The UK military supplied 2,323 spare parts for Tornado fighter jets to an arms company in Saudi Arabia last year, despite a court order against exporting weapons for use in the Yemen war, Declassified UK has found.
Military
REVEALED: The UK military’s overseas base network involves 145 sites in 42 countries
by PHIL MILLER | 24 November 2020
Saudi pilot killed in Yemen was trained by Britain, minister admits
by PHIL MILLER | 19 November 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
A Saudi air force officer who crashed while undertaking ‘operational tasks’ over Yemen was taught to fly by Britain’s Royal Air Force and arms corporation BAE Systems, the UK government has confirmed.
More than two dozen Saudi Typhoon pilots trained in Britain
by PHIL MILLER | 7 October 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Britain’s Royal Air Force has trained 25 pilots from Saudi Arabia to fly the powerful Typhoon jet and continues to provide instruction on using missiles involved in devastating attacks on civilians in Yemen.
Revealed: Key Assange prosecution witness is part of academic cluster which has received millions of pounds from UK and US militaries
by MATT KENNARD | 2 October 2020
TAGGED: Assange
One of the US prosecution’s key medical witnesses in the Julian Assange hearing, who claimed that Assange’s risk of suicide is ‘manageable’ if extradited to the US, works for an academic institute that is funded by the UK Ministry of Defence and linked to the US Department of Defence, it can be revealed.
UK information operations in the time of coronavirus
by CHRIS KING | 30 September 2020
What roles are secretive British army units 77th Brigade and Specialist Group Military Intelligence playing in the UK government’s battle against coronavirus?
British training of Saudi pilots continues amid bombing of Yemen
by PHIL MILLER | 23 September 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
UK defence minister admits that training of Saudi Typhoon pilots is continuing despite Riyadh using these British-made jets to conduct airstrikes in Yemen, a country on the brink of famine.
Government apologises to Declassified UK as defence minister orders independent review into blacklisting
by DCUK STAFF | 22 September 2020
In an unprecedented move, the UK Ministry of Defence has apologised to Declassified UK while Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said he is treating the apparent blacklisting of one of Britain’s leading investigative outlets with “utmost seriousness”.
Revealed: Censored videos show Saudi pilots bombing Britain
by PHIL MILLER | 10 September 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
The UK’s Royal Air Force is refusing to release video footage that shows fighter pilots from Saudi Arabia conducting air attacks in Britain, as part of a controversial military training scheme which involves 25 civilian airports.
Ministry of Defence blacklists British journalists who report on UK military
by RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR | 27 August 2020
The British Ministry of Defence has blacklisted Declassified UK, a media organisation producing in-depth, critical journalism on UK foreign and security policies. It is the latest attempt by Whitehall to censor the media and the National Union of Journalists has called on Defence Secretary Ben Wallace to “intervene”.