Mike Alderson FRSA

Russia has capacity to produce over 200 ballistic, cruise missiles per month, Ukraine's military intelligence says kyivindependent.com/russia-h…

From the Baltic to the Black Sea: Large-Scale GPS Jamming Detected Along NATO Borders The highest concentration of interference was observed along NATO countries’ borders with Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. In particular, significant disruptions to satellite navigation were recorded near Russia’s Kaliningrad region, in Lithuania, eastern Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria, as well as in the western part of the Black Sea. militarnyi.com/en/news/from-…

Norway, Finland and Poland Prepare Their Populations for War With Russia Norway’s Home Guard, Heimevernet, has more than 40,000 reservists, while the regular armed forces have around 23,000 service members. The Home Guard includes people from civilian professions who undergo annual military training. Around 45,000 reservists undergo training in Finland each year. They practice urban combat, drone operations and providing medical aid to the wounded. Poland has launched the wGotowości (“Ready”) program, which offers voluntary weekend training sessions. Participants learn basic military skills and evacuation procedures. In the first weeks after the initiative was launched, 18,000 people registered. Meanwhile, Polish service members run the Trenuj z wojskiem (“Train With the Military”) courses. Civilians receive instruction in weapons handling, including the use of training grenades. In some cities, organizers have introduced waiting lists because of the high number of applications. Military training is also being introduced in Polish schools. Students learn first aid and survival skills and begin firearms training at age 14. In the town of Iłża, for example, ninth-grade students practice with firearms. militarnyi.com/en/news/norwa…

Unmanned underwater vehicle autonomously hunts down and destroys hidden naval mines interestingengineering.com/m…

Ukrainian Soldiers Tell Us Which Guns And Optics Work Best In Combat Ukrainian troops explain their affinity for HK416s and locally-built UAR-15s rifles, Holosun and Eotech optics, and much more. twz.com/land/which-guns-and-…

MPs have warned that Britain's best farmland is being put at risk by large-scale solar developments, as ministers face mounting pressure to protect food production. farminguk.com/news/mps-warn-…

Russia’s ‘eastward pivot’ gains steam as Putin confirms new 'same gauge' China border railway scmp.com/economy/china-econo…

The U.S. Embassy has issued an urgent security alert for Americans in France, warning travelers to brace for severe disruptions, sudden curfews and the potential for violence as a massive nationwide strike threatens to paralyze the country today (Thursday, Nov. 5) Beyond widespread shutdowns affecting public transit, schools and healthcare, authorities warn that recent demonstrations have already escalated into property destruction and looting. With France's four largest railway unions joining the multi-sector walkout, unapproved protests are expected to spill outside planned routes through the weekend. foxnews.com/travel/americans…

Why? Sussexes to speak about children's online safety in first public outing since Thomas Markle probe Harry and Meghan will speak about the harms of social media at the European Parliament on their first trip abroad since returning to the UK lbc.co.uk/article/harry-megh…

West already facing ‘grey zone’ warfare as Russia seeks to destabilise governments, former MI6 chief warns Sir John Sawers told Andrew Marr that Russia was taking its attacks beyond the Ukrainian battlefield, targeting countries backing Kyiv and trying to strengthen politicians sympathetic to the Kremlin. lbc.co.uk/article/russia-hyb…

Senior RAF officer to be unveiled as Reform's new defence spokesman (Excellent. That's decent food and the hotels sorted then...) Angus MacIntyre, an RAF Wing Commander with a military career spanning 40 years, will be unveiled as Reform’s “shadow armed forces minister” and defence spokesman on Thursday. lbc.co.uk/article/reform-uk-…

Transference of responsibility allows the government to step away from a problem and absolve itself from blame. Very little to do with community accountability. Water companies to be overseen by regional councils under Government shake-up lbc.co.uk/article/water-comp…

Why? Why? Why? UK agrees to talks over 'historical harms' of transatlantic slave trade with Commonwealth leaders lbc.co.uk/article/uk-slavery…

Key Pentagon priorities in peril after Democratic sweep axios.com/2026/11/04/democra…

Digital forensics company sponsors retired police dog to ‘give back’ to policing community (a Happy Dog Story) Digital detection dogs have been trained to sniff out the scent given off by a specific chemical compound in the microchips and storage cards found inside all digital devices such as laptops, mobile phones and hard drives. The Thin Blue Paw Foundation – a charity that supports hundreds of retired police dogs across the UK – is proud to support several retired digital detection dogs – also known as ‘digi dogs’ companionlife.co.uk/digital-…

Police chiefs at war over Mahmood’s plans to merge forces Replacing 43 constabularies with nine mega-forces will make officers less accountable, commissioners warn telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/11…

Minister pledges facial recognition law 'safeguards' The policing minister has promised new legislation on the use of live facial recognition (LFR) in public areas that she says will introduce stronger safeguards to ensure it is used in a proportionate way. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmp8…

And the wheel turns…..Excellent