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The Chief of Defence Staff refuses to say cuts are coming, but has confirmed there isn’t enough money for everything they want to do to make the Armed Forces war-ready and transformed for a high-tech future.
Professor Michael Clarke and former RAF Deputy Director of Operations Greg Bagwell explain the “hard choices” once again facing defence, with the vital Defence Investment Plan still not ready.
We’ve also learned that there isn’t a national defence plan for the event of war, but one is being worked on. Sian Grzeszczyk Melbourne explains why new rules making it easier to call up veterans are a key part of that.
And Alex Baker MP tells Kate Gerbeau why she’s lobbying for a new Defence Investment and Resilience bank, and how she thinks it could ease the money worries.
Previous episodes
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2455 - Reality bites for the future of the Armed Forces Thu, 15 Jan 2026
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2454 - EXTRA – Mindful Soldier, how combat offers resilience lessons for us all Thu, 15 Jan 2026
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2453 - WTAF? Would Trump actually fight (for Greenland)? Thu, 08 Jan 2026
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2452 - EXTRA – Is the Islamic State terror group making a comeback in Syria? Thu, 08 Jan 2026
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2451 - The World in 2026 – Defending the UK Tue, 30 Dec 2025
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2450 - The World in 2026 – The US and NATO Mon, 29 Dec 2025
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2449 - The World in 2026 – China rising and Asia tensions Sun, 28 Dec 2025
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2448 - The World in 2026 – Making UK Armed Forces ready for war Sat, 27 Dec 2025
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2447 - The World in 2026 – The Next Conflict Fri, 26 Dec 2025
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2446 - The Sitrep Crystal Ball 2026 Thu, 18 Dec 2025
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2445 - EXTRA – ‘The Women Behind The Few’ Thu, 09 Mar 2023
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2444 - River warfare in Ukraine Thu, 09 Mar 2023
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2443 - The Army’s Ajax headache Thu, 02 Mar 2023
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2442 - EXTRA – The battle for survival in Ukraine Thu, 23 Feb 2023
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2441 - Lessons from a year of war in Ukraine Thu, 23 Feb 2023
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2440 - Balloon hunting over Britain Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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2439 - Should we stop calling veterans ‘heroes’? Thu, 09 Feb 2023
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2438 - Cabinet civil-war over Defence? Thu, 02 Feb 2023
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2437 - The Women of Afghanistan Thu, 26 Jan 2023
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2436 - EXTRA – From Paradise to Hell Thu, 26 Jan 2023
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2435 - Rebuilding the Army Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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2434 - EXTRA – ‘Never Give Up’ Thu, 12 Jan 2023
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2433 - Japan turns to UK for better defence Thu, 12 Jan 2023
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2432 - The Sitrep Crystal Ball 2023 Thu, 05 Jan 2023
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2431 - Sitrep’s quiz-of-the-year 2022 Thu, 22 Dec 2022
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2430 - Military Christmases cancelled... again Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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2429 - Arming Ukraine Thu, 08 Dec 2022
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2428 - Why is Russia firing blanks? Thu, 01 Dec 2022
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2427 - EXTRA - Meet the Army Sergeant Major Thu, 24 Nov 2022
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2426 - Forces families face the cost-of-living crisis Thu, 24 Nov 2022
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2425 - Investigating the Poland missile strike Thu, 17 Nov 2022
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2424 - EXTRA – ‘We have literally hamstrung Ukraine’ Thu, 17 Nov 2022
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2423 - Russia’s retreat – game changer, or bluff? Thu, 10 Nov 2022
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2422 - Ending the UK’s Estonia ‘surge’ Thu, 03 Nov 2022
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2421 - Dirty bomb, or dirty trick? Thu, 27 Oct 2022
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2420 - EXTRA - Trailblazing women ‘going with the boys’ in WW2 Thu, 20 Oct 2022
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2419 - Why shouldn’t UK veterans train China’s military? Thu, 20 Oct 2022
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2418 - The price of Russia’s revenge Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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2417 - New ships to protect UK energy and data Thu, 06 Oct 2022
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2416 - RAF diversity recruitment drive – were mistakes made? Thu, 29 Sep 2022
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2415 - Has the war in Ukraine reached a turning point? Thu, 22 Sep 2022
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2414 - King Charles III – Commander in Chief Thu, 15 Sep 2022
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2413 - New PM, a new era for Defence? Thu, 08 Sep 2022
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2412 - EXTRA – ‘Never will I die’ Thu, 08 Sep 2022
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2411 - ‘Adversarial’ compensation system under fire. Thu, 01 Sep 2022
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2410 - Extra – ‘Surrounded by the Taliban’ Thu, 25 Aug 2022
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2409 - When will the Ukraine war end? Thu, 25 Aug 2022
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2408 - NATO ‘ready to intervene’ in Kosovo Thu, 18 Aug 2022
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2407 - EXTRA – Detained by the Taliban Thu, 11 Aug 2022
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2406 - Afghanistan one year on Thu, 11 Aug 2022