One of the Russian pranksters behind the call to UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, Alexey Stolyarov, AKA Lexus, dismissed London’s claim that the conversation was Russian propaganda. The team did not doctor the footage, only editing it with the sole purpose of keeping sensitive UK national security information from the …
Read More »WATCH: British defence minister discusses Ukrainian nuclear plans with Russian pranksters
Russian pranksters posted a teaser on Tuesday morning for what they say was a dialogue conducted last week with UK Secretary of Defenсe Ben Wallace, in which he did not rule out the possibility of the UK helping Ukraine develop nuclear weapons. Wallace, however, did not say anything especially embarrassing …
Read More »UK Defence Secretary assesses possibility of Russia invasion
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who has just returned from a trip to Moscow, said that he believes it’s “highly likely” that Russia moves to invade Ukraine, even if the former has categorically denied any such plans. Speaking to the Sunday Times, Wallace cited the alleged build-up of the Russian …
Read More »UK Defence Secretary reveals hopes for imminent Moscow showdown
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has revealed that he will soon travel to Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu, but noted that he is “not optimistic” of a positive outcome. Wallace’s words come as tensions remain high on the Russian border with Ukraine. Earlier this month, London …
Read More »Ex-defence minister told to ‘burn’ secret Iraq war memo – reports
During Tony Blair’s time in office, Downing Street allegedly ordered former defence secretary Geoff Hoon to burn a secret memo that questioned the legality of the 2003 Iraq invasion. Hoon makes the bombshell claim in a new memoir. In disclosures that have boosted ongoing attempts to strip the former prime …
Read More »Ministry of Defence accused of ‘failing British troops and taxpayers’
In a new report, the Labour Party accuses the government of having “wasted” £13 billion ($17.61 billion) of taxpayers’ money on military projects since 2010, after multiple endeavors were either canceled or hit by costly delays. The UK’s official opposition released the damning assessment of the government’s spending at the …
Read More »Russia’s new S-550 air-defence system rolled out – TASS
Russia’s new S-550 air defense system, said to be capable of hitting high-altitude spacecraft and missiles, including hypersonic types, has passed trials and is already in service, TASS has reported. The Moscow news agency quoted a source, which it said is close to the Defense Ministry, who described the S-550 as …
Read More »AUKUS nuclear submarine deal not a ‘betrayal,’ UK defence minister says, as French cut out of lucrative military contract
Speaking on Thursday, Ben Wallace said that the UK had no strategic differences with France after Paris and French shipbuilder Naval Group were cut out of a deal to deliver submarines to Australia. The AUKUS (Australia, UK, US) pact, announced by the countries’ leaders on Wednesday night, will see Australia …
Read More »In defence of Elon Musk, the woke-riling space billionaire launching the first all-civilian space flight
The phenomenon of the space billionaire is an extremely current spectacle, not possible at any previous time in history. It is among those rare things that can come into existence only from a meeting place of world paradigms: high-rocket technology, finance capital, the internet, and the 24-hour news cycle. However, …
Read More »No wonder the defence secretary is in tears – Afghanistan is the UK’s biggest military humiliation since Suez
As the Taliban reasserts its dominance over Afghanistan, and the West’s unseemly scuttle continues, the UK is hastily attempting to get its citizens out of the capital. It is not just a capitulation to the forces of extreme Islamism – it is a national embarrassment. Around 4,000 British nationals and …
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