British Armed Forces

It is self-evident that these measures have been adopted in accordance with the principles of international law and within the framework of the principle of reciprocity, and the British government shall bear responsibility for their consequences.

— Iran’s Foreign Ministry, warning in a statement in response to the UK’s designation of the IRGC.

“But the Navy is still in a pretty dire state, this doesn’t change that.”— Sam Cranny-Evans, an associate fellow at the defence think-tank RUSI, on the limits of the new drone surveillance.

“I’m not sure we want to turn into an Exocet missile.”— The RAF Typhoon pilot known by the callsign “Stuka” said this jokingly after Matt Barbet had taken control of the aircraft during the flight manoeuvres.

We have now had the hard news of the cost to bring her home so we can give her the send-off she deserves.

— Her daughter Chloe wrote this in an appeal for donations to bring her mother home from Belgium.

“We have been given a realistic challenge to defend Nato territory and pitted against an enemy using drones and electronic warfare, which is what we would face on the modern battlefield.”— Brigadier Ed Cartwright, commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade, on the exercise and the threats of the modern battlefield.