The Scot who won the race to Timbuktu and promptly forgotten
With streets apparently paved with gold, fabulous riches and dazzling wealth, in a golden age of exploration there were few cities on earth to ...
The National Interest26d
The British Army Is Eagerly Awaiting the Ajax Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Have you heard about the British Army’s new infantry fighting vehicle? Named after a mythological ancient Greek hero, the Ajax infantry fighting vehicle promises to be one of the most advanced ...
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The Space Marine 2 content train is not stopping in 2025, and Saber has revealed what to expect
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 developer Saber Interactive has revealed a little bit of what we can expect from the co-op shooter in 2025. Just before the end of 2024, the studio posted ...
Defense News27d
British troops test laser weapon as cheap option to fry drones
(British MOD ... where infantry typically operates under a constant buzz of multiple UAVs overhead, has Western armies racing to find countermeasures. The U.S. Army in September tested laser ...
New Atlas25d
British soldiers wield a laser weapon for first time
For the first time, British Army regular troops have operated a high-powered laser weapon mounted on an armored combat vehicle. Soldiers from 16 Royal Artillery in Wales used a laser installed on ...
Jane's Information Group25d
British Army fires Raytheon UK's High-Energy Laser Weapon System for first time
The British Army fired Raytheon's HELWS from a Foxhound armoured vehicle for the first time at the Radnor Range in Wales in early October. (Crown Copyright) The ...
Daily Mail6d
Ex-British soldier, 30, who was thought to have been killed in action in Ukraine appears alive in Russian propaganda video
Hayden Davies, a married former British army soldier, is seen in the footage - which appears to have been recorded under duress - wearing a camouflage-patterned military shirt and looks ...
The Mirror27d
British troops test fire UK's first laser gun aimed at smashing drones from the sky
The high-energy weapon, fired by the British Army from an armoured vehicle, successfully destroyed flying drones. It works by directing an intense beam of infra-red light in the form of energy ...
LGBTQ Nation26d
The British military kicked out gay people for years. They may finally get some justice.
Thousands of British military personnel were discharged between 1967 and 2000 because of the military’s anti-gay policy. The ban on gay service members saw soldiers jailed, stripped of their ...
The Daily Telegraph22d
British troops will be outmanned in future wars, warns ex-army chief
General Sir Patrick Sanders said modernisation would take time that was in “short supply” as the Army seeks to become more lethal. He also said British troops had found themselves in a similar ...
Global News22d
British departure means murky future for Alberta’s massive Suffield military base
infantry fighting armoured personnel carriers and light armoured engineering vehicles were returned home. “U.K. Armed Forces are not currently conducting large-scale training at British Army Tra ...
Smithsonian Magazine26d
These Black Soldiers Fought for the British During the American Revolution in Exchange for Freedom From Slavery
Such was the case for the Carolina Corps, a military unit comprising roughly 300 fugitives from slavery who took up arms for the British in exchange for emancipation. Created out of two ...