Carns’ statement carries some weight in discussion in defence circles as he is ... ourselves that at the very end of the Cold War, in 1990, the British Army managed – just – to deploy ...

Lee Karen Stow During the uncertain years of the Cold War, when nations prepared for ... bunker at some point between 1959 and 1974. As air defence operators, the women interpreted raw data ...

During the conflict, civilians volunteered or were conscripted into jobs to help the war effort ... gas masks and recruiting volunteers for civil defence and the emergency services.

"It offers a poignant monument to the mostly forgotten volunteers of the Civil Defence Corps in the Cold War." Here are the scenarios Cardiff, Ospreys, Dragons and Scarlets face going into the ...

The entire British ... plethora of defence tasks." The UK has over decades underinvested in its previously much larger reserve forces as limited funding since the end of the Cold War was ...

The King questioned Margaret Thatcher’s nuclear defence strategy during the Cold War, newly declassified documents have revealed. The monarch, who was then the Prince of Wales, demanded personal ...

Thousands of British troops are getting ready to take ... billed as the biggest since the Cold War. A source said: “It’s important to make sure Our Boys are prepared for anything.

Germany has leaked British military secrets to Russia while on a video call discussing missiles, in what has been considered ...