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Pros and cons of national service for 18-year-olds
In Depth Rishi Sunak's mandatory scheme for 18-year-olds labelled 'headline-grabbing gimmick' by Labour
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The Week Unwrapped: The battle for Papua New Guinea
Podcast Plus, the MoD's helicopter cancer scandal and the rebirth of the lad mag
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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'
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Why is 2.5% UK's magic number when it comes to defence spending?
Today's Big Question New defence spending plans will make Britain 'largest defence power in Europe' says Rishi Sunak
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Labour and nuclear weapons: a turbulent ideological history
The Explainer From the 1940s to Keir Starmer, the party leadership has zigzagged in and out of love with the bomb
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Grant Shapps goes to war on military's 'woke' diversity policies
Talking Point Defence secretary condemns 'extremist culture' as Army reportedly plans to relax security checks on overseas recruits
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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
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Sunak reshuffle: Grant Shapps to replace Ben Wallace as defence secretary
Speed Read Seen as a PM loyalist, the former energy security secretary is taking his fifth cabinet job in less than a year
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Who will replace Ben Wallace as defence secretary?
Today's Big Question Tom Tugendhat, Penny Mordaunt and James Cleverly tipped for ‘one of the most high-pressure and stressful jobs in government’
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Gavin Williamson: the tarantula-wielding Tory minister accused of bullying
In the Spotlight The ‘baby-faced assassin’ has held senior cabinet posts but is still courting controversy
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The US takeover of UK defence
In the Spotlight Sell-off of key defence assets is hardly conducive to an independent foreign policy
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Paratrooper survives after parachute fails to open
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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Panic as British Army boss gets lost during training in Wiltshire
Speed Read Mark Carleton-Smith declared missing in action during exercise on Salisbury Plain
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Dominic Cummings touring top military sites ahead of security overhaul
Speed Read PM’s most senior aide to play central role in review of UK’s foreign policy, defence and security
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