A NUCLEAR submarine ran so low on food during a six-month patrol its sailors were ordered to share rations. Crew divvied up sweets and hunted for leftover food. 3 Sailors were ordered to share rations after food ran low on nuclear submarine’s 6-month patrolCredit: s 3 The hungry crew began divvying up sweets to boost … Read more
DEFENCE officials have paid the AA more than £7million since 2015 to attend conked-out and crashed vehicles — with the cost rising each year. The service has answered more than 13,200 MoD call-outs in the UK and beyond. 1 Defence officials have paid the AA more than £7million since 2015 to attend conked-out and crashed … Read more
Canada’s defence department and military are approaching the implementation and use of artificial intelligence in a “fragmented,” unco-ordinated manner, says a newly prepared federal strategy. The long-awaited overview of how to deal with rapidly evolving machine-learning technology is being met with mixed reviews by some high-tech and civil society experts who had been expecting more clarity on … Read more
THE Imperial War Museum is splashing more than £100,000 on “embedding diversity” in its historic exhibits. Britain’s leading military museum is to stump up the six-figure sum after asking equality and inclusion specialists to submit bids for consultancy work last month. 1 The Imperial War Museum is splashing more than £100,000 on ’embedding diversity’ in … Read more
A ROYAL Navy sailor choked to death during a drinking session while on shore leave in Sweden, an inquest heard. Marine engineer Dominic Twaites, 26, collapsed while partying with an HMS Albion crewmate and four other men they had met in a Stockholm apartment on May 14 last year. 2 Royal Navy sailor Dominic Twaites … Read more
THE Navy has yet to find a woman to join its gruelling submarine commander training programme. The course is known as The Perisher and is said to be one of the most rigorous and challenging in the world. 2 HMS Vanguard enters her base on the River Clyde, ScotlandCredit: PA 2 A total of 1,201 … Read more
Perhaps, it thought, it was time to see what advantage subs could bring to a British colony on the other side of the globe with a pirate problem. A section of the Pearl River, in southern China, around the turn of the 20th century. Pirates in the region around this time would elude patrols by … Read more
THE Army’s budget is being slashed for two years in a row — demolishing the Government’s claims it is bolstering Britain’s Armed Forces. Troops face swingeing cuts despite the PM’s pledge of a £75billion lift. 2 The Army’s budget is being slashed for two years in a rowCredit: MoD/Crown copyright 2016 2 General Sir Richard … Read more
ROYAL Marines commandos re-enact a daring World War Two raid in Cornwall — as beach-lovers lark about with a football. Men from 47 Commando stormed Tregantle Beach, near Torpoint, in inflatable raiding craft to recreate a D-Day mission carried out by the Allies in France. 1 Royal Marines commandos re-enact a daring World War Two … Read more
PLANS to drop British soldiers over France to mark D-Day’s 80th anniversary have been scaled back because of a lack of planes. The Parachute Regiment wanted to send 450 troops in four Airbus A400M Atlas planes to the June 6 commemorations in Normandy. 1 Plans to drop British soldiers over France to mark D-Day’s 80th … Read more
