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Why ‘troubled’ Ajax tanks are making a comebackThe Explainer After concerns over soldiers’ health last autumn, controversial programme will resume a ‘phased’ approach to service
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Why the UK is not ready for warThe Explainer Requiring greater funding, and with shrinking personnel numbers, Britain is at ‘serious risk of being left behind’ its allies
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Palantir's growing influence in the British stateThe Explainer Despite winning a £240m MoD contract, the tech company’s links to Peter Mandelson and the UK’s over-reliance on US tech have caused widespread concern
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Operation Rubific: the government's secret Afghan relocation schemeThe Explainer Massive data leak a 'national embarrassment' that has ended up costing taxpayer billions
By The Week UK Published
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The state of Britain's Armed ForcesThe Explainer Geopolitical unrest and the unreliability of the Trump administration have led to a frantic re-evaluation of the UK's military capabilities
By The Week UK Published
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How will Keir Starmer pay for greater defence spending?Today's Big Question Funding for courts, prisons, local government and the environment could all be at risk
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Pros and cons of national service for 18-year-oldsIn Depth Rishi Sunak's mandatory scheme for 18-year-olds labelled 'headline-grabbing gimmick' by Labour
By The Week Staff Last updated
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The Week Unwrapped: The battle for Papua New GuineaPodcast Plus, the MoD's helicopter cancer scandal and the rebirth of the lad mag
By The Week Staff Published
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British Armed Forces personnel details 'hacked by China'Speed Read The Ministry of Defence became aware of the breach 'several days ago'
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Labour and nuclear weapons: a turbulent ideological historyThe Explainer From the 1940s to Keir Starmer, the party leadership has zigzagged in and out of love with the bomb
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Grant Shapps goes to war on military's 'woke' diversity policiesTalking Point Defence secretary condemns 'extremist culture' as Army reportedly plans to relax security checks on overseas recruits
By The Week UK Published
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Russian pilot 'tried to shoot down RAF plane'Speed Read 'Ambiguous' communications triggered the potentially deadly incident in 2022, defence sources say
By Julia O'Driscoll, The Week UK Published
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The US takeover of UK defenceIn the Spotlight Sell-off of key defence assets is hardly conducive to an independent foreign policy
By The Week Staff Published
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Paratrooper survives after parachute fails to openfeature And other stories from the stranger side of life
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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