Henry Jones
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Previously a journalist - interested in defence, verification, and aviation
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Some brief reflections as we head into the final afternoon of the @RUSI_org Land Warfare Conference #LWC24. Thing one: Senior @BritishArmy leaders still struggle to communicate clearly and in plain English (the below thread of quotes includes some good examples of this).
#ICYMI the @RUSI_org Land Warfare Conference 2024 started today. Below are some of the key messages from the day's Army speakers. The day's closing remarks were delivered by the Secretary of State For Defence. #LWC24
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Kudos to the Reuters offensive cyber team.
The person who first downloaded the OBR's document at 11:35 on Budget day (I'm guessing someone at Reuters, given they first reported it) had already guessed the web address and tried and failed to download it 32 times so far that day(!)
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“Analysis... has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls. Airbus... identified a significant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in-service... may be impacted.” Currently ~3,000 airborne A320 family aircraft.
Airbus update on A320 Family precautionary fleet action ➡️
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@ShippersUnbound The Spectator cites a source saying "‘A letter will be sent to John Healey expressing the united, unanimous view of the chiefs they can deliver the SDSR but need more money, more quickly." The report adds the letter has not yet been finalised or sent.
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@ShippersUnbound No mention of whether VCDS or Commander Cyber & Specialist Operations Command (the other members of what sounds like was a meeting of the Chiefs of Staff Committee) were involved, but one would imagine they were in attendance?
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@ShippersUnbound The group - Chief of the Defence Staff, First Sea Lord, Chief of the General Staff, and Chief of the Air Staff - reportedly "threw out all the civil servants and their military aides" before agreeing to write the letter.
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🔥 The Spectator & @ShippersUnbound reporting that the service chiefs met privately yesterday and "agreed to write an unprecedented letter to John Healey...explaining that the SDSR is no longer deliverable on the current budget." https://t.co/U6Uq0ouMFo
spectator.co.uk
Together they agreed to write a letter to John Healey, the Defence Secretary, explaining that the SDSR is no longer deliverable.
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He said he had called CGS in when he found out about this weekend's trials and paused the use of Ajax. He said when Ajax got to the IOC stage it was based on the safety case the army presented and from written evidence showing the safety of the vehicle. "I think it is right when
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The OBR has broken **the entire Budget**. It's extraordinary. Completely unprecedented. Hyperbole doesn't do it justice Reeves will unveil £26billion in tax rises, ultimately leaving her with £22billion worth of fiscal headroom * The tax burden will hit a record 28 per cent as
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EXCLUSIVE: The British Army has been forced to stop the use of its Ajax armoured fighting vehicle after dozens of soldiers fell ill due to vibration and hearing problems
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Always ready, always watching #RoyalNavy warships @hmssevern and @HMSSomerset carried out two interceptions in a fortnight of Russian vessels in waters near the UK, watching every move and operating closely with #NATO allies to protect our waterways. ➡️ https://t.co/p0uIoJVEq3
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The UK Carrier Air Wing is operating in support of @NATO on #NeptuneStrike. The largest 5th generation Carrier Air Wing remains ready to act to defend and protect our Allies and Partners. #CSG25 #StrongerTogether
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Construction continues on HMS Glasgow and HMS Cardiff in sunny Scotstoun @BAES_Maritime Via @geoallison
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Extraordinary. DDC communications management around the Carrier Strike Group deployment has been an absolute car crash. Prevented print/online journalists visiting at all (while offering foreign media access). UK media limited to a couple of mainstream journalists only who have
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you know it’s a bad Cloudflare outage when it even takes out down detector 😅
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Around two-thirds of women in the armed forces experienced “sexualised behaviour” - from wolf-whistles & dirty jokes to touching & unwanted sexual activity - in the past 12 months, a damning survey has revealed ⬇️ https://t.co/2mNGranh62
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This is/was *THE* story of @DSEI_event 2025. Every company I spoke to, SME, UK, international, prime, said, "if the UK defence budget is seeing the largest sustained rise since WWII, where are the contracts?" Talks with all the Services produced the same answer.
💥Defence firms say ‘glacial’ MoD leaves them fighting to survive: Companies tell @thetimes that despite rising spending they are in a perpetual battle to avoid bankruptcy because contracts are not being handed out quickly enough💥 https://t.co/q7WZmKovz7
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NEWS JUST IN: The UK’s pioneering Combat Air Flying Demonstrator has been revealed 🇬🇧✈️ This supersonic jet, developed with @BAESystemsplc, @DefenceHQ, @RollsRoyce & @MBDA_UK, is the first of its kind in 40 years & it's being built here in the UK. https://t.co/kCKpYAacFO
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British-made Typhoon production grinds to a halt raising fears about UK defence skills https://t.co/PxEb6u7LfV via @ft
ft.com
Work on final assembly line has wound down after dearth of new orders for the combat aircraft
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