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George Allison

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2 years

Here's a time-lapse of all of the United Kingdom to #Ukraine weapons airlift flights from the morning of the 17th of January to this very minute on the 19th of January 2022. The UK has no intention of letting Ukraine fall.

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I lost my mum this morning. I feel incredibly lucky we got to spend Christmas day together before the events of the last few days and my mum's declining health. The final moments were in hospital surrounded by family. I'll not be around for a while, thank you for understanding.

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🚨 NEWS | HMS Queen Elizabeth (left) and HMS Prince of Wales (right) have rendezvoused with French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (centre) in the North Sea today.

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🚨BREAKING NEWS | In an emergency broadcast, the Ukrainian President tells citizens: "We are issuing arms to all Ukrainians capable of defending our sovereignty" and "anyone with military experience who is able to join the defence of Ukraine must report to battle stations".

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The Chinese government has been accused of opening up more than 50 secret police stations across the globe - including one in Glasgow operating at the address of a popular Chinese restaurant. I'm here for a look...

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS | Britain is sending 'scores' of artillery guns and 'hundreds' of drones to Ukraine says DefSec Ben Wallace. More than 20 M109 155mm self-propelled guns, 36 L119 105mm artillery guns and 50,000 rounds plus "hundreds" of loitering aerial munitions arriving soon.

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2 years

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | Britain is to commit 1,000 extra troops to Estonia (where there are already 2,000) and a carrier to the defence of NATO borders. The Defence Secretary said "we are going to allocate a brigade" and "dedicate one of the carrier groups to it".

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS | British C-17 transport aircraft are currently ferrying anti-armour weaponry to Ukraine in the face of increasing Russian rhetoric.

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2 years

Russia now has the largest fleet of model aircraft carriers in the world.

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Army-2022: Russia details ambitions for next-generation aircraft carriers #ShephardNews #NavalWarfare

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2 years

🚨 NEWS | Britain, Finland and Sweden have formed a security pact. In the event of a disaster, or in the event of an attack on either of the nations, "we will come to each other's assistance including with military assistance" said British PM Boris Johnson.

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2 years

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | An Irish politician has been arrested after trying to board British naval vessel HMS Enterprise, a survey ship, in Cork Harbour. Here's a clip of the incident.

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3 years

Sun Tzu was very insightful.

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2 years

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers will shortly be deploying to the United Kingdom. Aircraft are expected to arrive over the coming days.

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3 years

Boom.

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2 years

Of note is the fact that the British aircraft are avoiding German airspace.

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS | British firm Babcock has won the Polish frigate competition. Poland has chosen the Type 31 Frigate design, known as 'Arrowhead 140', for their future frigate class.

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2 years

There's a pub near me that's changed the name of one of their cocktails from Moscow Mule to Snake Island Mule and that's just wonderful.

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2 years

🚨 Breaking news - Five more Type 26 Frigates have been ordered by the UK Government, bringing the total number of Type 26 Frigates being built on the Clyde up to eight and the total number of frigates being built in Scotland up to 13.

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2 years

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | An American B-52 bomber is in the air and heading east. It is important to note that, contrary to some reports, this aircraft will likely be overflying NATO nations to reassure them of the resolve of the alliance and it will not be heading to Ukraine.

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George Allison

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3 years

The following is a race between a 🇬🇧 Challenger 2 tank and a 🇫🇷 Leclerc tank in Estonia. I'm not going to spoil the result for you, just enjoy.

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2 years

French ship Dixmude passing British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth on her way into Portsmouth this morning. #EntenteCordiale #Penance

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1 year

🚨 BREAKING - The design chosen for the new Australian nuclear submarine has been leaked. The new Etutsa class will be able to ascend to depths of over 1,000ft. Here's a quick photo I was able to take of a design model.

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2 years

This leaked image shows what really happened to the Moskva.

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS | It is understood that two U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers (callsign #CHIEF flight) will shortly be departing RAF Fairford in Britain for a night-time mission over Europe.

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George Allison

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3 years

HMS Anson, an Astute class nuclear submarine, has been rolled out of the build hall today in Barrow-in-Furness.

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2 years

🚨 NEWS | Britain is to supply anti-ship weaponry to Ukraine to counter the Russian Navy in the Black and Azov Seas, Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadim Prystaiko has said.

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2 years

British transport aircraft are now in their third day of delivering "thousands" of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine in the face of a massive build-up of Russian troops.

Third day of British weapon flights to Ukraine

British transport aircraft are now in their third day of delivering "thousands" of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine in the face of a massive build-up of Russian troops.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

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George Allison

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1 year

Here we are folks, what you've all been waiting for... the first images of HMS Glasgow in the water!

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George Allison

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2 years

The Royal helicopter, almost certainly carrying Prince Charles, was on a direct course to Balmoral (where the Queen is) after the Prince appears to have left Dumfries House in a hurry. There's also a Royal flight heading up to Aberdeen from England shortly.

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2 years

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | NATO plans to increase its response force from 40,000 troops to ‘well over 300,000’ troops due to Russia. The NATO Response Force is a high-readiness force comprising land, air and and sea units capable of being deployed quickly.

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George Allison

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2 years

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4 years

Colour night vision, surreal.

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2 years

🚨 NEWS | 🇬🇧 British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is currently leading one of the most powerful naval task forces in the world. The warship is currently serving as the command ship for #NATO Maritime High Readiness Force and is taking part in Exercise #ColdResponse22

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2 years

All joking aside, the Charles de Gaulle is the flagship of the French Navy and the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service outside of the United States Navy. The ship is one of the most capable, versatile and powerful warships to ever sail. Vive la France! 🇫🇷

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2 years

The United Kingdom has no intention of letting Ukraine fall without a fight. Yet another British military aircraft is flying to Ukraine loaded with anti-tank weapons. The UK has so far delivered "thousands" of anti-tank missile systems.

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1 year

I'm currently on the scene collecting aerial footage as the Uddingston home of Peter Murrell and Nicola Sturgeon is being searched by Police Scotland. Officers are currently searching the house, photographing items and moving some to a tent in the garden. #petermurrell

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4 months

I was out with my drone today to look at one of the frigates that I'm told isn't being built in Scotland, being built in Scotland.

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5 years

If the Russians build an invisible stealth fighter, is it an optical Ilyushin?

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2 years

🚨 NEWS | As part of a demonstration of 🇬🇧 British airpower after Russian forces invaded #Ukraine , Typhoon jets supported by a Voyager tanker have flown directly from the UK to conduct patrols over 🇵🇱 Poland before returning home.

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2 years

🚨 Exclusive video footage shows large chunks of the roof being blown off of a new £70 million hangar at RAF Brize Norton. #StormEunice

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2 years

Ukraine appears to be giving Russia a bloody nose. Good on #Ukraine .

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George Allison

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3 years

🚨 NEWS | It has emerged that Australia rejected the French submarine offer "because the consistency of the hull would decrease after prolonged periods at sea", with one Australian engineer even describing it as "a bit bloody soggy".

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2 years

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | Russian cruiser Moskva has officially sunk. The vessel was evacuated after explosions reportedly caused by a Ukrainian attack on the warship.

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2 years

Yesterday, user @EmmaKennedy made this claim to @AllisonPearson . When it was pointed out that the UK shipped thousands of anti-tank missiles, trained 22,000 Ukrainian troops and is providing surveillance flights... the user blocked the @ukdefjournal for correcting her.

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George Allison

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8 months

📢 BREAKING: UK, Japan, and Italy's defence industry leaders have reached a trilateral Collaboration Agreement for the Global Combat Air Programme aiming to deliver the next-gen combat aircraft by 2035. Also, here's a new image. 🌎✈️ #DSEI23

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2 years

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | There are currently a number of American B-52 Bombers airborne and crossing the Atlantic heading for the United Kingdom. It is understood that this is part of a 'Bomber Task Force' mission to Europe.

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George Allison

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5 months

Well, it seems I'm a dad now...

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2 years

BREAKING - Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has told MPs that a British RC-135 Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft was being shadowed by Russian Su-27 fighters before one "released a missile" near the British jet. The aircraft now flies with Typhoon escorts.

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1 year

🚨 BREAKING NEWS - Australia's future nuclear submarine, deemed 'SSN-AUKUS', will be based upon Britain's next-generation nuclear submarine design (SSN-R) while incorporating cutting-edge U.S. tech. It will be built and deployed by both Australia and the UK. #AUKUS

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2 years

🚨 NEWS | 🇬🇧 Britain reassures NATO members "that if one Russian boot lands on NATO soil, military force will be met by military force".

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2 years

@Magnus_Arturis Yes that's because it's an April Fools Day post I made and isn't real.

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4 months

🚨 Since 2000, the UK's military personnel have seen a substantial reduction: 🔻 British Army: Down by 29.79% (from 109,600 to 76,950) 🔻 Royal Navy & Royal Marines: Down by 23.86% (from 42,800 to 32,590) 🔻 Royal Air Force: Down by 41.50% (from 54,600 to 31,940) The figures,

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3 years

Royal Marines trialling ship boarding techniques with a jetpack, it doesn't get much cooler than this.

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3 years

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | BAE, Rolls-Royce and Babcock will design a new class of nuclear powered attack submarines for the Royal Navy to replace the Astute class - currently referred to as SSN-Replacement (SSN-R).

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George Allison

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2 years

Diane Abbott last night said: "We see that the United States has decided that it needs to send troops to Russias borders. This alone should tell us that the claims that Russia is the aggressor should be treated sceptically". Note Russia has 130,000 troops massed on the border.

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2 years

Hi folks, I'm taking a break from social media for a few days. This is for my own mental health and has been prompted by everything from abuse for correcting people over shipbuilding to threats for reporting Ukraine. I'll be back in a few days (sooner if anything major happens).

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2 years

Russia earlier this week warned Britain against a planned RC-135 ‘Rivet Joint’ surveillance aircraft flight near Russian territory, saying its air force has been given orders to prevent an intrusion. The flight happened today anyway, and it happened without incident.

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2 years

Six American F-35As are being moved from Germany to Lithuania, Estonia and Romania to support existing NATO air policing missions over the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea.

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2 years

🚨 NEWS | NATO Nuclear submarines from three countries have converged at a naval base near Glasgow in Scotland, near the North Atlantic. There's an American 🇺🇸 Virginia class submarine and a French 🇫🇷 Rubis class submarine in addition to the British 🇬🇧 submarines based there.

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George Allison

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2 years

Statement on British intent to supply Ukraine with the above-mentioned weapons can be found here.

Statement by the Defence Secretary in the House of Commons, 17 January 2022

The Defence Secretary has given a statement to the House of Commons on the situation in Ukraine.

www.gov.uk

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George Allison

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2 years

Well, I'm now a married man. It was a beautiful ceremony overlooking the Clyde!

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3 years

British Officer from 2 Para speaking with Taliban commanders near the entrance to Kabul Airport, 19th August.

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George Allison

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3 years

Colour night vision is absolutely surreal.

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George Allison

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1 year

Active QRA ongoing off the coast of Scotland. A Voyager tanker is squawking '1321' a code for NATO Air Policing tasks like Quick Reaction Alert to intercept unresponsive aircraft, likely Russian. The tanker is understood to be supporting Typhoon jets from RAF Lossiemouth.

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George Allison

@geoallison

2 years

British Typhoon jets met up with American B-52 bombers off the coast of Scotland today to snap a few photos as the bombers arrived in the United Kingdom, here are a few of them.

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George Allison

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2 years

I assume that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs tagging me in a tweet means that I'm going to be poisoned at some point. If that happens, please keep my work to inform random people online that ships are being built on the Clyde.

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1 year

HMS Glasgow is now on the barge that will take her to Glen Mallan to be lowered into the water.

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2 years

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | Britain's Type 45 Destroyers are to receive significant upgrades as the UK aims to become the first European nation to operate a 'Maritime Ballistic Missile Defence detect and destroy' capability.

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS | The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence state that fighting is ongoing at Hostomel airport but Ukrainian forces have managed to prevent additional Russian troops from landing. Kyiv based defence reporter states "Russian airborne force eliminated".

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1 year

Steel has been cut today on HMS Warspite, the third of four new nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed Dreadnought Class submarines being built for Britain.

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS | HMS Belfast, a Second World War cruiser turned museum ship, is to be reactivated this month and renamed after the current Prime Minister. The vessel will patrol the English Channel as part of efforts to increase Britain's global image.

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2 years

The C-17 carrying HM The Queen has just flown over my flat here in Glasgow, humbling to see the aircraft in person knowing who is on-board.

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3 years

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | UK firm Babcock has won an export contract with Indonesia for new 'Arrowhead 140' frigates.

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2 years

There's a B-52 bomber above Glasgow just now, that's cool.

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2 years

Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island bravely stood up to a Russian warship before being killed. Warship: "This is a Russian military ship. I suggest you lay down your weapons and surrender to avoid bloodshed and unnecessary victims." Ukrainian response: "Go f*** yourself."

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1 year

Well it's official, I'll be a dad in December!

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2 years

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | 100 extra Boxer armoured vehicles are to be purchased for the British Army, bringing the programme to a total of 623 vehicles.

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2 months

The SNP has claimed that removing Trident from Faslane would not prevent Scotland from joining NATO, but is that accurate? I don't believe so, and this thread explains why.

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3 years

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | Steel has been cut for HMS Venturer, the first of five new Type 31 Frigates, at Rosyth today. HMS Venturer is expected to be in the water in 2023 with all five ships delivered by 2028.

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2 years

Many people don't realise how large the Type 26 Frigates being built in Glasgow actually are.

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS | Britain has killed off 'Project Mosquito', a 'loyal wingman' combat drone.

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2 years

Last night, as most of us were sound asleep, a British C-17 transport aircraft delivered weapons and supplies to Ukraine via Poland. British weapon flights, the first taking off before the invasion, continue to supply Ukraine with weapons with which to fight Russian forces.

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George Allison

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5 months

Glen Sannox has destination set for scrapyard - Someone onboard the ferry MV Glen Sannox has, apparently, set it's destination as Alang in India. For those unaware, Alang is famous for its shipbreaking yards, where more than 1500 ships per year are dismantled and recycled.

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2 years

So, the Police are just away after responding to the threats and abuse directed at me for my journalism work. The incident is recorded, details taken and advice to be given. I'm pleased with the outcome and will update you in future when I'm able to.

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2 years

🚨 NEWS | 2,000 British troops and 500 vehicles from the 2 PARA Battlegroup plus attack, reconnaissance and support helicopters of Aviation Task Force 1 have deployed to North Macedonia for Exercise Swift Response.

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George Allison

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3 years

The design for the new Australian nuclear submarine has been revealed.

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2 years

A Home Office spokesperson said: "Reports of undeclared ‘police stations’ in the UK are of course very concerning and will be taken extremely seriously. Any foreign country operating on UK soil must abide by UK law."

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🚨 NEWS | There is a heavy British military presence off the coast of Ireland in response to a Russian 'live-fire' naval exercise. You can see Typhoon jets, a Voyager tanker and P-8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft close to the Russian fleet. In addition, a British frigate is nearby.

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2 years

Nuclear submarines from three countries are currently berthed in HMNB Clyde at Faslane near Glasgow in Scotland. There's an American 🇺🇸 Virginia class submarine and a French 🇫🇷 Rubis class submarine in addition to the British 🇬🇧 submarines based there.

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2 years

Just an image of a British-owned and operated jet on a British-owned and operated aircraft carrier operating off the coast of Scotland last year, enjoy.

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2 years

Here's a time-lapse of one full day of British military activity in the skies of the United Kingdom. This shows the 20th of January 2022.

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A British Typhoon fight her has landed on a road in Finland as part of an exercise. The demonstration was part of efforts to develop RAF plans to be able to deploy the jets from dispersed locations.

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🚨BREAKING NEWS | The RAF is conducting a 'Quick Reaction Alert' mission, currently involved in the operation to intercept an unknown aircraft is a Voyager tanker and Typhoon jet. Notably, two Portuguese F-16 jets have launched from RAF Lossiemouth. All heading north.

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📢 Ministry of Defence releases Service Inquiry findings on the F-35B Lightning ZM152 crash. Primary cause: Left intake blank's position during launch. Pilot safely ejected. Full report available online.

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2 years

An independent Scotland, NATO & nuclear weapons - a thread. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿+☢️=🤷‍♂️

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS | An American WC-135W 'nuke sniffer' aircraft is currently over Scotland heading towards Norway. The 'Constant Pheonix' is designed to 'sniff' radioactivity associated with nuclear material and has previously been used to trace radioactivity from Russian vessels.

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🚨A decommissioned U.S. frigate has arrived in Scotland and will soon be destroyed by American, British and allied warships as a target. The overall 'SINKEX' will be run by the Americans as the main aim of the exercise will be to test a new satellite.

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🚨 The UK Gov has announced plans to stage a military parade through the heart of Edinburgh, featuring controversial Trident nuclear missiles, in an effort to drum up support for the union. Sources told me "we need to remind the Scotch that everyone loves Trident".

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