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George Allison

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

British RC-135 surveillance aircraft on patrol over Baltic

The RC-135 Rivet Joint is designed to undertake 'signals intelligence' missions, in other words they 'soak up' electronic emissions from communications, radars and other systems.

British jets intercept Russian aircraft near Romania

The Russian SU-24 Fencer was intercepted in international airspace because it had not filed a flight plan and was not speaking to Romanian Air Traffic Control.

Massive NATO exercise underway off Norwegian coast

Norwegian F-35 fighter aircraft are operating with other NATO forces in a multi-domain exercise off the Norwegian coast.

Work begins on Challenger upgrade programme

Each Challenger 2 tank will be stripped to its bare hull to ensure that the vehicle is as close to new as possible when it is rebuilt.

UK should have withdrawn ‘as soon as it defeated Taliban’

The UK "should have announced that we were removing our forces but would return if international terrorist groups were again detected in Afghanistan" said the Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee.

UK so far rescued 2,052 Afghan nationals

Britain has evacuated over 300 British citizens and 2,000 Afghans.

HMS Queen Elizabeth takes delivery of live munitions at sea

HMS Queen Elizabeth has taken delivery of live munitions whilst at sea for the first time.

HMS Prince of Wales to sail with F-35s later this year

Lockheed Martin have detailed the work of Lightning Team UK in preperaring for the current deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth and upcoming sailing of HMS Prince of Wales.

Huge RAF A400M transport aircraft lands on beach at night

The transport aircraft was being used as part of a training exercise which saw crews practising beach and rough strip landings, an RAF spokesman confirmed.

British firm Babcock wins contract to support Irish navy

Babcock will install a variable speed drive system for the central cooling system on board the Irish Navy's Samuel Beckett Class ships.