Cyber attacks, spies and undersea cables: What exactly is the grey zone?
BFBS Forces News explores the area between war and peace, and what occupies it
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Feature Helicopter emergency? Russian helis have an ejection seat – find out why RAF ones don't
Russia's Ka-50 and Ka-52 are the world's only helicopters with these seats, so take a look at how the RAF deals with rotary-wing emergencies
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Ukraine Patriot missiles: What are they and why does Ukraine want them so badly?
The Patriot PAC-3 is a ballistic and hypersonic missile interceptor, which can defeat the fastest weapons Russia can launch
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Navy Bolster our capability or risk seeing Russia dominate GIUK Gap, warns former submariner
The UK needs to see its maritime capability expanded two to three times its current level, Ryan Ramsey tells BFBS Forces News
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Navy UK sends Cutlass-class patrol boat to help French intercept Russian shadow fleet tanker
The vessel that was boarded is under UK and European sanctions for its role in facilitating trade in sanctioned oil, BFBS Forces News ...
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Nato Nato chief Rutte fears the row over Greenland diverts attention from Ukraine conflict
Secretary General Mark Rutte raised concerns about tensions over the island taking focus away from supporting Ukrainian armed forces
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Army Ukraine has a seven-to-one kill ratio in the war against Russia, CGS says
General Sir Roly Walker said that it takes nations to win wars as he summarised his analysis on the nearly four-year-long war between ...
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Ukraine Inside the military marketplace helping Ukraine to replenish its frontline more quickly
Ukraine's state defence innovation programme has created Brave 1, which allows units to order kit more quickly to where they need it most
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Ukraine What would be on UK's shopping list to preserve a Ukraine-Russia peace deal
The UK has committed £200m to prepare British troops for a possible deployment to Ukraine as part of a multinational force if there's a ...
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Ukraine Drone kills: Moscow's soldiers increasingly getting hit by Ukrainian UAVs
In July 2025, the Ukrainian military claimed its UAS units hit 16,262 Russian soldiers and by October that had risen to nearly 25,000
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Ukraine Healey: I would like to kidnap Putin and hold him to account for his war crimes
In an interview with the Kyiv Independent, John Healey said he would take the Russian president into custody for his alleged war crimes
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Ukraine UK accelerates £200m funding for Ukraine deployment, with air defence support stepped up
The investment, funded from the core defence budget, will be used to upgrade vehicles and communication systems
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Ukraine Oreshnik: Russia's 8,000mph hypersonic missile fired in latest strike on Ukraine
Footage taken from Ukrainian social media captures the moment its submunitions streaked towards the ground in the city of Lviv
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Ukraine Questions raised over stretched British Army's ability to deploy troops to Ukraine
With the British Army already stretched, can the plan to establish military hubs across Ukraine to deter a Russian invasion really work?
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Politics British troops would be deployed to support Ukraine not fight Russia, Lord Ricketts says
The former National Security Advisor spoke to BFBS Radio's Sitrep podcast about the possibility of British troops being deployed
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Nato Lithuania generates annual list of 5,000 people drafted for military conscription
Each January, the Military Conscription and Recruitment Service randomly selects eligible men using an electronic system