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Defence Management Journal - Issue 60

Defence Management Journal - Issue 60

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LATEST DEFENCE NEWS

British Army to recruit 10,000 after axing thousands of jobs

A recruitment campaign designed to help bring in 10,000 new soldiers and officers into the British Army over the next year has been launched

MoD spends millions on Apache Hellfire missiles
A £15m deal has been signed to replenish the army's stock of Hellfire missiles

Ark Royal sets sail for the scrapyard
One of the British Navy's most iconic vessels, HMS Ark Royal, has set out on its final voyage – to a scrapyard in Turkey

Major Tim will be Britain's first 'official' astronaut
A former army major is to become the first Briton to live and work in space on an expedition funded by the British taxpayer

Dambuster medal decision ''cheese-paringly mean'' says bouncing bomb man's daughter
A decision not to issue a campaign medal for veterans of Bomber Command has been attacked as

Syria Assad

Is Jamraya a Syrian WMD site?

Anthony Tucker-Jones reports on the ongoing controversy surrounding Israel's attack on Syria's scientific research centre

GoCo and a myriad of unanswered questions
As the government considers putting defence procurement into the hands of the private sector, Alison Seabeck asks the questions she hasn't been able to pose from the opposition front bench

Syria and israelIsrael and the escalating Syrian conflict
Defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones reports on Israel's long expected air strikes against Syria

Reserve judgement
The recent green paper could give the UK's reserves a major boost, says Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Reserve Forces and Cadets Julian Brazier…

Territorial Army soldier'The government's plans for reservists ring hollow'
The plan to get rid of 20,000 soldiers and to expect reservists to fill the gap is based on flawed assumptions, will produce false economies, and is high risk, writes Conservative MP John Baron

military housing on the defence estateWithdrawal from Germany – a nightmare for the UK's defence infrastructure?
Shoehorning British troops pulling out of Germany into the UK will be no small task, reports Anthony Tucker-Jones

Margaret Thatcher'We in the armed forces put our faith in Maggie'
After providing decisive leadership during the Falklands conflict, Margaret Thatcher kept Britain militarily strong in the face of all possible threats and dangers, writes Commander John Muxworthy

North Korean leader Kim Jong-unKorea – war to be resumed shortly?
Defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones warns that the resumption of the Korean War will benefit no one

cyberSetting the cyber standard
GCHQ's Jonathan Hoyle outlines how the organisation is working with the MoD and public and private sector groups to strengthen cyber security across the UK…

Why did the British Army stay in Germany for so long?
Defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones considers the ramifications of Britain's early withdrawal from Germany

US flagIraq – a conflict designed on deceptions
The US entered Iraq with the January 2001 vision of regime change; it exited with the December 2008 image of a journalist throwing both his shoes at a surprised President in Baghdad. Professor Scott Lucas reflects on the war 10 years after the invasion

IraqOp Telic – where did it all go wrong
Former defence intelligence officer Anthony Tucker-Jones takes a retrospective look at Blair's war in Iraq

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