The new Protector drone unveiled on Thursday by the Royal Air Force (RAF) will be an “incredibly important tool” in Britain’s fight against global terrorism, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said. The UK has ordered 16 Protector aircraft from its U.S. manufacturer General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI). They will enter into service in 2024 and…
UK’s New Protector Drone ‘Incredibly Important Tool’ Against Terrorism
UK Enters Final Stages of Afghan Evacuation, Shuts Processing Site
Britain’s evacuation mission at Kabul airport is in its final hours after the main processing site was shut, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Friday morning. “We will process the people that we’ve brought with us, the 1,000 people approximately in the airfield now, and we will seek a way to continue to find…
No Compromise of Leaked Defence Papers by Adversaries: UK Defence Secretary
Classified Ministry of Defence (MoD) documents found at a bus stop last month were leaked as a result of a mistake, not espionage, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has confirmed. Wallace told MPs on Monday that the papers had not been compromised by the UK’s adversaries. The 50-pages of papers, including documents relating to the likely…
UK Carrier Strike Group to Embark on 6-month Indo-Pacific Deployment
April 26, 2021
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Britain will send a Carrier Strike Group to the Indo-Pacific region next month in a massive show of force aimed at countering the security challenges posed by the Chinese regime. The Carrier Strike Group, which will be led by the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, will be the “largest concentration of maritime and air…
UK, Japan Voice ‘Serious Concerns’ Over Beijing’s Maritime Aggression
February 3, 2021
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Britain and Japan on Wednesday expressed “serious concerns” over the situation in the East and South China Seas and their common opposition to the Chinese regime’s unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force. At a virtual meeting with their Japanese counterparts Toshimitsu Motegi and Nobuo Kishi, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Foreign Secretary…
UK Announces Scheme to Relocate Hundreds of Afghan Staff at Risk
Hundreds of Afghans who are working or have worked to support British Armed Forces will be able to relocate to the UK if they find themselves at risk due to their work, the UK government announced on Tuesday. The announcement came days before the next round of peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan…
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