BFBS Sitrep

  Terror in Europe, first Paris, now Brussels, where next? Trump lashes out at NATO and the UN. Why defence is still an election issue in Scotland.   And the legacy of 1916....Ireland Commemorates but does Britain ignore?    

In today's programme - a warning from a top security official that Europe is dealing with the migration crisis in a “messy way”. It’s been five years since the unrest in Syria began, but will the renewed peace talks work and why the sudden Russian withdrawal?   Street fighters - why the Army thinks urban warfare training is vital.   And why RFA Lyme Bay is "Ship of the Year".

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 10th March   Thousands of secret ISIS membership details are leaked...how big a coup is it for the security services?   Why violence is on the increase in Northern Ireland and Libya is struggling against threats from Islamic extremists.   Predicting the future in world events...are the so called experts losing their touch?   Plus: women in the British Army could be seen in combat roles within months.

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 3rd March   The man who says the President got it wrong on IS.   The Brecon Beacons deaths - why is the MOD off the hook?   Find out what 3 Rifles are up to in Louisana   And Super Tuesday, could Donald Trump be the next Commander in Chief of American Armed Forces?     PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:   IRAQ/IS FAILURES David Kilcullen, former senior counter-insurgency advisor to General David Petraeus in 2007 and 2008, where he helped design and monitor the Iraq War troop surge.   NATO/PUTIN BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   NORTH KOREA BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   BRECON BEACON DEATHS Legal commentator Joshua Rosenberg   EXERCISE RATTLESNAKE BFBS Reporter Ali Gibson   Super Tuesday Simon Marks from Feature Story News

Brexit - who’s in and who’s out in the world of defence   Will the Syrian ceasefire work?   The day the Russians condemned Stalin – could Putin be next?   How the Australians have increased their defence budget thanks to China.   And tributes to Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown - the UK's greatest ever test pilot, who died earlier this week.       PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:   EU DEFENCE LETTER BFBS Reporter James Hirst & BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   SYRIA CEASEFIRE Doris Carrion, a Research Associate from the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House & BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   KRUSHCHEV Dr Martin McCauley is a Soviet and Russian historian from University College London   WINKLE BROWN Tributes to Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown - described as the UK's greatest ever test pilot who dies aged 97 last weekend.  

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau   Is Assad winning the Syrian War?   Does Putin’s bombing campaign make him a war criminal?   If the UK pulls out of the EU, what happens to NATO?   A special report from Exercise Ascari Storm 2016 - the largest ever deployment of reservists in an overseas exercise.   And what makes a defence secretary go to the Falklands?

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 11th February   PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau   Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   NATO’s sending ships to help with the European migrant crisis but could they get drawn into the fight against IS?   In North Korea another general is executed so what exactly is the Dear Leader up to?    What’s wrong with the Navy’s Type 45s?   And, how the British Army can learn from the Greek tragedy....

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee     SITREP TRAIL THURS, 4th February   As the Syrian peace talks are suspended Sitrep looks at the spread of IS in Afghanistan and Libya.   Find out all you need to know about the new Chiefs of Staff at the MoD   Why the USA is proposing an increase in military spending for Europe.   And what do YOU think of the Army’s new TV ads?

  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 GerbeauStudio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee  

  Trident - the Government gets its Vanguards in a row.Who killed the Russian spy Litvinenko? Find out what the official inquiry says… The new Service Complaints Ombudsman explains how she plans to deal with bullying and harassment.   And 25 years on Flight Lieutenant John Peters remembers his capture by Saddam's forces 25 years on. PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau