Wildcat pilot hails successful trial as Martlet missile shoots down target drone
The Banshee drone was downed during a pioneering test of a missile that has been adapted for use against ground or surface targets.
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Ukraine Russia's Courier ground combat drone: Heavily armed, but not invincible
It can cross no man's land to engage enemy trenches, suppressing enemy fire to let Russian infantry advance, but can still be defeated.
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Ukraine US sends $425m weapons package to Ukraine just days before election
The shipment includes Stinger missiles, air-to-ground munitions and additional rounds for NASAMS and Himars systems.
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Ukraine Russia loses more personnel than ever before in the bloodiest month of the invasion
Ukraine has claimed to have killed, captured or wounded 41,980 Russian personnel in the month of October 2024.
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Remembrance Royal British Legion opens Field of Remembrance at National Memorial Arboretum
A bugler opened the field, just one of the six fields of remembrance from the Royal British Legion.
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Opinion The RFA: The civilian support fleet without which the Royal Navy would be sunk
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a vital link in the chain of maritime defence, but that chain looks set to broken, warns PinstripedLine.
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News Who's the strongest of them all? Forces Strongman stars show off pulling power in competition
Strongman competitors flexed their muscles at the annual endurance challenge at the Defence School of Transport in Leconfield.
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Tri-Service Sitrep: Giving CDS new powers over all three services great in principle, but hard to execute
General Lord Richards, a former CDS from 2010-2013, spoke about the changes to the role of Chief of the Defence Staff on Sitrep.
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Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth returns to Portsmouth after training with RAF and HMS St Albans
The Royal Navy's flagship trained with Chinook helicopters and the crew of HMS St Albans.
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USA Pilot error blamed for ejection that led to US F-35B flying unmanned for 73 miles
The US Marine Corps jet continued to fly unmanned for 11 minutes and 21 seconds before crashing in a rural area in South Carolina.
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Nato Keeping the peace with KFOR: My time on patrol with British soldiers in Kosovo
BFBS Forces News reporter James Wharton explains what it's like to serve with British KFOR troops in a region that was at war 25 years ago.
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Sport TEAM V3NTURE: Meet the soldiers aiming to be the first military trio to row the Atlantic
They will be rowing across the Atlantic as part of TEAM V3NTURE, aiming to be the first military trio to complete the challenge.
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Navy HMS Scimitar finds new purpose bringing healthcare to East Africa's Lake Victoria
HMS Scimitar patrolled waters around Gibraltar for years but will now provide crucial healthcare to around 50,000 people a year in East ...
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Nato Russian invasion of Ukraine has reinvigorated and changed Nato, Dsaceur says
Agility and rapid adaptation is now the order of the day for the alliance, Admiral Sir Keith Blount tells BFBS Forces News.
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Navy Satisfaction with Navy's officer cadet programme at lowest level in six years, survey finds
The survey across all three services asked the cadets about a range of experiences during their training.
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Army Kemp gets physical with the Gurkhas as he helps support the RBL's Poppy Appeal
The former EastEnders star and RBL ambassador was put through his paces by the Queen's Gurkha Engineers at the Tower of London.