Reflecting on the last few days and what has happened in London and I am reminded of Sir Robert Mark's words from his time as Comissioner of the Metropolitan Police 1972 to 1977.

'The police are the anvil on which society beats out the problems and abrasions of social…

One of our former RAF Regiment Yeoman Warders, Garry McCormick, managed to steal a photo alongside one of the current Royal Guards King’s Colour Squadron RAF Northolt RAF Recruitment RAF Regiment Recruitment

No apparent targeting restrictions on longer range US weapons on their way to Ukraine The gloves are coming off, and it’s long overdue…@CSPAN c-span.org/video/?c511539…

Yesterday, we learned that two Wagner operatives in the UK has been charged with 'Russia-backed arson' targeting Ukraine-linked commercial property. To learn more about Wagner and the web it uses to hide its structure, ownership, and accountability:

newsletter.insightthreatintel.com/p/wagner-group…

You are a devotee of a serial loser. He was twice beaten by Monty. Rommel was an adherent to the Nazi cause, served Hitler personally and would have been implicated in a number of war crimes if he had survived the war.

Mind your outrage at this use of language

thetimes.co.uk/article/2ea1f4…

cnn.com/2024/04/27/chi…

Right - the Sikorski Museum in London. You need to go.

Why?

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Oh, just the Polish flag which flew on the ruins of the monastery after the capture of Monte Cassino

During a recent routine Operation Shader patrol, 2 Royal Air Force Typhoons identified rockets being launched in Iraq against coalition forces.
 
To defend against this attack, our aircraft successfully used a Paveway IV precision-guided bomb to destroy the rocket launcher system.

#OnThisDay

On this day in 2023, we provided support to the safe evacuation of British Nationals from #Sudan

The successful operation evacuated more than 2,450 people on 30 flights, the vast majority of them being British nationals and their dependents

#FighttoDefend

The Air Land Integration Squadron would like to honour their Australian & New Zealand counterparts on ANZAC day. Having operated closely with 4 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, we wish to remember all those past & present for their service to our nations

#AnzacDay

Very proud of Tim Snyder here - and his work Yale Jackson School and in the public sphere -

'China’s intelligence agencies used to be circumspect about recruiting foreigners and using techniques such as honey-traps. Now they appear to have fewer constraints.'

Good overview of scope, scale, and challenges, of Chinese intelligence collection on Western targets— written…

Today is #ANZACDay – which honours the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.

Others said yesterday, but just to reinforce it: the £75 bn figure is based on the misleading assumption of flat cash for def for next 6 yrs. But it'll go up in cash terms anyway for other reasons and to allow for inflation. So 75bn will be netted down by whatever that amount is.

Showcasing our readiness and capability on Exercise VENTURE SPIRIT
 
1 Squadron recently took part in the exercise supporting the Air Mobility Force to train agile combat employment skills which enable the force to deploy rapidly anywhere in the world to support global operations

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At the time of writing this post it is 25 April 2024 - ANZAC Day in Australia & New Zealand.
I would be quite remiss to not acknowledge the day by posting the ANZAC Requiem.

Elisabeth Braw from the Atlantic Council explains how international relations has changed since the Cold War.

Watch yesterday's session on Defence and the Grey Zone here: 👇parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/f3…

The figure announced by Rishi Sunak of an extra £75bn for defence over 6 years (should he stay in power) was the only thing that made the 2.5% pledge sound meaningful. But if it’s just a fudge (⬇️) that would be staggering given the threats. Now isn’t the time for smoke & mirrors