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Robot soldiers will join the British army, said General Sir Nick Carter

According to him, quoted by the British newspaper Guardian, in the coming years and in the near future, unmanned aerial vehicles and robot soldiers will become an integral part of Her Majesty's forces.

Series of cyber attacks on Russian leaders have been carried out by the British

Britain has used its offensive capabilities in cyberspace to attack targets in Russia. Such information was shared with the media by the former head of the British civil service, Sir Mark Sedwill

It’s scandalous: Russian special forces are armed with British sniper rifles

Russian special forces have used British-made snipers in their operations in recent years (including eastern Ukraine), despite claims by the government that it has never approved the export of such weapons to Moscow

Europe will cut orders for US F-35s to invest in its Tempest fighter project

The cuts to the Defense budget determined by the impact of the Covd-19 epidemic and the need to support the economy could make the choice of the British government, inevitable, to cut the order of the F-35B fighter-bombers

Should Russia abandoned tanks, as Britain intends to do?

Russia is considering new options for the "tank of the future", and Britain at the same time is wondering whether to abandon this type of military equipment altogether. Who is more correct in predicting a promising weapon?

British Army received the first batch of Ares armored personnel carriers

The British Army has announced the delivery of the first six Ares armored personnel carriers to a cavalry regiment stationed in Belfort, Wiltshire. This regiment became the first combat unit to be equipped with the Ajax family equipment.

The Royal Air Force of UK ‘showed’ a sixth generation fighter jet

In the caption to the video, it is noted that in addition to the previously announced seven new companies will participate in the development of the aircraft, dubbed Tempest ("The Tempest").

SA80 assault rifles – one of the most unsuccessful arms systems of the British army

The originality of the design proposed by the British was that it made it possible to create weapons of increased compactness. To reduce its length, and therefore to facilitate use in a confined space, the automation parts and the trigger mechanism.

Dogfight! Russian Su-35 fighter jet vs.British Eurofighter Typhoon

Experts of the American publication The National Interest compared the Russian Su-35 fighter and the Eurofighter Typhoon, which is in service with NATO countries (Germany, Spain, Austria, Great Britain).

Missing in the English Channel: the British lost the Russian submarine

The alliance lost the Russian submarine Krasnodar off the coast of England in the English Channel. Recently, Western media often write about the "threat of Russian submarines", which have become noticeably more often patrolling the North Atlantic.

The first autonomous drone technology ‘detect and avoid’ goes to the British Army

The British Defense Ministry announced the conclusion of a contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) for the supply of the first batch of long-duration medium-altitude UAVs "Protector" RG Mk.1, learned BulgarianMilitary.

Germany unveiled the upgraded British main battle tank Challenger 2 [video]

The network has a video of a new version of the British main tank Challenger 2, learned BulgarianMilitary.com according the YouTube channel of the German concern Rheinmetall Defense.

Britain needs radical military reform with the latest technology

The British general and former head of the Interspecific Command of the United Kingdom, Richard Barrons, said that the British armed forces are still “fighting yesterday” and are unable to defend the country or adequately meet the challenges of the 21st century

Unsafe Brexit: how Britain’s exit will affect EU defense?

January 31, 2020 Brexit became a fait accompli. Now, a special transition period has come in relations between the EU and London, during which the parties are preparing for a new reality.

A Britain’s tanker repelled a pirate attack near coasts of Yemen

The team of the petrochemical tanker Stolt Apal, owned by the British company Stolt Tankers, on Sunday afternoon repelled an attack by pirates off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, there were no injuries, learned BulgarianMilitary.com

The Britain’s nuclear program has exceeded the costs by $1.67 billion

Serious cost overruns and time delays in critical defense programs related to updating the nuclear weapons sphere were discovered by the UK Parliament Accounts Committee, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing Defense News.

The British unveiled a military autonomous unmanned pentamaran

BMT shared some details regarding the development of unmanned pentamaran - a vessel with five parallel hulls connected at the top, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing Naked Science.

The UK is ready to put F-35 fighters into operational use

The United Kingdom has officially declared the operational competence of the F-35 stealth aircraft in the RAF, despite deficiencies in aircraft availability and training and logistics systems, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

British fighters intercepted anti-submarine aircraft of the Russian Navy

British Royal Air Force duty fighters Typhoon ("Typhoon") rose on Saturday to identify and escort two Russian long-range Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft flying over the East Atlantic

BAE System will develop technology to detect and deterrence weapons of mass destruction

WASHINGTON, (BM) - BAE Systems has received funding from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office to develop advanced analytics technology that will assist in the detection and deterrence of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) activity, helping to ensure national security, learned BulgarianMilitary.com,…

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