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📢Our Armed Forces will receive new advanced rifles to reduce detection and boost lethality on the battlefield.
The up to £90m contract with Edgar Brothers will sustain around 50 🇬🇧 jobs in Macclesfield, over the next decade.
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Guardians of the UK's nuclear deterrent
#RoyalMarines of 43 Commando are responsible for guarding the UK’s ultimate weapon and the Vanguard-class submarines that carry it. To stay sharp for their no-fail mission, commandos honed skills with the U.S. Marines.
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This week’s #RoyalNavy update is with the F-35B Lightning jets of 617 Squadron as they prepare to join HMS Queen Elizabeth for her imminent deployment. The nation’s flagship will soon join HMS Prince of Wales at sea, as the UK’s aircraft carriers head off on operations.
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Among the 59 competitors representing the UK at the sixth Invictus Games Düsseldorf 2023 next week, nine are serving members of the UK Armed Forces. 🇬🇧
👉 They share how support from the Defence community has helped them to manage their condition:
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11,000 Ukrainian children are reportedly being detained at 43 re-education camps across Russia, thousands of miles from home.
Their simple right to life and liberty is being impacted.
🇺🇦 #TakenFromUkraine 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine
The illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is continuing.
The map below is the latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine– 6 September 2023.
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