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In a social media post today, Shapps said he was “looking forward to working with the brave men and women of our Armed Forces” and “continuing the UK’s support for Ukraine in their fight against Putin’s barbaric invasion.”
By Tim Martin![UK command paper’s new acquisition timeline a ‘laudable aim’ amid economic gloom: Analysts](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/ACSSU-20230716-0123-RIAT-2023-4084.jpg.iCf00bHWMZt7J61jYBMA.d5d4pqkod4-e1689776471338-225x150.jpg)
In its new paper, the British Ministry of Defence is “trying to make a virtue of fundamental and structural weaknesses” associated with spending and equipment problems, analyst Joshua Huminski told Breaking Defense.
By Tim Martin![UK defense minister Ben Wallace to step down later this year](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/wallace-uk-scaled-e1689445143228-225x150.jpg)
Wallace has led the British defense ministry since July 2019.
By Aaron Mehta![NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg to extend term, again](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/230704-sg_rdax_775x440s-e1688571153722-225x150.jpg)
It is the third time the former Norwegian prime minister has had his mandate extended since taking on the secretary general position in 2014.
By Tim Martin![Armed with Storm Shadow, Ukraine could ‘starve’ Russian front lines of logistics, leadership](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/05/storm-shadow-scaled-e1684242785105-225x150.jpg)
Giving the long-range missile to Ukraine “will help them to hit the command-and-control nodes, the logistics, where you have a sort of coalescence of Russian soldiers,” Rear Admiral Tim Woods told Breaking Defense.
By Aaron Mehta and Reuben Johnson![New UK-Japan-Italy fighter takes shape, with electronics details emerging](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/03/GCAP_Waveform_PRESS_15_Mar_2023-e1684874084970-225x150.jpg)
“More than half the things this aircraft can do is because of its sensors,” said Masahiko Arai, Senior General Manager, Defense Systems Division, Mitsubishi Electric.
By Andrew White![Poland, UK sign agreements on new weapon developments; SHORAD takes step forward](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/10/poland_Narew_Small-225x150.jpg)
While the UK and Poland have agreed to develop future systems, one collaboration – the Narew SHORAD system – is arriving in the hands of Polish forces.
By Bartosz Głowacki