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Ukraine proves it can target the Russian air force's weakest link

Ukraine appears to have hit on a strategy to strike back at the Russian jets lobbing glide bombs at…

Michael Peck   


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Armies need their own drone air force flown by specialist soldiers, study says

The air war over Ukraine has become a cat-and-mouse game where drones must constantly evolve to sur…

Michael Peck   


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How the British behemoth Burberry became fashion's biggest fail of the year

Burberry, the British clothing brand best known for its trench coats, tried to go too high-price an…

Madeline Berg   


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A British Airways flight to nowhere circled in the air for 4 hours after its weather monitoring system collapsed

The flight, from Singapore to London, took off four hours late, circled for four more, then returne…

Grace Dean   


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Members of Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade praise the British Challenger 2 tank

Members of Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade praised the UK-supplied Challenger 2 tank for giving …

Nathan Rennolds   


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The British Army has shrunk to its smallest size since the Napoleonic wars

The British Army's size may cripple its ability to support NATO or fight a major war, some experts …

Michael Peck   


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A deadly Houthi attack on Tel Aviv is forcing Israel to rethink its drone defenses

Israel's military must reconsider its mistakes and blindspots after a long-range Houthi attack dron…

Paul Iddon   


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Some airports were forced to use whiteboards to handwrite flight information due to the global IT outage

Belfast International Airport and Singapore Changi, around 7,000 miles apart, both resorted to low …

Pete Syme,Aditi Bharade   


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Ukrainian pilot says its air force is so outclassed by Russia's that it can 'do nothing to them in the air'

A Ukrainian pilot told The Sunday Times that Ukraine's aging aircraft confronting Russia's is be "l…

Sophia Ankel   


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NATO air forces are turning to the alliance's new experts for help training to dodge Russian missiles

The Finns are considered experts at conducting highway operations, and NATO air forces are sending …

Christopher Woody   


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US Air Force special operators' search for new runways is expanding from highways to beaches

The US Air Force has been looking at "every single piece of concrete in the Pacific" to find new ru…

Christopher Woody   


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Russia's huge Air Force is still mostly intact, but it hasn't been building the jets it needs to win on the ground in Ukraine

Russia's air force doesn't appear to have "put its money or focus on the right technology," two US …

Michael Peck   


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British warships, aircraft, and a force of Royal Marines are joining a US Navy carrier strike group in waters near Israel

A collection of US firepower is already in the eastern Mediterranean, including an aircraft carrier…

Jake Epstein   


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US commander appeared to suggest UK special forces were operating in Ukraine

A UK Ministry of Defence spokesperson told BI: "It is the longstanding policy of successive governm…

Nathan Rennolds   


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Top US Air Force general was surprised that Russia 'gave up' trying to destroy Ukraine's Russian-designed air defenses so quickly

Ukraine started the war using the same or similar air-defense systems as Russia, and the Russian in…

Christopher Woody   


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Russia's air force appears to be turning more to an 1,100-pound cluster bomb in one of the deadliest fights in Ukraine, intel says

Britain's defense ministry said Russia is increasingly employing the heavy RBK-500 cluster bomb in …

Jake Epstein   


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How the British air force's newest jets commemorate a daring and costly World War II bombing mission

To attack the heart of the Nazi war machine, the British air force brought in some of the best pilo…

Benjamin Brimelow   


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Air forces are ditching runways to prepare their jets to keep operating when enemies aim for their bases

Western air forces are training to disperse to avoid enemy fire, and part of that involves finding …

Stavros Atlamazoglou   


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A British Airways plane was minutes away from landing in Tel Aviv when it turned back to London as air raid sirens went off

A British Airways plane flew nearly ten hours before turning back to London as air raid sirens went…

Pete Syme   


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A deal for nuclear-powered subs is only the latest secretive collaboration between US, UK, and Australian forces

Despite the fanfare around AUKUS, Australian-UK-US military cooperation goes back decades, and spec…

Stavros Atlamazoglou