Jonathan Beale
Defence Correspondent at BBC
BBC defence correspondent. This is my personal twitter account
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bbc.com | Jonathan Beale
32 nations but only one man matters - Nato's summit is all about TrumpJonathan BealeGetty ImagesNato's chief Mark Rutte (left) wants to give Donald Trump what he wants - higher defence spending by America's alliesNato summits tend to be "pre-cooked", not least to present a united front. Secretary General Mark Rutte has already settled on the menu for their meeting at The Hague: one that will avoid a row with Nato's most powerful member, the US.
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bbc.com | Jonathan Beale
Israel's smaller, sophisticated military opposes larger IranJonathan BealeGetty ImagesA woman looks out of her bomb-damaged flat in TehranIsrael's conflict with Iran may look like a mismatch on paper - a nation of nine million people taking on a giant of the Middle East, home to 88 million. But Israel's formidable and sophisticated military forces - with an arsenal largely, but not exclusively, provided by the United States - are enabling it to overpower a much larger enemy.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Jonathan Beale
Nato chief is determined to give Trump a win with 5% defence spending planJonathan BealeGetty ImagesMark Rutte wants to avoid US criticism of European allies for not spending enough on defenceMark Rutte is determined to give Donald Trump a win at the forthcoming Nato summit. The alliance's secretary general wants to avoid the scenes of 2016 when, while in his first term, the US president berated European allies for not spending enough on defence and taking advantage of the American taxpayer.
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yahoo.com | Sam Francis |Jonathan Beale
The government will invest billions of pounds to move the UK to "war-fighting readiness" in the face of a new era of threats from nuclear powers like Russia and China, the defence secretary has said. The government has accepted all 62 recommendations set out in a long-awaited Strategic Defence Review (SDR), including building 12 new nuclear-powered submarines, six new munitions factories and embracing technologies like artificial intelligence.
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bbc.co.uk | Sam Francis |Jonathan Beale
The SDR, carried out by former Labour Defence Sectary Lord Robertson, found the UK's armed forces are "not currently equipped" to fight opponents like Russia or China, with inadequate stockpiles of weapons, poor recruitment and crumbling morale. The report warned the UK is already experiencing daily attacks on its critical national infrastructure, testing the economy's vulnerabilities and "and challenging its social cohesion".
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U.K. Def Sec John Healey said “urgent need for de-escalation in Middle East. Said grave concern about situation and need for diplomacy. Said U.K. military assets - including extra RAF jets to Cyprus - have been sent to region for force protection @RUSI_org
Might also be good to give senior military officers a voice - instead of trying to muzzle them ?
Today we launch recruitment for the UK’s first Armed Forces Commissioner, a major step in this Government’s commitment to those who serve. Reporting directly to Parliament, the Commissioner will be an independent voice, tackling issues to improve everyday service life. https://t.co/rSBActbH8u
It’s getting worse :
There has been “unprecedented” interference from Downing Street in a major land warfare conference taking place at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) this week, alarming those involved, who have never experienced such “control” in more than two decades