UK to spend 5% of GDP on national security - but what exactly does that mean?
Sir Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will up its spending on national security over the next decade, but not all will go on defence
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RAF RAF Typhoons play the bad guys as Swedish Gripens scramble to intercept them
The training sortie was carried out under Operation Chessman – the UK contingent delivering Nato's enhanced Air Policing mission in Poland
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Nato Russia will be ready for war with alliance by 2030, Nato Secretary General predicts
Mark Rutte points to the speed and range of modern Russian ICBMs, and suggests no Nato country is safe any more
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Nato Nato chief calls for 400% boost in air and missile defences before crunch meeting with PM
Mark Rutte, the ex-Prime Minister of the Netherlands, has urged the military bloc to spend more on armoured vehicles and artillery shells
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RAF Head of the RAF visits Typhoon crews on Nato mission in Poland amid CDS speculation
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton met pilots and ground crew on Operation Chessman
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Nato Nato scrambles RAF Typhoons four times in seven days to intercept Russian aircraft
The fighter jets caught a surveillance aircraft and a Russian fighter jet close to Nato airspace following Ukraine's devastating Op ...
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Nato Baltops 25 begins as Navy patrol boats HMS Dasher and HMS Archer join Nato fleet
Ships, aircraft and thousands of personnel from across the alliance have gathered for one of Nato's largest annual maritime exercises
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Nato Nato allies join UK-led scheme training pilots for fighters, helis and transport aircraft
Canada, Denmark, Norway and Poland are joining the Nato Flight Training Europe project
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Ukraine Tenfold increase in UK drone deliveries for Ukraine in wake of strike on Russian airbases
John Healey announces plans for 100,000 to be delivered this financial year as British-made drones reshape the battlefield
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CSG25 HMS Prince of Wales transits Suez Canal and Red Sea as she leads CSG25 towards Australia
The Royal Navy flagship is leading the UK Carrier Strike Group on an eight-month global deployment
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Nato Formidable Shield 25 ends after month-long Nato missile defence drill in UK and Norway
Nine Nato nations took part, with aircraft, ships and personnel operating together to enhance interoperability
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Tri-Service Armed Forces know cyber is key to unlocking success on battlefield of the future
Lessons learned from the war in Ukraine have helped shape the Armed Forces' new digital targeting and electromagnetic warfare capabilities
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Army Minefields no challenge for the Challenger 2 – thanks to the British Army's Trojan
When tanks find their path blocked by an obstacle or minefield, the Trojan armoured engineer vehicle steps in to keep them on the move
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Nato Civilian highway becomes runway for Finnish Hornets and Dutch Lightnings
The main road was closed so F/A-18 and F-35A pilots could practise dispersed operations near Tikkakoski
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RAF RAF Typhoons head off threat from Russian spy plane flying near Nato airspace
The pair of Typhoons were scrambled from their operating base in northern Poland to monitor the Russian surveillance aircraft
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Army Missiles fired and rockets launched as British Army shows off its firepower in Finland
Hundreds of UK personnel are deployed on Exercise Northern Strike alongside Finland and Sweden, the alliance's two newest allies