A complete review of Britain’s productive capacity is needed for rearmament to be successful

The increase in UK defence spending announced on 25 February has been welcomed by many, but the focus on fractions of a percent must not be a distraction from the real issue of output and generating a...

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Listen to This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler - How will Europe defend itself without America? – with Air Marshal Edward Stringer by Podmasters on Podcast Addict. With Trump seemingly determined to destroy any vestige of a US security guarantee for Europe, is the NATO era coming to an end? Gavin Esler talks to Air Marshal Edward Stringer, who served as Britain’s Director-General of Joint Force Development, Strategic Command, about Europe’s new security reality. Can Europe cope with the threat of an expansionist Russia on its Eastern flan

Caught between an aggressive Russia and a disengaging America, the continent’s western democracies must now rearm — or pay the price

Key weapons are running out as Moscow tries to mobilize ever more labor and resources.

Washington’s patience is wearing thin. We must be ready to defend ourselves against Russia

The army chief is arguing for more troops, without a corresponding acceleration of the UK industrial base

“Statecraft” featured heavily in the annual Chief of the Defence Staff’s (CDS) lecture to RUSI. It is a term that is difficult to define precisely but we know it when we see it. For the purposes...

Foreign Secretary urges Western allies to collectively increase weapons production in order to help Kyiv towards victory

Brexit has allowed for hi-tech industrial strategy to form free from Brussels’ red tape