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The Taliban has denied claims by Nato that its forces have killed the militant who shot down a US helicopter killing all 38 people on board.
11 Aug 2011
Syrian forces killed five people on Thursday as they stormed another two towns in pursuit of anti-regime protesters, defying Western calls for action after a "chilling" UN Security Council briefing.
11 Aug 2011
British troops who face being axed from the military under plans to reduce the country’s defence budget are being offered courses in massage and aromatherapy.
11 Aug 2011
Britain's armed forces, already stretched by operations in Libya and Afghanistan, are "woefully unprepared" for operations on a new front - the Arctic circle.
10 Aug 2011
Lt-Cdr Sarah West is poised to become the first woman warship commander in the Navy’s 500-year history, says Rowan Pelling.
09 Aug 2011
A soldier mortally wounded in Afghanistan continued to transmit radio messages noting the position of the enemy in the moments after he was shot, an inquest heard today.
09 Aug 2011
Despite a return to lawlessness in the country, America will not make the same mistake again.
09 Aug 2011
President George H W Bush's decision to send 25,000 US troops to Somalia in 1992 ended in one of America's worst military disasters.
09 Aug 2011
US troops should not have left Somalia after the 1993 Black Hawk helicopter crashes, the only survivor has said.
09 Aug 2011
A British soldier sliced off the fingers of dead Taliban fighters as “souvenirs”, it was has been alleged.
08 Aug 2011
The British Army is investigating allegations that a Scottish solider sliced off the fingers of dead Taliban fighters as “souvenirs”, officials have confirmed.
08 Aug 2011
The part that the Allies’ firepower played in the First World War holds a crucial lesson for governments today, writes John Hutton, former Defence Secretary.
07 Aug 2011
06 Aug 2011
Royal Marine killed in Afghanistan after grenade thrown into check point.
05 Aug 2011
Royal Navy commander Anthony Gray was jailed for six months today after being found guilty at a court martial of nine charges of dishonestly claiming £53,000 in allowances to send his two children to an exclusive boarding school.
05 Aug 2011
British forces have brought a new weapon to bear against the Taliban who “simply don’t want to know” when it arrives on the battlefield, commanders have said.
05 Aug 2011
Opposition politicians have called for the reopening of the defence review after a former Liberal Democrat leader accused Danny Alexander of using his political muscle to save an RAF base bordering his constituency.
04 Aug 2011
Telegraph View: The ultimate blame for the failure of the Strategic Defence and Security Review lies with the Prime Minister.
03 Aug 2011
03 Aug 2011
Defence Secretary Liam Fox counters criticism from defence select committee chairman James Arbuthnot that the Government's spending plans are failing the UK armed forces.
03 Aug 2011
Nick Harvey says that overall defence budget needs to increase in real terms, as MPs warn cuts harming overseas missions.
03 Aug 2011
Telegraph View: The defence select committee’s assessment of the Strategic Defence and Security Review is chastening.
03 Aug 2011
Swingeing defence cuts threaten our standing in the world to a dangerous degree, says Gwyn Prins.
03 Aug 2011
The loss of aircraft carriers, planes and 30,000 front-line troops has meant the Armed Forces are struggling to do “all that is asked of them” in Libya and Afghanistan.
02 Aug 2011
Far from being 'weekend warriors', the soliders of the TA can bring real value to post-conflict situations, writes Simon Barry.
02 Aug 2011
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