BFBS Radio Sitrep

Are the MoD cooking the books?   The Government has no plans to send British combat troops to Libya...but is that the whole truth?   A NATO Security chief warns of IS bombers putting explosives inside their own bodies.   Why Russia has ambitions towards the Arctic region…..   And Obama's in town to wish the Queen a Happy 90th Birthday, but what does he really think of Britain?

The Chilcot Report - why's it taking so long? Obama says Libya was his worst mistake - but should The West intervene again? The UN's looking for a new Secretary General - who's up for the job? Could fast living and fast thinking means snap decisions on security and more wars? And Ex-Detect - the new anti-terrror device that could have prevented the Brussels attacks

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau   SITREP TRAIL THURS, 7th April   Why Nato needs America to stay strong.   Can Afghan forces retake Sangin from the Taliban?   Libya?  Democracy or blood revenge?   Why are British troops hitting the desert in Jordan   And the British spy who never came in from the cold.

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Tim Cooper   SITREP TRAIL THURS, 24th March In today’s Sitrep – Which British intelligence agency is chasing jihadist bombers? Will a new government help to stabilize Libya and counter the IS threat in the region? Does Russia have the upper hand over the West in key military and communications areas?   And Continental Shelves - explained.  Why Argentina reckons its on to a winner with the Falklands.

  Terror in Europe, first Paris, now Brussels, where next? Trump lashes out at NATO and the UN. Why defence is still an election issue in Scotland.   And the legacy of 1916....Ireland Commemorates but does Britain ignore?    

In today's programme - a warning from a top security official that Europe is dealing with the migration crisis in a “messy way”. It’s been five years since the unrest in Syria began, but will the renewed peace talks work and why the sudden Russian withdrawal?   Street fighters - why the Army thinks urban warfare training is vital.   And why RFA Lyme Bay is "Ship of the Year".

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 10th March   Thousands of secret ISIS membership details are leaked...how big a coup is it for the security services?   Why violence is on the increase in Northern Ireland and Libya is struggling against threats from Islamic extremists.   Predicting the future in world events...are the so called experts losing their touch?   Plus: women in the British Army could be seen in combat roles within months.

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 3rd March   The man who says the President got it wrong on IS.   The Brecon Beacons deaths - why is the MOD off the hook?   Find out what 3 Rifles are up to in Louisana   And Super Tuesday, could Donald Trump be the next Commander in Chief of American Armed Forces?     PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:   IRAQ/IS FAILURES David Kilcullen, former senior counter-insurgency advisor to General David Petraeus in 2007 and 2008, where he helped design and monitor the Iraq War troop surge.   NATO/PUTIN BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   NORTH KOREA BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   BRECON BEACON DEATHS Legal commentator Joshua Rosenberg   EXERCISE RATTLESNAKE BFBS Reporter Ali Gibson   Super Tuesday Simon Marks from Feature Story News

Brexit - who’s in and who’s out in the world of defence   Will the Syrian ceasefire work?   The day the Russians condemned Stalin – could Putin be next?   How the Australians have increased their defence budget thanks to China.   And tributes to Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown - the UK's greatest ever test pilot, who died earlier this week.       PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:   EU DEFENCE LETTER BFBS Reporter James Hirst & BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   SYRIA CEASEFIRE Doris Carrion, a Research Associate from the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House & BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   KRUSHCHEV Dr Martin McCauley is a Soviet and Russian historian from University College London   WINKLE BROWN Tributes to Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown - described as the UK's greatest ever test pilot who dies aged 97 last weekend.  

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau   Is Assad winning the Syrian War?   Does Putin’s bombing campaign make him a war criminal?   If the UK pulls out of the EU, what happens to NATO?   A special report from Exercise Ascari Storm 2016 - the largest ever deployment of reservists in an overseas exercise.   And what makes a defence secretary go to the Falklands?