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Fears are growing that the next generation of support ships for the Royal Navy will be built in foreign shipyards

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has committed to closer working alongside service charities during a visit to Tedworth House, the home of Help for Heroes

In a radio programme today on BBC Radio 2 at 17:00hrs today, Jane Kirby looks at the mystery of the homesick airman who stole a USAF Hercules to fly home to the USA

US media has reported that Mike Pompeo, the head of the CIA made a secret trip to North Korea and meet with Kim Sung-un

Ciaran Martin, head of the NCSC – part of GCHQ – has warned that Russian hackers are the “most capable hostile adversary in cyberspace”, with much of their effort being targeted at government and critical national services

Russia has agreed to allow chemical weapons inspectors access to the site of the chemical attack in Douma

The actor R Lee Ermey – most famous for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubric’s Full Metal Jacket – has died aged 74. R Lee Ermey was a US Marine in the 60’s and 70’s and served several tours in Vietnam. Many of his sayings from Full Metal Jacket passed into military sayings on both sides of the Atlantic. Semper Fi

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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has warned that the UK should be prepared for a backlash reaction from Russia for the weekend coalition air strikes at military targets in Syria. Security services are preparing for cyber attacks.

The Army’s SA-80 assault rifle will be upgraded from A2 to A3 standard under a Mid Life Improvement project