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UK Plans Iron Dome-Style Shield: Defence Chief Warns of Lagging Behind Russia Threats

Britain plans Iron Dome‑style shield to stop Russian missiles as defence chief warns of urgent threat.

International Business Times UK · Dec 18, 2025

Britain’s defense chief calls on Gen Z grads leaving university to skip corporate jobs and join the military as war with Russia becomes a growing risk

The U.K. Chief of the Defense Staff Sir Richard Knighton urged college-degree holders to enter the arms industry. The government’s $66.7 million investment in speciality defense tech schools could help the growing cohort of jobless Gen Z find employment.

Fortune · Dec 17, 2025

Top UK General Warns Citizens Must Prepare for Potential War with Russia

Top UK General Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton warns that citizens may need to fight if war with Russia occurs. Read about the call for a 'whole-of-nation' response.

International Business Times UK · Dec 16, 2025

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow refuses to give up land after Trump claims peace deal ‘closer than ever’

Zelensky expects talks in the US as soon as this weekend - as the Kremlin says it is still waiting on an update from Washington

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025

Defence chief sets out ‘sacrifices’ required as UK faces more dangerous world

Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said ‘more people’ needed to be ready to fight to protect the UK.

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2025

How the West can still win

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Thanks to the growing Russian threat against Europe and Nato – at a time when AI is changing the very nature of warfare – the new head of MI6 is right to caution that ‘the front line is everywhere’. The appropriate response can be summed up…

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025

MI6 chief says UK faces threat from Russia's desire to export chaos around the world

The speech is the latest in a series of warnings by Western defence and security authorities about the growing hybrid threat from states such as Russia, Iran and China.

Euronews · Dec 15, 2025

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MI6 Warns of Russian 'Chaos Export': Cyber Hits, Sabotage, and Proxies Target Britain

MI6 chief Blaise Metreweli warns Russia is exporting chaos through cyber attacks, sabotage and influence operations in Britain, as Ukraine support and tech race intensify.

International Business Times UK · Dec 15, 2025

Britain’s new spy chief warns of acute threat to Europe from Vladimir Putin's 'aggressive' regime

Blaise Metreweli also says the ‘defining challenge’ of the 21st Century is not which nation has the most powerful technologies but who uses them with the ‘greatest wisdom’

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2025

‘The frontline is everywhere’: new MI6 head to warn of growing Russian threat

Blaise Metreweli expected to say UK faces new ‘age of uncertainty’ in speech identifying Kremlin as key threat

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025

Russia is a threat to the UK and our sons and daughters must be ready to fight, armed forces chief warns

Chief of defence staff Richard Knighton warned the situation is ‘more dangerous than I have known during my career’

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2025

Armed forces chief to warn ‘whole nation must step up’ amid Russian threat to Nato

Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton will warn the situation is ‘more dangerous than I have known during my career’.

Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2025

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin hits out at long-running reports of rift between Putin and Lavrov

Top diplomat insists peace cannot be achieved without ‘taking Russian interests into account’

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2025

UK deploys anti-drone specialists to Belgium after string of incursions

British Armed Forces Chief Richard Knighton announced that London will help Brussels counter drone incursions on airports and military bases in Belgium, after several sightings of unidentified drones in recent weeks.

Euronews · Nov 9, 2025

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Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2025

Armed forces chief ‘confident’ they are safe places for women to serve

His comments came after soldier Jaysley Beck, 19, took her own life in her barracks after she was sexually assaulted by a sergeant.

Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2025

UK sending military support to Belgium following drone airspace incursions

Drones have been spotted above Belgian airports and military bases in the last week

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2025

UK military to help Belgium combat suspected Russian drone flights

New chief of Britain’s armed forces announces specialists and equipment are on the way after Belgian counterpart asked for help

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2025

Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones

Incursions halted flights at Brussels and Liège airports last week with Russia said to be the most likely culprit

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Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2025

UK to provide military support to Belgium after drone incursions

Devices suspected to be operated by Russia have been spotted above Brussels and Leige.

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2025

UK sends military experts and equipment to Belgium after drone sightings near airports

Britain is sending equipment and personnel to Belgium after a series of drone sightings near airports

Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2025

Armed forces head says UK security ‘not responsibility of military alone’

Sir Richard Knighton took over as Chief of the Defence Staff in September.

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2025

RAF chief chosen to lead British armed forces

Sir Keir Starmer said Sir Richard Knighton had championed ‘a culture of innovation and excellence’ while head of the RAF.

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025

The career engineer named the new chief of defence

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The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025

Starmer chooses RAF chief Sir Richard Knighton to lead armed forces

Prime minister is understood to have made chief of the defence staff appointment amid what has been billed as the most transformative period for the MoD in decades

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024

UK will not have air supremacy over enemies in future wars, RAF chief warns

Chief of the Air Staff Sir Richard Knighton says the UK faces the most significant sets of hostile states in decades

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