Henry Jones

@hthjones

Journalist covering defence & international security | Found at | International Relations

henry.jones@ukdefencejournal.org.uk
Se unió en junio de 2015

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    1 mar.

    Some people have recently asked whether I get paid for my coverage. The answer is no. That's never been a problem for me. I do what I do because I love it and am passionate about it. It’s not a chore But if you’d like to, please consider supporting me 🙂

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    hace 5 horas

    75 years ago today, 749 American lives were tragically lost during , a rehearsal exercise in preparation for , in Slapton Sands, Devon, England.

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    hace 3 horas

    Here 75 yrs ago, 749 Americans lost their lives as a rehearsal for D-Day went horribly wrong. For a long time, no one spoke of - but today, in , we remember the fallen, knowing that the sacrifice of these fine men led to the success of D-Day.

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    Good luck to everybody running the London Marathon today. Thank you to all serving personnel and veterans that are running to raise money for the service charities.

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  5. hace 3 horas

    The (already rather long) thread begins here 👇👇

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  6. hace 3 horas

    For those who haven’t seen, I’ve been covering the Falklands War as a day by day timeline. I’ve been trying to plan ahead with the coverage, and today I found these. Covering the conflict makes me immensely proud of all those who fought, but in particular: my grandfather H.

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    hace 17 horas

    🔊 SOUND ON. NASA says this rumbling sound from Mars could be the result of a seismic event

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  8. hace 17 horas

    Missed yesterday: HMS Onyx left Gosport and headed south. She was the only non-nuclear Royal Navy submarine to take part in the Falklands War. She later took these photos of Weddell Island through her periscope. They were needed to assess the suitability for an SBS landing.

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  9. hace 17 horas

    Lord Bramall said he did "not wish to be associated with a military decision to sink the carrier....before she had committed a hostile act". Bramall went on to become Chief of the Defence Staff in October 1982, having been at D-Day in June 1944.

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  10. hace 17 horas

    -Discussion regarding threat to Ascension Island. Exclusion zone could also be declared around Ascension if other nations took an interest..... -Argentine aircraft carrier: "Essential to neutralise that threat from the outset"

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  11. hace 17 horas

    MoD daily meeting -FCO to warn the Israeli Ambassador that Israel must stop supplying Argentine with arms -Contrary to what was agreed yesterday (Argentine prisoners to be termed 'prisoners', not PoWs), FCO now said prisoners must be classified under the Geneva Convention (PoWs)

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  12. hace 17 horas

    Meeting of the War Cabinet. Vulcans could be deployed on 28 April (tomorrow), unless ministers pulled the plug that morning. They'd meet again at 09:00 tomorrow.

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  13. hace 17 horas

    Also in the FCO update: Italy "in two minds" about the retaking of South Georgia. That's a bit of a theme. Throughout the war, Italy never really condemned the UK, but nor did they support the UK.

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  14. hace 17 horas
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    FCO sitrep: on 26 April, a Royal Marine shot dead an Argentine sailor who was being held prisoner. It was one of the most controversial moments of the war, but the marine was later cleared of wrongdoing.

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  16. hace 18 horas

    This works: the Argentines agree to see Haig one more time. Haig sends a message to Pym: he believes the retaking of South Georgia may help negotiations. The Argentines had been surprised by the effectiveness of the British attack, particularly given it led to no casualties.

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  17. hace 18 horas

    With Haig having failed at diplomacy, President Reagan steps in and calls Galtieri. He needed to ensure that all diplomatic avenues had been tried before committing to backing the British.

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  18. hace 18 horas

    Falklands 27 April 1982 14 islanders are detained by the Argentine military at Fox Bay, West Falkland. They'd been broadcasting intelligence about Argentine movements on civilian radios in the hope that the Royal Navy would hear. They did....

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    hace 18 horas

    BREAKING: 1 dead in California synagogue shooting, mayor tells , and a rabbi was shot in the hand; members of the congregation engaged the gunman.

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  20. hace 18 horas

    This image is a powerful one for so many reasons. NATO insignia on RAF Typhoon jets. Beginning in May, this will be the 50th NATO fighter detachment deploying since 2004 to safeguard the airspace over Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

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  21. hace 18 horas

    CONTINUED: These assurance measures were introduced in 2014 when NATO authorised additional fighter detachments to deploy to the region in response to Russia’s occupation of Ukraine". Note the NATO tail insignia on the Typhoons.

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