ABOUT THIS EPISODE

English
United Kingdom

TRANSCRIPT 🔗

SEARCH PAST EPISODES

Search past episodes of BFBS Sitrep.

OTHER EPISODES IN THIS PODCAST

There’s a rifle race going on right now – Project Grayburn is the campaign to find the successor to the British Army’s SA80 which entered service in the 1980s. We’ll be looking at what the soldiers say they want, what the MOD says it wants and when it might happen. Forces News’ Sian Grzeszczyk Melb…
Iran’s strikes on US military bases in the Middle East are a blunt reminder that British servicemen and women deployed in the region face real risks. Professor Michael Clarke assesses the dangers while former Royal Navy Commander Tom Sharpe explains the options for British ships which had been stan…
In theory 95,000 veterans could be liable for recall if the UK was at war, or headed that way, but for decades it’s been little more than a notional force, lying dormant. That is about to change though.  Thousands could soon get letters calling them up for an exercise next year, to help t…
It’s not just Russia’s threat of “consequences” for British made drones used in Ukrainian strikes, US intelligence says Moscow is considering a bigger provocation of NATO possibly within weeks. Grey-zone expert Elisabeth Braw explains how British troops in Estonia and Poland could be an attractive …
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BFBS Radio, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.