How the US can respond as Iran effectively halts cargo traffic in the Strait of Hormuz
Millions of barrels of oil and gas are being held up as war breaks out over the major shipping route.
Richard spent over 25 years in the Royal Marines, serving primarily as an Air Defence Specialist on operations in Northern Ireland, the Gulf, Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan, as well as the Black and Red Seas. He was also an instructor and media representative at the Marines Commando Training Centre. Richard trained at the BFBS media academy in 2017 before joining Forces News as an Archive Researcher.
Millions of barrels of oil and gas are being held up as war breaks out over the major shipping route.
The joint US and Israeli attack against Iran got underway on 28 February – here's what happened in the hours that followed
The US is continuing to pour military hardware into the Middle East as tensions in the region remain high
This massing of forces represents the largest concentration of US military hardware in the region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq
As the US ramps up its pressure on Tehran, BFBS Forces News takes a look at what its air assets are capable of should Trump order a strike
Up to 18 of the fifth-generation jets are thought to have been deployed to the region from the UK as tensions continue to escalate
The USS Gerald R Ford is set to join the USS Abraham Lincoln and its supporting strike group in the Arabian Sea
The build-up of military assets in the Middle East continues alongside diplomatic manoeuvres between the US and Iran
Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is being joined by three Arleigh-Burke-class destroyers, each loaded with air defence and land attack missiles
BFBS Forces News' Richard White has looked into the history of the world's largest island during the Cold War
The priority is to take the ship's bridge – and former Royal Marines Commando Richard White explains what's involved
The US military has stocks of homegrown Shahed lookalike UAVs – and analysts believe they may have been used in the Venezuela snatch mission
Elements of the US Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment are thought to be in the UK, with their latest mission unknown
HMS Prince of Wales led CSG25 to the Indo-Pacific and back, so find out where they sailed on Operation Highmast
The SAS struck a devastating blow against the IRA in South Armagh in an ambush that lies at the heart of the controversy surrounding the act
The Martlet is a laser-guided beam riding system which uses Automatic Target Tracking to lock on, or it can be guided using a joystick