain’s £1bn Artillery Scramble Exposes Decades of Decline
For years British politicians comforted themselves with the illusion that major land warfare belonged to the past. Terrorism, cyber threats and fashionable theories about “light footprint” operations became the buzzwords of Whitehall. Heavy armour was dismissed as outdated. Artillery was…
Tristan da Cunha: How Britain’s Paratroopers Pulled Off a Modern Miracle
Every so often an operation comes along that reminds the country precisely why the British soldier still commands admiration across the world. The extraordinary parachute mission to Tristan da Cunha — the world’s most remote inhabited island — was one…
Britain’s Future Soldier Takes Shape on the Digital Battlefield
Britain’s soldiers have long prided themselves on their ability to adapt, but the latest demonstration of the Army’s future fighting force suggests that adaptation is no longer merely a virtue — it is becoming a decisive strategic advantage. At the…
Keeping Britain Airborne: UK-Boeing £879m Helicopter Deal
The award of a £879 million support contract to Boeing marks a quietly significant moment in Britain’s evolving defence posture—one that speaks less to spectacle and more to substance. In an era often dominated by announcements of new platforms and…
Eyes in the Sky: British Army Experiments with Drone-Enabled Tanks
The British Army’s latest experiments with drone warfare mark a notable shift in how armoured units may fight in future conflicts, blending traditional heavy platforms with rapidly evolving unmanned technology. Trials conducted by troops from the Queen’s Royal Hussars offer…