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Minerals, nuclear weapons and the battle for the Arctic

102

Could Europe go it alone for nuclear defence?

103

How can bullying and abuse of servicewomen be stopped?

104

What would a Ukraine ceasefire look like on the battlefield?

105

Can Ukraine still adapt and survive?

106

Billions more for the Armed Forces… but spend it wisely

107

EXTRA – Defence spending lessons from the Cold War

108

Britain prepares for possible boots in Ukraine

109

Talking or fighting – which is better for Ukraine?

110

Could a defence deal with the EU boost Britain’s military capability?

111

Defence spending – how much is enough?

112

We know what you are doing…

113

Playing catch-up with Artificial Intelligence

114

The UK led fightback against undersea cable-cutters

115

The Moment That Made Me – Kim Hughes

116

The Moment That Made Me – Captain Ryan Ramsay

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The Moment That Made Me – Mandy Hickson

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The Moment That Made Me – Major General Chip Chapman

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The Moment That Made Me – Major Andrew Fox

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The Moment That Made Me – Professor Neil Greenberg

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The Moment That Made Me – Liz McConaghy

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The Moment That Made Me – Major General Julian Thompson

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The Moment That Made Me – Andy McNab

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The Moment That Made Me – Colonel Rosie Stone

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The Moment That Made Me – Commander Tom Sharpe

126

The Sitrep Crystal Ball 2025

127

Sitrep meets Ukrainian troops who invaded Russia

128

Inside the UK’s Defence Review

129

EXTRA – How 9 years have changed the world

130

Where are the red-lines against grey-zone attacks?

131

EXTRA – Meet the new Chairman of the Commons Defence Committee

132

NELSON: Legend Forged in Battle, with Professor Michael Clarke and Dr Gregory Fremont-Barnes.

133

1000 days on - are Ukraine and Russia locked into a war of attrition?

134

EXTRA – Surprise defence cuts explained.

135

MONTGOMERY – Unbeatable and Unbearable? With Professor Michael Clarke and General Lord Richards, former Chief of the Defence Staff.

136

North Korea and Russia join forces

137

BOUDICA - Warrior Queen, with Professor Michael Clarke and Philip Wise, Heritage Manager for Colchester Museums.

138

Trump 2.0 – reality vs rhetoric

139

DOWDING – The Man behind ‘The Few’, with Professor Michael Clarke and Dr Victoria Taylor

140

The budget boost for defence explained.

141

WELLINGTON - Master of Strategy, with Professor Michael Clarke and author Bernard Cornwell

142

How Afghanistan shapes today’s Armed Forces

143

Sitrep LIVE – The future of NATO

144

EXTRA – Remembering General Sir Mike Jackson

145

Are human rights laws harming our military?

146

Operation Shader to end, so what next?

147

Sandhurst’s radical process to modernise

148

EXTRA – Unknown warrior

149

Lebanon device explosions – what will the British military be thinking?

150

The cost of helping Ukraine – less training for British soldiers

151

EXTRA – The Iranian Embassy Siege First Hand.

152

A reality check on “painful choices” and defence cut rumours.

153

EXTRA – Soldier, Doctor, Poet.

154

Who’s qualified to lead our national security?

155

The UK joins the military space race

156

Ukraine’s big gamble in Russia – what happens next?

157

Wagner Mercenaries in West Africa

158

The armed forces pay rise – what’s it really worth?

159

Ready for war in three years?

160

Why have outside experts been put in charge of the UK’s Defence Review?

161

“Don’t be Jack” -- the veterans who’ve become MPs

162

EXTRA - The Allied Reaction Force (and Britain’s role) explained

163

Defending Europe – what does NATO need to do?

164

The Black Sea mine threat

165

Who’s promising what for the Armed Forces?

166

War of the playground

167

The art of deception

168

An insider’s guide to the NATO summit

169

Is it time for western boots in Ukraine?

170

EXTRA – Hercules: first in, last out

171

What Course Ahead For The Royal Navy?

172

The forces payroll hack – what you need to know

173

Naval hide & seek in Norway’s fjords

174

EXTRA – Tempest, turning sci-fi concepts into flying reality

175

The PM’s defence spending spree – what’s it really worth?

176

How did the RAF support Israel when it was attacked by Iran?

177

EXTRA – What is followership, and how could it change the Army?

178

Can ‘broken’ defence procurement be fixed?

179

EXTRA – Minister explains new shake-up for buying military hardware

180

Russia’s new push in Ukraine

181

EXTRA – A view from Ukraine’s front line

182

The new Wider Service Medal – good or bad idea?

183

Inside the Navy’s ‘999 centre’ for the Red Sea

184

Wargaming to win

185

Germany’s embarrassing leak – could it happen to us too?

186

Extra – The world’s only female Chief of Defence Staff

187

Wargames under the waves

188

Getting UK arms to Ukraine

189

EXTRA – Can we rely on the Trident nuclear deterrent?

190

Trump-proofing Europe – could it win a war without US help?

191

Inside the secret world of Defence Intelligence

192

Could National Service fix the forces recruitment crisis?

193

What is Strategic Command?

194

The £25m minehunter mishap

195

EXTRA – Sir Iain Duncan Smith on China, conscription and his own time in the Army.

196

A new world order

197

New questions about the future of the Royal Marines.

198

EXTRA - Life lessons from ‘The Perisher’ submarine command course.

199

The Sitrep Crystal Ball 2024

200

To beard or not to beard? The Army’s big question.