Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
January 2014 - United Kingdom Special Weapons News
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- UK provides airlift support to UN Mission in South Sudan UK MOD 31 Jan 2014 -- An RAF C-17 containing emergency blast wall protection for the UN Mission in South Sudan has today been deployed to Juba.
- UK and France agree closer defence co-operation UK MOD 31 Jan 2014 -- The UK and France have agreed to strengthen defence co-operation following a summit at RAF Brize Norton today.
- Dambusters final flight UK MOD 31 Jan 2014 -- An RAF squadron famous for carrying out one of the most daring raids of the Second World War has flown its final Afghanistan mission.
- Royal Navy submarine returns home from successful patrol UK MOD 28 Jan 2014 -- HMS Talent arrived home to a cheering crowd in Plymouth on Monday (27 January) after a 5-month deployment promoting security worldwide.
- British army to cut 1,400 more troops Iran Press TV 23 Jan 2014 -- British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond is to announce the last round of job cuts across the army, axing another 1,400 troops to reduce it to its smallest size in 200 years.
- Final tranche of armed forces redundancies UK MOD 23 Jan 2014 -- Details of the fourth and final set of armed forces redundancies have been announced by the Defence Secretary.
- Britain to limit its involvement in military operations abroad – MoD Voice of Russia 23 Jan 2014 -- Britain's military cuts and growing discontent in society mean it will no longer be a full partner alongside United States forces during their operations abroad, the Guardian reports citing high ranking officials at Ministry of Defense.
- UN chief encourages Conference on Disarmament to live up to world's expectations UN News Centre 21 Jan 2014 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today encouraged the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations to live up the international community's expectations and resume substantive work aimed at ridding the globe of weapons of mass destruction.
- UK to spend $6,5 bln on military drones Voice of Russia 19 Jan 2014 -- Britain announced its plans to spend more than $6,5 billion to purchase 657 military drones, the Sunday People reports. It includes 10 Reaper MQ-9s, which are armed with Hellfire missiles plus laser-guided 500lb bombs and can hover 20,000ft above targets for more than 20 hours.
- UK 'wasted millions' on army recruitment IT system Voice of Russia 14 Jan 2014 -- The UK's Ministry of Defence had to write off £6.7m on a failed online recruitment system, UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has told MPs.
- HMS Montrose to assist in removal of chemical stocks from Syria UK MOD 13 Jan 2014 -- The Royal Navy frigate is assisting in the international effort to remove chemical stocks from Syria to stop them being used in weapons.
- Royal Navy carrier returns home from Philippines UK MOD 10 Jan 2014 -- HMS Illustrious has returned home to Portsmouth after playing a major part in the typhoon relief effort in the Philippines.
- UK destroyer completes Russian task force escort UK MOD 09 Jan 2014 -- HMS Defender has returned to Portsmouth after escorting a number of Russian ships along the UK coastline over Christmas and the New Year.
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