British Military Current Events

[CBH99]

Try that in Toronto

Army runs secret wargames under central London​

The British Army covertly took over a disused part of the London Underground in central London to plan a Nato military response to possible future Russian attacks.

Hundreds of British soldiers took part in what the army called "one of the most ambitious military exercises in a generation" in the disused platforms of Charing Cross Underground station.

Arrcade Strike was described as "a major command post exercise run by the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), which is Nato’s deployable corps headquarters, led by the British Army".

It was designed to test ARRC's ability to plan and command large-scale military operations involving about 100,000 personnel drawn from the UK and its Nato allies.

Charing Cross Tube station used for major military exercise

The exercise tested the army's ability to plan military operations involving NATO and UK forces.

www.bbc.com

These were like the least secret wargames ever

Well publicized prior to, during, and post ex

 

[CBH99]

It has been a year since the UK published it latest Strategic Defence Review. The attendant Defence Investment Strategy is still pending.

In the past year what has been accomplished and what needs to be done.

There were five goals

1 Increase Army Lethality 10-fold.
According to General Barrons this is in hand. It only needs more money. There is a plan and it is workable. This seems to be the easy bit.

2 Integrate the Navy, Army and Air Force under the command of the Chief of Defence Staff.
This is new. Think Paul Hellyer. And send more money.

3 The Digital Targeting Web
One web for all services, sensors and shooters. See item 2, including the bit about more money.

4 Recruitment and Retention
Bodies...paid and reserve.

5 A National Conversation on Defence
Crickets. The Prime Minister is in trouble. He and his government are unpopular. Council seats lost. Just the time to tell people they are in imminent danger, their taxes will go up, their benefits will go down and if they want a paycheck there a lots with rifles and uniforms attached.

Strategic Defence Review hailed as transformative: One year on, how much of that is reality?

General Sir Richard Barrons, a co-author of the SDR and a former Commander of Joint Forces Command, discusses five key benchmarks

www.forcesnews.com

As an British ex-pat, dare we ask your opinion of Starmer??

 

[Kirkhill]

As an British ex-pat, dare we ask your opinion of Starmer??

This site is pretty liberal in its accommodation of views and language but I am afraid it is insufficiently liberal for my opinions on that matter.

 

[daftandbarmy]

This site is pretty liberal in its accommodation of views and language but I am afraid it is insufficiently liberal for my opinions on that matter.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Interesting...

BFBS Forces News on Instagram: "3 PARA meet US Dragoons in Lithuania🪖 British paratroopers and US cavalry troops went head-to-head on Exercise Fly Trap — testing tactics, drones and counter-drone systems in a modern battlefield environment 🔗Link in

1,148 likes, 0 comments - forcesnews on May 13, 2026: "3 PARA meet US Dragoons in Lithuania🪖 British paratroopers and US cavalry troops went head-to-head on Exercise Fly Trap — testing tactics, drones and counter-drone systems in a modern battlefield environment 🔗Link in bio to find out more".

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