Thu, 28 January 2016
US General Jon Allen says Afghanistan can't beat the Taliban without a new air force.
Syria - are tomorrow's talks already dead in the water? Britain's arms sales to Saudi Arabia, are they being used against Yemen? A special report from Earthquake hit Nepal - nine months on. And Forces Charities - is the public going cool? You can hear the COBSEO Chairman, Lt Gen Sir Andrew Ridgway's thoughts on this and the current isues faced by the sector. PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
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Thu, 21 January 2016
Trident - the Government gets its Vanguards in a row.
And 25 years on Flight Lieutenant John Peters remembers his capture by Saddam's forces 25 years on. PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau |
Thu, 14 January 2016
SITREP TRAIL THURS, 14th January
Aid finally gets through to Syria’s starving but should the RAF be doing more? Is Helmand a lost cause? Sitrep hears from Britain’s Ambassador in Kabul who says it’s not. It’s five years since the Arab Spring uprisings began – but has it done more harm than good? And, why there’s a growing need for health care for our military veterans
PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:
AFGHANISTAN The British Ambassador to Kabul, Karen Pierce
SYRIA – HOMS TRUCE Hamish de Bretton Gordon is a chemical weapons expert who advises NGOs working in Iraq and Syria.
STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
ARAB SPRING 5 YEARS Broadcaster Robin Lustig
VETERANS HEALTH BFBS Reporter Kaija Larke
THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases
You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211 Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast. |
Fri, 8 January 2016
How can MI5 keep track of returning IS terrorists? Did North Korea really test a Hydrogen bomb? What does the Government’s announcement on Armed Forces pay mean for you? Plus: Sitrep meets Labour’s new shadow defence minister Emily Thornberry And, after 70 years, it’s goodbye Hohne…………. |