Soldiers in the British Army will trial a high-power radio frequency weapon that can knock out an enemy’s electricity supply as early as this summer. Boffins at the high-security Porton Down research laboratories compared the technology to that used in the film
British troops will be able to use cutting-edge laser technology five years earlier than expected after Grant Shapps oversaw a red tape bonfire to speed up procurement. The move comes as the Defence Secretary warned “urgent” action was needed to protect Britain
The Royal Navy has spent a whopping £2.4 million on “diversity and inclusion” in recent years. The eye-watering seven-figure sum comes at a time when defence budgets are increasingly stretched to their limits. The spending was exposed following a parliamentary request from Tory
Grant Shapps urged European countries outside Nato to consider joining the defensive alliance in the face of an aggressive Russia. The Defence Secretary warned it is important for like-minded nations to “stand together” against the threat from Vladimir Putin. As the alliance
NATO countries not spending two per cent of GDP on defence are playing Russian roulette with the West’s future, Grant Shapps has warned. Britain’s Defence Secretary repeated his warning that allies must accept the West is now in a pre-war world. Only