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Joint Warrior 2015

As the fifth largest economy in the world, the UK has responsibilities towards its allies and partners. But Britain also has global ambitions namely to protect the seaways underpinning the country's prosperity. The Royal Navy plays a crucial role in fostering these enduring and lasting alliances with other nations.

When diplomacy fails, the UK has to be ready to protect its interests and its allies. What's more, as a member of NATO and the UN, the UK also acts to support the enforcement of UN resolutions and come to the aid of our allies. This is where the Royal Navy comes in: we train to go where we are needed at by sea, land or air and deploy our forces with the aim of restoring peace.

Joint Warrior will feature more than 22 warships and submarines, 52 fixed wing aircraft, and a total of nearly 3,500 personnel from the various participating nations. Participating nations include the UK, US, the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Germany, Lithuania, Belgium, Poland, Estonia, and Latvia with the US Navy's Commander Destroyer Squadron 26 assuming overall command of the task group. Coordinating events will be around 150 additional military personnel, many of them Reservists, who will operate from HM Naval Base Clyde for two weeks.

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Operation Enduring Freedom : French frigate Courbet, HMS Bulwark and german frigate Schleswig Holstein

Royal Navy attack sub "HMS Astute" already deployed off coast of Iraq

HMS Astute leaving Gibraltar early this month.

A ROYAL Navy attack submarine is already deployed in the Persian Gulf The Herald can reveal.

Royal Navy attack sub already deployed off coast of Iraq | Plymouth Herald

 

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PM visit to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan 2014.

Prime Minister David Cameron visited the Capital of Afghanistan, Kabul. His visit comes as British Forces come to the end of their time in the country. During his visit the PM met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, and their Chief Executive Abdullah. Both leaders held a joint a Press Conference, where they spoke about Britain's involvement within the country and the future of Afghanistan. The PM also traveled to the multinational military base Camp Bastion where he met and spoke to the troops.

 

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British Army Transports Additional Tanks to NATO Exercise in Eastern Europe
The Kings Royal Hussars is the UK's Lead Armoured Battlegroup operating the Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank. The Battle-group will total approximately 1300 personnel, 100 armoured vehicles and 250 other vehicles and will be the UK's biggest armoured deployment in Eastern Europe since 2008 as tensions with Russia and Europe/NATO rise. 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh which is also providing personnel and vehicles to the exercise is the Lead Armoured Infantry Battalion in the British Army. The battalion is equipped with the Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle, enabling it to move swiftly around the battlefield delivering troops to the heart of the battle. Warriors are due to be transported from Tidworth to Marchwood next week and then onward to Poland.

 

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Exercise Anakonda with 3PARA and 16th Polish Airborne Battalion

Paratroopers from 16 Air Assault Brigade have built bridges to their Polish counterparts as they train together on a NATO exercise in Poland to practise capturing bridges. Exercise Anakonda has seen A Company, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (A Coy, 3 PARA) work with the Polish 16th Airborne Battalion, 16 Batalion Powietrznodsantowy. The troops have planned and carried out missions side by side, to improve their understanding of the similarities and differences between so that they are better prepared to operate together.The fortnight-long training at Drawsko Pomorski in north-west Poland is part of a programme of joint exercises and immediate assurance measures designed to reassure NATO allies in Eastern Europe. The exercise culminated in a joint parachute assault, with troops jumping from an RAF Hercules and Polish CASA C-295 to capture bridges on the training area.

 

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Royal Air Force Hand Over Merlin to Royal Navy

Today marked the end of an era for the Royal Air Force and the start of a new one for the Royal Navy as the official handover of the Merlin helicopter took place in a formal ceremony at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire. The formal Royal parade marked the next stage in the transition of the Merlin helicopter from the Support Helicopter Force to the Commando Helicopter Force, a move that was introduced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review. Since 2012, aircrew and engineers from the Commando Helicopter Force of the Royal Navy have been integrated into the Merlin Force at RAF Benson; working alongside their Royal Air Force counterparts to absorb over a decade of experience of operating and maintaining the technologically advanced aircraft.

 

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Army's Next Generation Eye in the Sky Takes Flight in Afghanistan January 2015

The Ministry of Defence has announced that the Army's next generation of Unmanned Air System (UAS), Watchkeeper, is now fully operational in Afghanistan.This new capability is providing force protection for British troops as they prepare to draw down from Afghanistan by the end of this year.Footage released today shows Watchkeeper carrying out surveillance tasks and gaining situational awareness via its cutting edge cameras and radar capability, a new asset for the UK's Armed Forces.Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, made the announcement on a visit to Kabul alongside Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton who also visited Camp Bastion where he met the Army personnel and saw Watchkeeper flying operationally.

 

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The Red Arrows flying in formation over the Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait City.This image shows the Red Arrows arriving in Kuwait, signalling their arrival with white smoke for a flypast over the citya. For the 50th anniversary of the Red Arrows the Team embarked on a Middle East Tour, visiting several countries including Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and the UAE.

Paratroopers land following the 70th anniversary re-enactment of the iconic World War airborne operation at Arnhem. The parachute drop was marked with an airborne jump onto the original British landing zone 'Y' at Ede. Soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade joined veterans, Dutch civilians and airborne troops from across the world to mark the 70th anniversary of a Second World War operation that defined the character of the British Army's airborne forces.

 

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Merry Christmas to our brave armed forces, whether they are at home or abroad.

 

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I am wondering does UK have army base in Australia?

 

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Royal Marines Commandos

Royal Marines Launch Final Assault on Exercise Albanian Lion. As darkness began to cover their tracks Royal Marine Commandos launched their final assault on a disused submarine base in Albania as part of a long-planned annual exercise.Alpha and Bravo Companies from 40 Commando were landed ashore by Landing Craft Utility (LCU) and Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) in preparation for the attack on the Porto Palermo Submarine Base, Albania.As part of Exercise Albanian Lion the Royal Marines joined up with Albanian forces to practise their core amphibious fighting skills, with the objective to recapture the base from opposing forces.While pushing their way forward the men were met with fierce resistance as the enemy used the tunnels of the submarine pens to their advantage, ensuring a challenging fight. Several hours later and, once the tunnels were cleared, Delta company then launched their own attack on enemy occupying higher ground after being landed on nearby beaches by Chinook (CH47) helicopters.

 

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I am wondering does UK have army base in Australia?

No bro. We have just British Indian ocean territories in Asia British Indian Ocean Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (plus our military base in Brunei). No military base in Australia itself that i know of.

If you want to know more about our past to present deployments then check this map.

The last 60 years saw the partial disintegration of the Commonwealth, but our datagraphic shows that Britain has still been an active force around the world; a near-constant presence in all four corners of the globe

Each coloured flag represents a different decade of activity, and the number within is the peak number of troops committed in that country at that time

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Typhoon jets with long-range strike capability

Typhoon jets to get long-range strike capability - News stories - GOV.UK

 

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London's affiliated warship HMS Westminster has sailed through the Thames Barrier and will today host guests to demonstrate her capability. The Type-23 frigate will also open her gangway to the public on Saturday where people will be able to glimpse life on board a Royal Navy warship. I was aboard this ship late last year during her open day visit.

 

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Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & Assessment (ASTRAEA) A UAV test bed aircraft known as 'The Flying Test Bed', which can fly as if it were an Uninhabited Air Vehicle (UAV), has been undergoing a series of flight trials and completed it's first maiden flight of a surrogate UAV in UK shared airspace . The flight is part of the UK industry-led programme focused on developing the technologies, systems, facilities, procedures and regulations that will allow UAVs to operate safely and routinely in civil airspace over the UK.

The Archerfish Mine Neutralization System (left) and the Artisan 3D Radar (right).

SkeetIR Thermal Sight & RED-I Helmet Mounted Display.

M88 Hercules Recovery Vehicle (left) and Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (right). BAE Systems

An Army Air Corps Apache takes part in a dramatic display at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, one of the biggest international Airshows in the world.The Apache attack helicopter can operate in all weathers, day or night and detect, classify and prioritise up to 256 potential targets in a matter of seconds. It carries a mix of weapons including rockets, Hellfire missiles and a 30mm chain gun, as well as a state of the art fully integrated defensive aid suite.In addition to the distinctive Longbow radar located above the rotor blades, this aircraft is equipped with a day TV system, thermal imaging sight and direct view optics.

Lancasters Vera & Thumper fly towards the Derwent Dam in the Derwent Valley on route to RAF Coningsby.

Seen here the first pre-production prototype of the Scout Specialist Vehicle (SV) at the UK’s biggest military vehicle demonstration, Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD). The vehicle is part of the Future Rap[id Effect System (FRES).The event, held at Millbrook near Milton Keynes, brings together the MoD’s equipment and support organisation (DE&S), the Army and industry to showcase the vehicles used by the military.

 

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Royal air force AH-64s and a CH-47