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George Allison

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George Allison is the founder and editor of the UK Defence Journal. He holds a degree in Cyber Security from Glasgow Caledonian University and specialises in naval and cyber security topics. George has appeared on national radio and television to provide commentary on defence and security issues. Twitter: @geoallison

Royal Navy escorts Russian warships through English Channel

Over the past two days, the Royal Navy has escorted five Russian ships through to the North Sea.

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American B-52 bombers land in Britain

"The bombers provide deterrence by introducing greater operational unpredictability for potential adversaries."

Britain takes delivery of more new F-35 jets

With one aircraft lost in an accident and four test jets in the US, there are now 30 of the type in operational service in the UK.

British Typhoon jets conduct Agile Combat Employment

The ACE deployment concluded with the Typhoons returning to Romania, where they will continue their NATO enhanced Air Policing mission until the end of June, before heading back to RAF Lossiemouth.

US releases new images of B-21 stealth bomber in flight

The US Air Force has released the first images of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber during flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Ukrainian forces sink Russian corvette in Sevastopol

An attack, which likely included a combination of one-way attack drones and ATACMS missiles, almost certainly resulted in the sinking of the KARAKURT-Class Corvette 'TSIKLON'.

Survey reveals 23% of personnel to leave forces due to pay

British Army personnel are the most satisfied with service life (44%), followed by RAF (37%), then Royal Marines and Royal Navy personnel (33% and 32%, respectively).

New frigate crew follow the guns of Glasgow

The crew of Britain’s newest frigate, HMS Glasgow, embarked on a pilgrimage to the sites where the original HMS Glasgow fought 80 years ago during the D-Day landings.

New record 34.8-hour Global Hawk flight

This surpasses the previous record of 34.4 hours and the manufacturer's record of 30 hours and 24 minutes.