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The Latest Gossip on the CVF
Picture Copyright UK MoD The latest round of press rumors on the future of the Royal Navy’s CVF aircraft carrier program has picked up some interesting commentary in the blogosphere . Will the CVF be switched to a CATOBAR configuration and the STOVL...

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The Need for Conventional Capabilities: Example
In a previous post I talked about the need for the UK to maintain strong conventional military forces. The recent news from the South Atlantic appears to offer us a good case study in how a conventional military can be utilized. I'm not talking about...

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The Conventional Military
This isn't a new topic of course, but it never really goes away: adapting Britain's armed forces to fight the wars of today, not the past, while trimming the British defence budget a little more as well. Lately, the media has been building up...

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