Gary Gibbon
General Sir Nick Carter didn’t hold back as he warned of the threat of Russian military action. He said there were stark parallels between 1914 and how Russia might view things now.
Alex Thomson
You may think, having lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan, that a serving paratrooper determined to return to this regiment would be welcomed back as a hero. You may think so.
The Scottish government has insisted that it will inherit its “fair share” of UK defence assets if it becomes independent. But FactCheck finds a report from the government begs to differ.
Alex Thomson
As three Royal Marines face a court martial on allegations of murder, Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the judge’s decision not to release crucial footage.
Alex Thomson
The fact that parading members of the British armed forces got drawn into a sectarian demonstration at Ibrox Park on Saturday reflects worst on the top brass who exposed them to such a situation.
Gary Gibbon
Channel 4 News political editor Gary Gibbon on the saga over the contract for Joint Strike Fighter jets
Jon Snow
It’s tricky finding any detail but when you do it’s a scandal worthy of Private Eye – the suspension of the search and rescue service sell-off, writes Jon Snow.
Jon Snow
Strange – in former times, budgetary announcements and the rest used to have to be kept secret until they were announced on the floor of the House of Commons. But today vast amounts of the Strategic Defence and the Public Spending Reviews are already out in the public domain.
Channel 4 News Iraq Inquiry blogger looks ahead to David Miliband and Bill Jeffrey’s evidence.
Gary Gibbon
For those of you who were following that penultimate session with the Prime Minster, resource account budgeting lived up to its billing. It is tough stuff but central to the whole story of whether the MOD was getting enough money to make long-term investments in the sort of kit now very clearly needed. Gordon Brown…
Gary Gibbon
It would be unwise for No.10 to pursue the line that the Sun newspaper was behind the recording of Gordon Brown’s phone call to Jacqui Janes, writes Gary Gibbon.
Jon Snow
Hard on the heels of spending a staggering £422m on eight Chinooks that have still never flown, the first-class brains in our MoD have come up with another ruse: a “super hangar” built at a cost of £113m in Wales to provide engineering services for the RAF. Splendid!