The Latest Breaking News from the Ministry of Defence

Nearly £8m will be spent to abolish the WWI-era paper-based medical record system and make way for a digital system

It said the proposed site lies within the safeguarding zone for the Eskdalemuir seismic monitoring array in the Scottish Borders.

Panic rises in Britain as senior UK military leaders warn that World War 3 could be closer than many believe and urge the nation to prepare for major conflict through strengthened defence and societal mobilisation. Insights from senior UK military figures and official speeches underpin this analysis.

With the British Army at its smallest since 1815 and global tensions rising in 2026, Tory Baroness Goldie urges the government to consider conscription now.

Keir Starmer's plan to recall veterans aged up to 65 faces a critical flaw: the MOD lacks accurate contact details for the 95,000-strong strategic reserve. Annual letter system has proven inadequate.

Attack comes just hours after Russia was roundly condemned at UN Security Council

British armed forces provided support to the United States in its operation to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed.

Senior insider says ‘limbo’ at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has hit morale and disrupted vital research

British and French forces carried out a joint airstrike on an underground Islamic State weapons depot in Syria, aiming to disrupt the group's ability to rearm and regroup.

One expert said ‘strange phenomena’ is ‘undoubtedly being seen in Irish skies’.

Long-serving Conservative MP and minister who was an ultra-loyalist during the Thatcher years