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              Army

              News and analysis about land-based military defence

              British paratroopers on exercises. Getty Images

              UK to set out decade of arms spending as Starmer seeks legacy

              UKMay 18, 2026
              King Charles and Queen Camilla at the state opening of parliament on Wednesday. Getty Images

              UK defence spending is winner from Starmer's woes

              UKMay 13, 2026
              British Army guardsmen in London. A leading Conservative has decried the 'ill-prepared' state of today's UK armed forces. Getty Images

              IRGC's decades-long efforts to prove British military unfit for modern warfare

              UKApril 30, 2026
              British paratroopers on exercise. Gen Sir Richard Barrons has warned the UK armed forces are in dire need of a vast increase in spending, or they will be left behind. Getty Images

              UK defence spending tips 'backwards' despite rising threats

              UKApril 14, 2026
              Pakistan's Air Force has sent some of its F-16 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia under the countries' joint defence agreement as Iranian missiles and drones assail Gulf states. AFP

              Pakistan sends fighter jets to Saudi Arabia as part of defence agreement

              GulfApril 11, 2026
              Kharg Island is where petroleum from Iran's oilfields arrives through undersea pipelines to be loaded on to tankers. AFP

              Iran threatens escalation after US hits 90 targets on Kharg Island

              MENAMarch 14, 2026
              HMS Lancaster departing the Gulf in December 2025. Photo: UK Royal Navy

              British warships exit Gulf as Iran conflict looms for US

              MENAFebruary 26, 2026
              A Ukrainian serviceman with a robotic combat vehicle armed with an Mk 19 grenade launcher. Robots now dominate the front line, Ukraine's former military chief has said. AFP

              Ukraine reduced to 'robotic kill zone', says general sacked by Zelenskyy

              EuropeFebruary 23, 2026
              Servicemen from the strike drone platoon patrol the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. EPA

              Three ways the Ukraine-Russia war could end ... but who will blink first?

              EuropeFebruary 20, 2026
              Drone torpedoes are being developed to take out traditional submarines. Photo: Naval Group

              The new frontier of warfare: torpedo-drones fired from an unmanned mothership

              EuropeFebruary 13, 2026
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              Shadi's take on the SDF agreeing to integrate into the Syrian armed forces

              CartoonJanuary 30, 2026
              Former RAF pilot Prince William, pictured at the controls of a Chipmunk aircraft in 2015, is due to visit Saudi Arabia. Getty Images

              Prince William to visit Saudi Arabia as UK hopes for fighter jet deal

              UKJanuary 30, 2026
              Elbit Systems UK is a subsidiary of Israel’s largest defence company. Getty Images

              UK army suppressed dossier questioning Israeli firm's bid for £2bn training deal

              UKDecember 12, 2025
              In a poll of nine major European countries, Germany and France among them, 69 per cent thought their country could defend itself in the event of a Russian attack. Nick Donaldson / The National

              Your country needs you (again): Europe's reluctant generation braced for call-up

              EuropeDecember 05, 2025
              Dubai Airshow 2025. EDGE Stand, Jeniah drone. Antonie Robertson/The National

              Middle East arms companies out in full force in global rankings

              EconomyDecember 01, 2025
              Russian Sukhoi Su-35 jet fighters could be supplied to Iran, significantly bolstering its forces and threatening the region. Reuters

              Iran goes shopping for advanced fighters and missiles

              MENANovember 29, 2025
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