BFBS Sitrep

On the anniversary of the outbreak of World War 11 today's Sitrep presentsyour personal guide to one hundred years of  the days war broke out, plus aglobal round up of the world's hotspots

Today we're looking at famous speeches and the leaders who made them .Famous military leaders have played with words to inspire troops, indeed,nations. We all know famous ones like 'fight them on the beaches',. 'Neverin the history of so many' etc. But are words that valuable?  Find out inthis special edition of Sitrep.

Do you think Britain should have nuclear warheads? Should the UK renewTrident? Is it just a military question? What about the morality of themushroom? Hear what the experts say with Christopher Lee  and guests.

Why are the political knives out for General Dannatt? And why is Washington gunning for the UK’s X-file hunter?

General Dannatt’s latest salvo at government on Afghanistan but will MOD & Number Ten dodge the real issues? And....just  how good are British forces in Helmand?

Everyone’s talking helicopters for Helmand...but isn’t that a smokescreen. Isn’t the real story this: we’re in the wrong war. Strategy’s being written on the hoof. True or false? Answers in Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests .

In Sitrep today: Afghanistan: men & equipment. Politics gone mad or incompetent military planning?  Who’s right?  Who’s wrong? Prisoner handling...why it’s so easy to break the rules;  Is the CIA still in the assassination business?  And...does the first sea lord have to be a physicist and ... Do commanders talk too much and do we believe politicians or the military?  That’s all in today’s Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests on BFBS.

In Sitrep today: Afghanistan – why the MOD thinks we have to be told why we’re there; Drone Warfare – does it do what the brochures says it does; is the proposed MOD Green Paper a con; arms control – is it all a myth or an invention of the weapons trade; why the Met’s counter-terrorism budget can’t escape cuts; the Pope & the UN and ...how highly does Gordon Brown rate the Defence Secretary?  All that and more in Sitrep, 4pm uk time today, with Christopher Lee and guests.

No money so no defence. Is that the no-brainer for the next ten years in the MOD? Plus: Foreign media students in a top London college....what are they after? And, is it really possible to persuade disaffected Muslims to give terrorism a miss?

Caring for service men and women in need - why can't MOD get it right? Plus: More body-bags in Iraq & Afghanistan - why the figures don't impress the British media. That's all in today's Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests.