Britain begins vaccinating citizens against COVID19
BREAKING NEWS: A 90-year-old British woman is the first person in the world to receive a clinically authorised, fully tested coronavirus vaccine.
UK and Israel sign military cooperation agreement
Most of the agreement is highly classified but it is understood that cooperation will include defence medical training, organisational design concepts and defence education.
British aircraft conducts surveillance of Russian territory
An RC-135 Rivet Joint signals intelligence surveillance aircraft has been patrolling close to the Russian border near Kaliningrad.
Military and NHS in trial mass vaccination trial run
Exercise Panacea was held at Ashton Gate stadium in Bristol and is a trial run for vaccinating the UK population against COVID-19.
UK approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine – rolling out shortly
The UK is the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for use.
Cyber war is real war
"Cyber war is not virtual war, it is real warfare capable of producing results previously only attainable through the use of strategic bombing", argues Rebecca Campbell in this submission to the UK Defence Journal.
Cyber attacks on UK coronavirus research
It is understood that hackers have tried to break into the systems of researchers at AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.
NATO cyber security wargames underway
The exercise aims to train cyber defenders in their ability to defend NATO and national networks and will test decision making processes and procedures.
RAF on high alert due to expected cargo aircraft activity in Arctic
The aircraft is understood to have behavioural intelligence gathering capabilities.
NATO chief stresses importance of nuclear disarmament
"A world where Russia, China, North Korea and others have nuclear weapons, but NATO does not, is not a safer world."
