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Sitrep February 16th 2012

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Find out what action NATO & the UK is taking to counter the growing cyber threat

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Sitrep February 16th 2012

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Find out what action NATO & the UK is taking to counter the growing cyber threat

Find out what action NATO & the UK is taking to counter the growing cyber threat

 

Iran boasts about its nuclear achievements – but how far advanced are they?

 

Why have MPs from the Defence Committee chosen this sensitive time to visit The Falklands Islands?

 

And find out the importance of the forthcoming Anglo-French summit.

 

PRESENTER:  Glen Mansell

 

STUDIO GUESTS:  BFBS’s defence analyst, Christopher Lee 

 

Interviews with:

 

British Forces News reporter Will Inglis reporting on cyber 

 

Professor Michael Codner from the Royal United Services Institute on Iran & cyber security

 

MP Patrick Mercer on the Falkland Islands

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Does the White House really know where it’s going in the Middle east?  Could we really be heading for a war with North Korea? Does Israel really think war with Iran is inevitable? And do we really need a 65th anniversary D-Day bash - or is it all cynical politics?  Find out in this week's Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests

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Sitrep May 28th 2009

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British troops have pulled out of Iraq. Was it all worth it? And after Iraq, what does the rest of the world think of us? Aliens from a colonial time machine? American poodles? Or...the professionals who got it right and didn't outstay their welcome? How others see us ... And would we do it ever again? That's this week's special edition of Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests.

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Sitrep May 21st 2009

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In today’s Sitrep..... dozens killed & wounded in Baghdad bombings – but does the great British public care anymore? Why has President Obama fallen into the torture chamber of US politics? Did MI5 cock-up or simply fail to cope over the July 2005 `London bombings? Why do governments slag off the Israelis over the failure of any movement in the Middle East peace process? The answers in Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests.

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Sitrep May 14th 2009

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Why does the MoD have such problem with its equipment; do warriors get enough exercise; why the government won’t allow Iraqi interpreters into the UK; the real reason why Washington has sacked the ISAF general; the real reason why Pakistan is at long last facing up to Taliban; why the UN is front-runner for the 2009 Really Useless award; And piracy – how is the ransom money handed over, by whom and to whom? Oh, and do you know why sailors say aye aye....? 

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Sitrep May 7th 2009

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This week's programme looks at the future of Devonport Naval Base, as well as the growing crisis in the border regions of Pakistan...

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Sitrep April 30th 2009

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Iraq dominates this week, but Christopher Lee and guests also look at Britain's new policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan...

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