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The UK Armed Forces’ 2025 in Pictures

The UK's Ministry of Defence has unveiled an image gallery showcasing some of their best photographs from the past year.
The Aviationist

British Army Radio Wave Weapon Cooks Multiple Drone Swarms Simultaneously

British Army soldiers successfully tracked, targeted and destroyed swarms of small drones in the latest test of a Directed Energy Weapon. The British Army has completed the UK’s largest counter drone ...
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British War Hero Becomes 29th Rifles Regiment Soldier to Die from Suicide

Andrew Borthwick, a former British Army soldier, is another combat veteran to die from suicide from the famed Rifles Regiment ...
War on the Rocks

The British Army and the Lessons of the Boer War

In January 2024, British Chief of the General Staff Gen. Sir Patrick Sanders warned that British youth were now part of a “pre-war” generation. Pointing to the threat from Russia, he drew a direct ...
Business Insider

The British Army has shrunk to its smallest size since the Napoleonic wars

The British Army is now smaller than those of Romania and Bangladesh. Its size raises questions about the UK's ability to support NATO, confront Russia, or fight a war. "Right now, the British Army ...
Military.com

British Army Faces Criticism Despite a Historic Payout over Kenyan Wildfires

NAIROBI, Kenya — For the first time, Britain's government has agreed to pay out millions in pounds to Kenyans to settle a civil lawsuit after its military forces had their legal immunity in Kenya ...
The New York Times

Michael Jackson, British General Who Disobeyed U.S. Superior, Dies at 80

Labeled “the Prince of Darkness,” he refused to follow an order by NATO’s commander during the Balkans war, saying, “It’s not worth starting World War III.” By Trip Gabriel Gen. Michael Jackson, a ...