Larisa Brown
Defence Editor at The Times
Writer at The Sunday Times
Defence Editor, The Times. Author of The Gardener of Lashkar Gah. Forever trying to learn Arabic.
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2 days ago |
thetimes.com | Larisa Brown |Bruno Waterfield
UK under dual pressure to increase defence spending nowComments from General Sir Richard Barrons come alongside renewed US demands for Britain to increase its defence spending faster
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3 days ago |
thetimes.com | Larisa Brown
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, known as the “money guy” because of his ability to handle finances, has been chosen to be the next professional head of the armed forces, The Times understands. Sir Keir Starmer is believed to have picked Knighton, the head of the RAF, to lead the Ministry of Defence through what has been billed as its most transformative period in decades.
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4 days ago |
thetimes.com | Larisa Brown |Steven Swinford
Britain faces a “new era of threat” including dangers posed by novel weapons of mass destruction and must rebuild its military to prepare for war, a major defence review has warned. Sir Keir Starmer pledged to make Britain “battle-ready” as he unveiled the long-awaited strategic defence review (SDR) designed to counter threats from countries such as Russia and China.
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4 days ago |
thetimes.com | Larisa Brown
Long-range drones and cruise missiles could target Britain if it had to fight a war this year, the government’s strategic defence review has warned. The landmark review sets out five “methods of attack” the UK should expect if it was forced into state-on-state conflict, based on current ways of fighting. Bases, ports and airfields in Britain and overseas would come under attack.
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5 days ago |
thetimes.com | Matt Dathan |Larisa Brown
Britain faces a “new era of threat” including the “immediate and pressing” danger of Russia, the long-awaited strategic defence review will warn on Monday. The report, which will be published after nearly a year, consists of 48,000 words and is about 130 pages long. The government is expected to accept all 62 recommendations in full. On the eve of publication, John Healey, the defence secretary, said Britain must be prepared for a military attack by Russia.
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RT @MTSavill: Others have already covered the broad sweep of the SDR. I have some views on how to judge its ambition on capabilities - and…
In an underground control centre within the military’s cyber-headquarters in Wiltshire, British troops have one mission on their mind: Operation Highmast, the codename for a British aircraft carrier’s deployment to the Far East https://t.co/HOPyZY2IYD
Britain is to ramp up its offensive cyberattacks against states such as Russia and China, the defence secretary has announced before the publication of the strategic defence review next week https://t.co/6wuCU1eABN