Thu, 30 May 2013
Is the detention centre in Camp Bastion Britain’s Guantanamo Bay? |
Thu, 23 May 2013
After a British soldier was killed in Woolwich – today’s Sitrep programme analyses the terror threat ….were they lone operators or part of a more sinister group - and what does this mean for our Service men and women? |
Thu, 16 May 2013
How longer tours of duty in theatre may be beneficial. |
Thu, 9 May 2013
Why the Defence Reform Bill plans to change the way military equipment is bought Securing Somalia – the country’s top soldier talks about building his army from scratch. Could drones spell the end for those magnificent men in their flying machines? The mother of one of the four soldiers who died at the Deepcut Army barracks tells us why she’s pushing for a public inquiry. And the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic – why it was the longest continuous military campaign of the Second World War. PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS: James Blitz, Defence and Security Editor at the Financial Times discusses the Defence Reform Bill BFBS reporter Laura Hawkins meets General Dahir Adan Elmi, Commander-in-chief of the Somali National Army Douglas Barrie, Senior Fellow for military aerospace at the international Institute for Strategic Studies discusses the increased use of drones. Yvonne Collinson Heath author of a new book "A Mother's War: One Woman's Fight for the Truth Behind Her Son's Death at Deepcut” which is published today… You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Alternatively listen again on the website |
Thu, 2 May 2013
Ten years on how influential are the Taliban in Afghanistan? Why Camp Delta in Guantanomo is giving President Obama a headache How the battle lines are being drawn in cyber space And UK veterans land in South Korea with war memories on their mind. PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS: BFBS Reporter James Hirst reports from Camp Bastion Middle East analyst Hazhir Teimourian comments on the Taliban’s spring offensive & Al Qaida’s influence Cyber specialist David Livingstone on cyber security. BFBS Reporter Fiona Weir reports from South Korea on a new war memorial dedicated to veterans of the Korean War You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and on BFBS Radio & BFBS UK Bases at 1830 (UK time) Alternatively listen again on the website |