UK Defence Secretary Updates Rules After Russian Laser Incidents
British Defence Secretary John Healey has tightened rules of engagement following a Russian spy ship, Yantar, directing lasers at RAF pilots near Scotland. While the lasers pose a risk of injury, military officials stress the importance of avoiding escalation. The UK is on alert, enhancing undersea surveillance amid growing threats to critical infrastructure.
BRITAIN’S SECRET NUCLEAR BOMB TESTS
The British conducted a series of nuclear weapons tests in Australia from 1952 to 1963, including both atomic and hydrogen bombs. These tests had significant impacts on the environment, the local indigenous population, and the British servicemen involved. In the 1950s, Britain conducted a series of nuclear tests at Maralinga Continue Reading
DSTL Purchases First Quantum Computer for the MoD
According to reports, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has obtained the government’s first quantum computer. The devices can perform extremely complex computations in a fraction of the time that normal computers can. The MOD will collaborate with Orca Computing, a London-based company, to deploy the computers to defence applications. According Continue Reading
Typhoons Hit Sound Barrier to intercept private plane
A sonic boom has been heard over London and Cambridge after two RAF jets were scrambled to intercept a private plane. The aircraft was travelling from Germany and had lost communication with air traffic controllers. It was diverted to Stansted Airport by the Typhoon jets, which took off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. Several people Continue Reading
HMS Anson – 5th Gen Navy Submarine
Fifth hunter-killer submarine named Anson Anson, the Royal Navy’s latest Astute Class attack submarine, has officially been named in a virtual ceremony at BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness shipyard today. Anson is the fifth Astute-class submarine being built by BAE systems. Astute Class submarines are the largest, most advanced and most powerful Continue Reading
Sisters Are Doing it For Themselves : The Greenham Common Peace Protest
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was a series of protest camps established to protest nuclear weapons being placed at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began in September 1981 after a Welsh group, Women for Life on Earth, arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the Continue Reading
