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2026-08-26 · Daily Mail

Andy Burnham is warned that Britain faces impending Russian 'attack' over its support for Ukraine

🔮 If he chooses, Putin could order attacks that would cause chaos... and serious loss of life mixed

2026-09-05 · Daily Mail

Falklands War hero Simon Weston dismisses Javier Milei's 'ridiculous' threat to retake the islands

🔮 But the veteran rubbished prospects that Argentina could retake the islands. mixed

2026-09-05 · Daily Mail

Is this why Argentina is suddenly interested? Falkland Islands are set to cash in £4billion from new oil field

🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source The Falkland Islands are set to cash in £4billion from oil reserves buried beneath the Atlantic, as Argentina ramps up its claim over the territory. mixed

2026-09-15 · Daily Mail

Ben Wallace: It's time for Britain to shoot down Putin's drones

🔮 Peter Zalmayev, Fellow at The Aspen Institute Kyiv, added: 'The West needs to stop being submissive. assertive

2026-09-16 · Daily Mail

Rebuild the Navy or we are all sunk: UK must strengthen its war-fighting readiness or face defeat to Russia, force's First Sea Lord warns

🔮 In May this year, we revealed how the frigate fleet has been reduced to just five after the retirement of HMS Iron Duke. assertive

2026-09-18 · Daily Mail

'Blasé' Andy Burnham is urged to wake up to Putin's 'plans to attack Europe' amid concerns warning signs are being missed

🔮 On present projections, the earliest the UK is expected to reach the Nato defence spending target of 3.5 per cent is 2035. assertive

2026-09-23 · Daily Mail

Head of UK's space force is suspended amid investigation into alleged serious sexual offence

🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source The head of the UK’s military operations in space has been suspended amid an investigation into an alleged serious sexual offence and a claim of theft. Air Vice-Marshal Jamie Thompson was appointed to the key role in June – only to be suspended two months later. His position commanded a salary of more than £110,000 a year. Behaviour requirements for those in the military are set out in the Armed Forces Code of Social Conduct. The code prohibits unwelcome sexual attention, physical or verbal and any displays of affection that might cause offence. The allegations are still being explored by detectives. assertive

2026-09-23 · Daily Mail

Russian aggression in space could wipe out our SAT-NAV and GPS systems - costing UK economy £1.4billion a day, warns Chief of the Air Staff

🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Russian aggression in space could wipe out our SAT-NAV and GPS systems, costing lives and causing billions of pounds of damage, the head of the RAF has warned. assertive

2026-09-27 · Daily Mail

'Iran bomb plot' at RAF base foiled by farmer's 999 call: Five arrested in early hours after three vans spotted near air base used by US bombers

🔮 Police evacuated 85 households around the base, which is the US Air Force's command outpost for Europe, fearing the three vehicles loaded with barrels of suspicious material could explode. assertive

2026-09-28 · Daily Mail

Wes Streeting warns activists NOT to oppose boost to defence spending

🔮 T he UK must reach 3.5 per cent by 2035 to meet NATO's deadline and the Government is expected to soon set out a pathway to reach this amount. assertive

2026-09-30 · Daily Mail

Are you watching Streeting? Putin's war chest to rise to record 35% of state budget by next year as he slashes welfare, education and healthcare to fund 17.1trillion ruble (£154bn) military

🔮 The Russian President, whose invasion of Ukraine has already caused 1.5 million casualties on his own side, could use the war chest to attack Britain. assertive

2026-10-03 · Daily Mail

SAS on secret revenge mission hunted down and killed two of Iran-backed gang who murdered British troops in Iraq

🔮 The details of their deaths have not been disclosed, but sources also revealed that the SAS would have taken down more, had they not been stopped by UK top brass. assertive

2026-10-06 · Daily Mail

Kemi Badenoch blames US Fairford bomber pullout on UK's lack of missile and drone defences as she vows to spend £10bn on 'Britannia Shield'

🔮 The Tories say it is needed because Labour – which has still not set out how it will reach its target of spending 3 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030 – is failing to do enough to guarantee the security of the UK, its overseas territories and bases in an increasingly hostile world. assertive

2026-10-06 · Daily Mail

Tories' 'iron dome' proposal gets a vote of approval... from a Labour peer

🔮 While defence spending has risen since the last election - from 2.3 to 2.7 per cent of GDP - the Government has failed to set out how it will reach targets such as 3 per cent of GDP by 2030 and the essential Nato benchmark of 3.5 per cent by 2035. assertive

2026-10-09 · Daily Mail

How Whitehall penpushers obsessed with human rights stabbed the SAS in the back in Afghanistan: MARK NICOL

🔮 Leading from the front, SAS officer Richard Williams and his assault team 'pepper-potted' uphill across 50 metres of open ground – one taking a knee and providing covering fire for the others to dash forward. assertive

2026-10-13 · Daily Mail

Red tape forced Royal Marine to test underwater drone in his own garden pond, Defence Secretary reveals

🔮 Mr Streeting had earlier announced that a defence investment summit, promised earlier this year as part of the Government’s defence investment plan, would take place on December 1. assertive

2026-10-15 · Daily Mail

Don't raise taxes, slash spending to fund forces, Burnham is warned

🔮 Less spending [will be] part of the new pressures that you will have from different sources.' assertive

2026-10-16 · Daily Mail

Britain faces a 'frank conversation' over 'sacrifices' needed to defend the nation, warns Army chief in wake up call to Labour

🔮 General Sir Roly Walker revealed how the UK responds to threats will be laid out in a ‘frank discussion’ between political leaders and citizens. assertive

2026-10-19 · Daily Mail

Labour ministers are accused of betrayal over the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

🔮 Furious former top brass and MPs also criticised the scheduling, claiming crucial amendments would not be assessed effectively. mixed

2026-10-20 · Daily Mail

RAF fighter jets set to be used to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi aerial attacks

🔮 Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said today: 'RAF Typhoon aircraft will conduct defensive counter-air operations over Saudi Arabia, helping to protect Saudi cities, civilian populations and critical national infrastructure from Houthi attack. assertive

2026-10-20 · Daily Mail

Eight Royal Navy warships 'are set to retire by 2031' - fuelling fresh fears of gaps in Britain's defences

🔮 The Royal Navy is expected to retire eight warships over five years, fuelling fears of fresh gaps in Britain's maritime defences. assertive

2026-10-21 · Daily Mail

Glaring military 'gaps' in 'hostile' High North are leaving UK vulnerable to Russian subs and sabotage, report

🔮 MPs found critical shortages of Royal Navy warships could allow Russia to plunder the High North for its energy resources and to control shipping routes. assertive

2026-10-23 · Daily Mail

SAS Commanding Officer hounded by military police following legitimate killing of an ISIS terrorist

🔮 Last night, former SAS CO Lieutenant Colonel Richard Williams said: ‘From the outside this appears to be yet another unnecessary and mishandled military police investigation initiated not because of serious concerns, but merely as a self-serving public relations exercise by London-based and distant headquarters staff, miles from combat. ‘The intervention appears to have been designed to demonstrate an enhanced, but highly performative, degree of ‘transparency and control to a Panorama-triggered Whitehall and in ways that understandably undermine SAS confidence in an increasingly politicised chain of command. assertive

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