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☆ UK military faces $22 billion equipment shortfall, watchdog says
  + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Britain's armed forces face an equipment funding shortfall of 17 billion pounds ($21.6 billion) over the next 10 years, a public spending watchdog said on Monday, a concern for defence chiefs at a time of heightened geopolitical risks. The National Audit Office (NAO) put the estimate for the budget for new weapons and equipment at 305.5 billion pounds for 2023-2033, 16.9 billion pounds over budget, the largest deficit since its first report in 2012. Russia's war in Ukraine has highlighted the need for extra military spending across Europe, with Britain an important ally and provider of military equipment to Kyiv. The government raised spending on defence by an extra 5 billion pounds earlier this year, increasing it to about 2.25% of gross domestic product this year and next. "The Ministry of Defence acknowledges that its Equipment Plan for 2023–2033 is unaffordable," NAO head Gareth Davies said in a statement.
Persons: NAO, Grant Shapps, Shapps, Gareth Davies, Sarah Young, Bernadette Baum, Timothy Organizations: Audit, Soaring, Ministry of Defence's, Defence, Ministry, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Britain, Ukraine, Europe, Kyiv
☆ Russia's laser beam weapons are being frustrated by low clouds that are stopping them from hitting their targets, UK intel says
  + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russia has a weapons system that uses a drone's laser to identify targets. Russia will likely try to improve the system in what could be a winter fighting boost, it added. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussian drones that use laser beams to identify targets in Ukraine are being frustrated by low clouds, according to British intelligence. The UK Ministry of Defence's intelligence update on Tuesday assessed the performance of drones that use lasers to spot targets for Russia's 152mm Krasnopol-M2 artillery munitions. Russia will likely try to improve the system by boosting "Krasnopol's flight performance and reduce the round's laser detection time," the UK update said.
Persons: — Organizations: Service, UK Ministry of, UK, EU Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Estonian
☆ Russia says it shot down 36 Ukrainian drones as fighting grinds on in Ukraine’s east
  + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
A satellite image shows smoke billowing from Russian Black Sea navy headquarters after a missile strike, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Sept. 22, 2023. Russian air defense shot down over 30 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight Saturday, Russia's Defense Ministry said Sunday. "The air defense systems in place destroyed 36 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the Black Sea and the northwestern part of the Crimean peninsula," the ministry wrote on Telegram. Local authorities in the southern Krasnodar region bordering the Black Sea said that a fire broke out at an oil refinery in the early hours of Sunday, but did not specify the cause. In Ukraine, the country's air force said Sunday it had shot down five Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones launched by Russia overnight.
Persons: Vladimir Putin, Vyacheslav Volodin, Volodin, Ursula von der Leyen Organizations: Russia's Defense, Telegram . Local, Russia, Russian, UK Ministry, European Union, State Duma, European, Russian Federation Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Sevastopol, Crimea, Crimean, Krasnodar, Moscow, Siversk, Donetsk province, British, Russia, Avdiivka, Donetsk, Kyiv, Belgium, Europe
☆ Former UK soldier pleads not guilty to prison escape
  + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Daniel Khalife is shown in a police mugshot released by Metropolitan Police Service on September 6, 2023. Courtesy of Metropolitan Police Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A former British soldier charged with terrorism and Official Secret Act offences pleaded not guilty on Thursday to breaking out of prison and going on the run. Prosecutors say Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, escaped from London's Wandsworth prison on Sep. 6 by attaching himself to the underside of a food delivery truck. After a four-day nationwide manhunt, police said he was recaptured by a plain clothes officer while cycling alongside a canal in west London. Khalife, wearing a blue and yellow sweatshirt, appeared by videolink at the Old Bailey on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to one count of escaping from lawful custody.
Persons: Daniel Khalife, Daniel Abed Khalife, videolink, Bailey, Khalife, Sam Tobin, Kylie MacLellan Organizations: Metropolitan Police Service, REUTERS, Prosecutors, Ministry of Defence's, Administration, Terrorism, BBC, Thomson Locations: British, London's Wandsworth, London, England, Iran
☆ Russia and Ukraine are battling it out over gas and oil platforms in the Black Sea, UK Ministry of Defence says
  + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Russia and Ukraine are battling over strategic gas and oil platforms in the Black Sea. The Black Sea is a key spot in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and it has become a hotbed of military activity in the war. Ukraine has also struck several Russian-controlled platforms in the Black Sea, including three gas platforms that Russia had converted into "small garrisons." AdvertisementAdvertisementLast year, military expert Oleg Zhdanov said that the towers were like the "ears and eyes of the Russian Black Sea Fleet," according to Offshore Energy. Ukraine has also used many of its hi-tech sea drones in the area, with Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov saying they had successfully paralyzed Russia's Black Sea fleet using the drones.
Persons: Oleg Zhdanov, Kyrylo Budanov, Russia's Organizations: Service, UK Ministry of Defence, Twitter, Offshore Energy Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Crimea, Odesa, Russian, Ukrainian
☆ Putin may have set a trap for Wagner fighters by letting them flee to Belarus, military experts say
  + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Wagner fighters may not be safe in Belarus as it could be a trap after their uprising, the ISW said. The ISW said in an update on Monday that "Putin may be presenting Belarus as a haven for Wagner fighters as a trap." And if the Kremlin pressures Belarus, it said, "Belarus will not offer Prigozhin or Wagner fighters a true haven." The Wagner Group's short-lived uprising, which humiliated Putin and provided what experts said was the biggest threat during his decades in power, came after months of feuding between the Wagner Group and Russia's military brass. Russian media outlet Verstka reported that Belarus is constructing a base for around 8,000 Wagner fighters 124 miles from its border with Ukraine.
Persons: Wagner, Prigozhin, —, Vladimir Putin, ISW, Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Ian Bremmer, he's, Alexander Lukashenko Organizations: Service, Washington DC, Wagner Group, Eurasia Group, CNBC, Wagner, Kremlin, Guardian Locations: Belarus, Kremlin, Rostov, Moscow, Russian, Minsk, Ukraine, Russia
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