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Sitrep February 21st 2013

Sitrep February 21st 2013

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The aid budget could be used for defence-related operations but what does that mean for British forces?

The aid budget could be used for defence-related operations but what does that mean for British forces?

 

Was he PM’s visit to India a success?

 

The truth about war – are today’s reporters telling the full story?

 

Plus - cyber warfare, Chinese style

 

And find out why British soldiers are training in extreme conditions in the arctic

 

PRESENTER:  Kate Gerbeau

STUDIO GUESTS:  BFBS’s defence analyst, Christopher Lee

 

OTHER INTERVIEWS

British Forces News reporter Rob Olver at the Nato Defence Ministers’ meeting in Brussels.

 

The BBC’s Andrew North on the PM’s visit to India

 

Journalist and former Grenadier Guards Vaughan Smith on the media and the military.

 

British Forces News reporter Julie Knox on Exercise Arctic Norway

 

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and on BFBS Radio at 1830 (UK time)

Alternatively listen again on the website.

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Sitrep February 21st 2013

Released:

The aid budget could be used for defence-related operations but what does that mean for British forces?

The aid budget could be used for defence-related operations but what does that mean for British forces?

 

Was he PM’s visit to India a success?

 

The truth about war – are today’s reporters telling the full story?

 

Plus - cyber warfare, Chinese style

 

And find out why British soldiers are training in extreme conditions in the arctic

 

PRESENTER:  Kate Gerbeau

STUDIO GUESTS:  BFBS’s defence analyst, Christopher Lee

 

OTHER INTERVIEWS

British Forces News reporter Rob Olver at the Nato Defence Ministers’ meeting in Brussels.

 

The BBC’s Andrew North on the PM’s visit to India

 

Journalist and former Grenadier Guards Vaughan Smith on the media and the military.

 

British Forces News reporter Julie Knox on Exercise Arctic Norway

 

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and on BFBS Radio at 1830 (UK time)

Alternatively listen again on the website.

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Award winning Sitrep brings you discussion and analysis on defence, foreign policy and the stories affecting the British Forces. Presented by Kate Gerbeau, with expert analysis from Professor Michael Clarke.

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