Thu, 30 January 2014
This week, Sitrep finds out how three Generals are preparing for the future and Army 2020? Could Syria have biological weapons and what impact could that have on the Geneva talks? The State of the Union – what are President Obama’s plans for 2014? Plus: a security warning to Britain’s Olympic athletes as they prepare for Sochi PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS: BFBS Reporter, James Hirst, discussing the interviews with: General Officer Commanding 1 Div, Major General James Chiswell GOC Germany – John Henderson Major General Nick Pope weapons consultant and former commanding officer of the UK's joint chemical Biological radiological nuclear regiment Hamish De Bretton Gordon, on Syria The BBC’s Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall, who has been following the Syrian talks in Geneva Gena Turgel speaking to BFBS reporter Laura Hawkins about her time in various concentration camps, in the week the world remembers the Holocaust./ |
Thu, 23 January 2014
The final round of armed forces redundancies have been announced…so what shape does this leave our Army in? |
Thu, 16 January 2014
Is Robert Gates right to criticize Britain’s defence capabilities?
What’s going on behind the scenes in Syria and will the West have to talk to Assad?
And….who’s odds on favourite to take over the Chair of the Commons Defence Committee?
Plus, deathbed remorse from the inventor of the AK – 47 - but who else lived to regret their invention?
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:
The Times’ Correspondent Michael Evans – talking about Robert Gates’ comments on Britain’s defence capabilities
Sir Andrew Green, former ambassador to Syria
BBC’s political correspondent, Rob Watson on the Defence Committee
Dr Paul Rogers, from the Department for Peace Studies at Bradford University discussing the AK47
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Thu, 9 January 2014
Find out about the book that's causing a stir in The White House & why President Obama's coming under fire over Afghanistan - from one of his own statesmen.
What’s behind the escalation of violence in Iraq?
Does the Armed Forces Covenant actually work?
And why Putin's mobilizing his troops ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:
Simon Marks, chief correspondent of Feature Story News discussing Robert Gates’ memoirs & increasing violence in Iraq
Chair of the House of Commons Defence Committee James Arbuthnot discussing the Armed Forces Covenant
BBC’s diplomatic correspondent, Bridget Kendall talking about the forthcoming winter Olympics in Russia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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