All news on the topic: Military

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Soldiers leave Armed Forces in large numbers despite Labour’s pay increase
Soldiers are quitting the British Armed Forces at high rates despite a pay rise from Labour.
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’Drunken soldiers’ caught in Apache cockpit romp prompt military safety review
Two soldiers who were caught having boozy late-night sex in the cockpit of a Apache helicopter have triggered a safety review by the military.
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Russian Defense Ministry contractor supplies safes to Lithuanian army, raising concerns
An investigation by The Insider has revealed that Promet, a Russian group of companies acting as a contractor for the country’s Ministry of Defense, has simultaneously been fulfilling military orders in Lithuania.
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The Israeli military has captured an alleged Hezbollah official during a sea raid
Commandos land in northern Lebanon in unprecedented operation to capture supposed militant group member
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UK imposes sanctions on Russia’s chemical weapons chief
"We will not tolerate blatant violations of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the rules-based international order," stated British Defense Secretary John Healey
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Yemenis in Russian military plead for help to escape the war in Ukraine
After leaving his war-torn homeland of Yemen, “Hamza” was working for subsistence wages in neighboring Oman when he heard about an attractive opportunity: sign up for a non-combat role with the Russian military for about $3,000 a month.
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Putin’s snipers are teaching schoolchildren that "killing Ukrainians is not murder"
Russian schoolchildren are being taught lessons by military snipers who claim killing Ukrainians is not murder.
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US military says it hit 15 Houthi targets in Yemen
US forces carried out strikes on 15 targets in areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels, the US military has confirmed.
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MoD to investigate the conduct of British troops in Kenya amid rape and murder allegations
Defence secretary to meet family of woman allegedly killed by soldier, as ITV airs documentary alleging fresh abuses
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Hezbollah says it fired rockets at northern Israel
Hezbollah has fired dozens of rockets towards northern Israel, the group says in a statement.
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Billionaire Guy Hands’ property firm is challenging housing reforms in the European Court
Annington Property fears recent legislation will force it to offload some of the 38,000 freeholds it owns on UK military homes
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Israeli military acknowledges ’high probability’ that it mistakenly killed hostages
Strike that killed Ahmed al-Ghandour last year was initially said to be unrelated to death of hostages held by Hamas
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Russian missile strike kills 41 people in Ukraine’s Poltava
At least 41 people were killed and more than 180 wounded on Tuesday when Russia hit a military institute in the central town of Poltava, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, in one of the deadliest single strikes of the war.
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Nato base security raised over ‘threat of Russian drone attack’
The German military has received a tip off one of their bases is at risk of a Russian drone attack.
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Starmer cancels the appointment of Gwyn Jenkins as national security adviser
PM’s decision seen by some in Whitehall as precursor for role going to more politically loyal candidate
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UK launches its first Earth-imaging military satellite
Satellite named Tyche to support armed forces operations as well as monitor natural disasters and impact of climate change
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British Army employing AI robodogs that ’smell fear’ to detect enemies
The military is using AI-powered robodogs that can sniff out enemies - once programmed they can also detect bombs, attack targets or become agitated and run away
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US soldier pleads guilty to selling secrets to China
A US Army analyst has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to sell military secrets to China, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has said.
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Inquiry chief alarmed by MI5’s posthumous discovery of Stakeknife files
Release of intelligence year after death ‘casts doubt’ on security service’s previous claims about British spy in IRA accused of murders
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A French general wants to slash red tape to move troops faster across Europe
A French general criticized the bureaucratic red tape involved in moving equipment and weapons to allied troops in Europe.
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Treasure Island? Any Chinese attempt to capture Taiwan would be a high stakes gamble
China is conducting another round of military exercises off the coast of Taiwan, and analysts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) suggest that, in theory, by blockading sea routes the PRC could capture the island right now without firing a single shot.
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Horrified Russian pilot dobs in 30 fellow bombers after strike on children’s hospital
Shortly after the bombing in Kyiv this week - which sent terrified children attached to drips fleeing for their lives - the mystery flier secretly contacted Ukraine’s security service
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Canadian and U.S. residents plead guilty to selling military components to Russia
A Canadian national and a U.S. resident pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally exporting millions of dollars worth of military components to sanctioned Russian companies with military contracts.
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Labour will not increase military spending without economic growth, says minister
Comments come as PM begins two-day US visit to urge Nato member countries to increase defence spending
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A married general has become the first special operations chief to be charged with sexual assault in military history
Major General James Roddis, who is a father of three, was awarded an MBE in 2009
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