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Russian President Vladimir Putin

Threat posed by Russia 'a double-edged sword for Scotland'

ASCO workers on the quayside

How North Sea expertise could transform defence logistics

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

UK's 'solidarity' with Zelensky after Trump calls

HM Naval Base Clyde (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Ministry of Defence spending in Scotland hits record £2.5bn in year

The Ministry of Defence has paid out nearly £2.5m in compensation. Picture: PA

Abuse victims of air cadet leader secure nearly £2.5m in compensation

The wind farm will be visible from the Isle of Iona, the NTS said

NTS opposes giant offshore wind farm amid threat to views from islands

Kevin Harraughty, right, and his wife Tina

Exclusive Iraq veteran and wheelchair-bound wife to be made homeless by MoD cuts

Smoke rises from the wildfire near Nethy Bridge on Friday hours before First Minister John Swinney made a formal request to the Ministry of Defence fo for aerial support to help tackle the blaze, which started on Wednesday, July 15.

First Minister requests military support to fight Cairngorms wildfire

Chinook Justice Campaigners, pictured outside the High Court in London.

Chinook campaigners 'extremely disappointed' as court blocks MoD case

Prestwick marks seventh year of profitability as new business model takes off

Navantia UK took over the Methil shipyard in January last year (Pic: Submitted)

Exclusive Faslane floating docks must be built at Scots yard, UK Government told

The wreckage of the Chinook Helicopter which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, killing all 29 on board

Why I believe there must be an inquiry into Chinook disaster Lord Bruce of Bennachie

The wreckage of the Chinook helicopter which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994

Exclusive Calls for fresh inquiry into RAF Chinook disaster receive major boost

John Healey quit as defence secretary followed by Al Carns as armed forces minister and Pamela Nash as PPS

Sarwar calls on Starmer to act on defence spending after resignations

The scene of the crash in Sourton Down, near Okehampton

Three Royal Navy members killed after helicopter crash

Construction work at Babcock's Rosyth facility

Scottish small businesses in focus as UK ramps up defence industry

The military party at the graveside

Grave of unknown Scottish soldier identified after 83 years

Rail Sidings Limited managing director Gary Draisey aboard shunting locomotive “Charlie” at the Eastriggs site

Ambitious rail hub plan on site of 'devil's porridge' munitions plant

The vessel has been named Navantia UK Seahorse after its Methil facility.(Pic: Submitted)

Milestone as £8million vessel is named after Fife yard where it is being built

HMS Prince of Wales has arrived in Loch Long to load up on ammunitions

HMS Prince of Wales sails into Scottish loch to load up on ammunition

Navantia UK took over the Methil shipyard in January last year (Pic: Submitted)

Exclusive MoD urged to award Faslane contract to Scottish shipyard

The naval base at Faslane on the Clyde hosts the UK's nuclear submarines which are armed with Trident missiles (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Faslane: Security questions as personnel 'tracked base runs on Strava'

John F Kennedy famously exhorted people to think about what they could do for their country and we need to do the same today (Picture: Central Press)

Your country needs you: What we can all do to prepare for war Ewan Lawson

A valley near Eskdalemuir

Exclusive Ministry of Defence objects to turbines over national security concern

Leonardo will upgrade Typhoon radar systems

Scottish jobs boost as £473m contract for 'more potent' Typhoons

Seized tanker Marinera takes shelter in Moray Firth

Swinney 'not told' that rogue tanker now anchored in Scottish waters

Unique Scottish road has 'stunning' views - but closes once a year

Energy transition technologies come with greater performance risk (Picture: John Devlin)

Exclusive The 'deeply concerning' wind farm plans a threat to national security

Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte's warning about the threat posed by Putin's Russia could not have been more clear (Picture: Sean Gallup)

Everyone must read terrifying Nato warning about war with Russia Scotsman comment

Glencorse Barracks in Penicuik. (Photo credit: Ian Georgeson)

MOD awards £140m contract for three Edinburgh area army sites

The Russian spy ship Yantar, pictured previously in the English Channel, directed lasers at UK planes tracking its course as it sailed off the north coast of Scotland

Russian spy ship provides new reason why defence spending must rise Scotsman comment

Union and European Union flags. PIC: PA

UK 'more at risk' after rejecting EU demand to join defence fund

A soldier stands in the rain outside a military barracks.

Hundreds of asylum seekers to be housed at military base in Scotland

The wreckage of a Chinook Helicopter which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994.

Thousands back families of 1994 Chinook crash in fight for answers

The forward section of Type 26 Frigate HMS Cardiff is rolled out at BAE Systems Shipyard in Govan

Scottish Government urged: Boost defence sector to become world leader

Lila Serenelli, co-founder of La Alazana Distillery, in Antartica

World first for the amber nectar as whisky matures in Antarctica

Rona Lodge, one of the properties on the island

Documents marked 'secret' found after break-in at old MoD site

Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to apprentices, backdropped by HMS Glasgow

Exclusive MoD spending 3 times less per head in Scotland than South West England

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during his visit to BAE Systems shipyard in Glasgow last week

UK ministers vow Scottish jobs boost as new defence plan unveiled

Defence Secretary John Healey during a visit to open the new BAE Systems artillery factory in Sheffield in June

Norwegian warships to be built in Glasgow in £10bn deal

Large numbers of Afghans fled the country when Western forces withdrew and the Taliban took over Kabul in 2021 (Picture: Master Sgt Donald Allen/US Air Forces Europe-Africa)

Why Afghan data breach cover-up is a genuine scandal Brian Monteith

If Ukraine is defeated by Vladimir Putin's forces, he is likely to turn his attention to the Baltic states, all Nato members (Picture: Genya Savilov)

Terrifying warning about state of UK's defences shows we must wake up
The need to increase defence spending is underlined by former Nato Secretary-General George Robertson’s warning that this country is ‘not safe’
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Joel Hornby, whose father Major Anthony Hornby was one of the victims of the RAF 1994 Chinook helicopter crash on June 2 1994 on the Mull of Kintyre, during a visit to the memorial cairn

‘Dad, we're still fighting for you’ - Son seeks truth over 1994 Chinook crash

Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at HM Naval Base Clyde

Exclusive SNP told to rethink 'mad' defence strategy as internal pressure grows

Ukraine needs munitions and so does the British Army (Picture: Sergey Shestak)

SNP's policy of 'unarmed' Armed Forces is sheer madness Scotsman comment

The wreckage of the RAF Chinook helicopter, which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on June 2, 1994 killing all 29 on board. Picture: Chris Bacon/PA Wire

Ministry of Defence accused of 'deceiving' Chinook crash victim families

Under a new three-year contract, defence company Leonardo has been chosen by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to manage ‘red team and cyber adversary simulation’ operations across UK Armed Forces bases and networks.

Hackers, Spies and Saboteurs: How Leonardo will help to fortify UK Defence again...

Briggs Marine’s MV Forth Constructor.

80 jobs secured as Fife marine specialist lands record MoD contract

British soldiers storm an enemy position during Nato's 'Brilliant Jump' exercises in Poland last year (Picture: Sean Gallup)

Why SNP's 'no ammunition' defence policy is utterly indefensible Alistair Carmichael

The wreckage of the RAF Chinook helicopter, which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on June 2, 1994, killing all 29 on board, including 25 top Northern Ireland security experts

Families of Chinook crash victims to launch legal action against MoD

HMS Artful an Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine at His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde

UK to build up to 12 new attack submarines and spend £15bn on warheads

Frigate HMS Venturer emerged from Babcock's facility in Rosyth

Royal Navy, Army and RAF personnel have received a new above inflation pay rise, less than 12 months after a previous salary increase.

Dedicated armed forces personnel receive new above inflation pay rise

Increasing our expertise in dealing with hackers should provide valuable insights into how the UK would defend itself from cyber attacks during a war (Picture: Sean Gallup)

UK must use war on hackers to prepare for online 'Battle of Britain' Scotsman comment

The Home Guard, a civilian militia which supported the Home Forces during World War Two from 1940, in training. The Home Forces mobilised along the coastlines of Britain - including Scotland - in preparation for a feared Nazi invasion.

VE Day: The Nazi attack on Scotland feared by army commanders

The cluster of buildings was built as part of plans for a Cold War listening station. Picture: Robert Perry/The Scotsman

Exclusive Former Cold War building in a remote village goes on sale

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