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srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2023/11/18/TELEMMGLPICT000160963017_17003108077080_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqtR1WRZ4lb6BOb1-FBRpn-lFGGjcI28awSNtOPAVs6pc.jpeg?imwidth=350" media="( min-width: 350px )"/> <img src="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2023/11/18/TELEMMGLPICT000160963017_17003108077080_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqtR1WRZ4lb6BOb1-FBRpn-lFGGjcI28awSNtOPAVs6pc.jpeg?imwidth=350" alt="Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba was caught in nets in Japanese waters" data-test="card-image" width="22510000" height="14070000"/> </picture> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" rel=" " href="/web/20240124041858/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/18/afghanistan-bosnia-servicemen-portrait-soldiers-painted/"> <span class="u-heading-6 list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span class=" ">Mission accomplished: War veteran paints portraits of all 457 British soldiers killed in Afghanistan</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card " itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> Bosnian war veteran Kev Wills tells of families’ joy at realising their loved ones have been memorialised in unique tribute </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs " data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium " data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20240124041858/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/s/sa-se/sean-rayment/" itemprop="url" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Sean Rayment">Sean Rayment</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2023-11-18T13:20:43.918Z">18 Nov 2023, 1:20pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first card__thumbnail--landscape"> <figure class="card__figure"> <picture class="e-picture "> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2023/11/18/TELEMMGLPICT000356936929_17003121442470_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqulmngyk1nEPNRM5Qu5tZfm0xRB65Ndof_kwYsKqrtA0.jpeg?imwidth=350" media="( min-width: 1280px )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2023/11/18/TELEMMGLPICT000356936929_17003121442470_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqulmngyk1nEPNRM5Qu5tZfm0xRB65Ndof_kwYsKqrtA0.jpeg?imwidth=320" media="( min-width: 1024px )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2023/11/18/TELEMMGLPICT000356936929_17003121442470_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqulmngyk1nEPNRM5Qu5tZfm0xRB65Ndof_kwYsKqrtA0.jpeg?imwidth=320" media="( min-width: 768px )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2023/11/18/TELEMMGLPICT000356936929_17003121442470_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqulmngyk1nEPNRM5Qu5tZfm0xRB65Ndof_kwYsKqrtA0.jpeg?imwidth=350&imdensity=2" media="( min-width: 350px ) and ( -webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2 )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2023/11/18/TELEMMGLPICT000356936929_17003121442470_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqulmngyk1nEPNRM5Qu5tZfm0xRB65Ndof_kwYsKqrtA0.jpeg?imwidth=350" media="( min-width: 350px )"/> <img src="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2023/11/18/TELEMMGLPICT000356936929_17003121442470_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqulmngyk1nEPNRM5Qu5tZfm0xRB65Ndof_kwYsKqrtA0.jpeg?imwidth=350" alt="Colour Sergeant Alan Cameron from 1st Battalion Scots Guards, as painted by Kev Wills" data-test="card-image" width="17517344" height="10960000"/> </picture> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" rel=" " href="/web/20240124041858/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/14/red-arrows-special-measures-sex-harassment-report/"> <span class="u-heading-6 list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span class=" ">Red Arrows in ‘special measures’ after sex harassment report</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card " itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> Elite squadron ‘put on notice’ after report found women plied with alcohol and treated like property </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs " data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium " data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20240124041858/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/t/ta-te/telegraph-reporters/" itemprop="url" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Telegraph Reporters">Telegraph Reporters</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2023-11-14T18:21:38.264Z">14 Nov 2023, 6:21pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first card__thumbnail--landscape"> <figure class="card__figure"> <picture class="e-picture "> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2023/11/14/TELEMMGLPICT000355192750_16999850336020_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqA7N2CxnJWnYI3tCbVBgu9T0aesusvN1TE7a0ddd_esI.jpeg?imwidth=350" media="( min-width: 1280px )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2023/11/14/TELEMMGLPICT000355192750_16999850336020_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqA7N2CxnJWnYI3tCbVBgu9T0aesusvN1TE7a0ddd_esI.jpeg?imwidth=320" media="( min-width: 1024px )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2023/11/14/TELEMMGLPICT000355192750_16999850336020_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqA7N2CxnJWnYI3tCbVBgu9T0aesusvN1TE7a0ddd_esI.jpeg?imwidth=320" media="( min-width: 768px )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2023/11/14/TELEMMGLPICT000355192750_16999850336020_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqA7N2CxnJWnYI3tCbVBgu9T0aesusvN1TE7a0ddd_esI.jpeg?imwidth=350&imdensity=2" media="( min-width: 350px ) and ( -webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2 )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2023/11/14/TELEMMGLPICT000355192750_16999850336020_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqA7N2CxnJWnYI3tCbVBgu9T0aesusvN1TE7a0ddd_esI.jpeg?imwidth=350" media="( min-width: 350px )"/> <img src="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2023/11/14/TELEMMGLPICT000355192750_16999850336020_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqA7N2CxnJWnYI3tCbVBgu9T0aesusvN1TE7a0ddd_esI.jpeg?imwidth=350" alt="A report found a campaign of bullying, sexual harassment and predatory behaviour was 'widespread and normalised' in the Red Arrows team" data-test="card-image" width="25000000" height="15630412"/> </picture> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list "> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" rel=" " href="/web/20240124041858/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/10/new-us-stealth-bomber-capable-disguise-first-flight/"> <span class="u-heading-6 list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span class=" ">Next-generation US stealth bomber capable of disguise takes first flight</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card " itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> The B-21 Raider, the long-awaited successor to the B-2 Spirit that entered service in the late 1990s, is undergoing testing in California </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta card__meta-stacked--xs " data-test="card-meta"> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--premium " data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20240124041858/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/d/da-de/david-millward/" itemprop="url" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author"> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="David Millward">David Millward</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2023-11-10T20:53:19.124Z">10 Nov 2023, 8:53pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first card__thumbnail--landscape"> <figure class="card__figure"> <picture class="e-picture "> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2023/11/10/TELEMMGLPICT000356237423_16996484802150_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq5spYqw61n_irA3tdmBFD1aA7XnyAa7h0BY1qE0kp2IU.jpeg?imwidth=350" media="( min-width: 1280px )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2023/11/10/TELEMMGLPICT000356237423_16996484802150_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq5spYqw61n_irA3tdmBFD1aA7XnyAa7h0BY1qE0kp2IU.jpeg?imwidth=320" media="( min-width: 1024px )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2023/11/10/TELEMMGLPICT000356237423_16996484802150_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq5spYqw61n_irA3tdmBFD1aA7XnyAa7h0BY1qE0kp2IU.jpeg?imwidth=320" media="( min-width: 768px )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2023/11/10/TELEMMGLPICT000356237423_16996484802150_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq5spYqw61n_irA3tdmBFD1aA7XnyAa7h0BY1qE0kp2IU.jpeg?imwidth=350&imdensity=2" media="( min-width: 350px ) and ( -webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2 )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2023/11/10/TELEMMGLPICT000356237423_16996484802150_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq5spYqw61n_irA3tdmBFD1aA7XnyAa7h0BY1qE0kp2IU.jpeg?imwidth=350" media="( min-width: 350px )"/> <img src="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2023/11/10/TELEMMGLPICT000356237423_16996484802150_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq5spYqw61n_irA3tdmBFD1aA7XnyAa7h0BY1qE0kp2IU.jpeg?imwidth=350" alt="B-21 Raider’s first flight" data-test="card-image" width="13714900" height="8580000"/> </picture> </figure> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="article-list article-list-three-col" data-test="article-list-three-col"> <div class="article-list__heading"> <div class="article-list__heading-link-wrapper u-separator-bottom--loose " data-test="article-list-heading-link-wrapper"> <h2 class="article-list__heading-title u-heading-1" data-test="article-list-heading-title">Analysis and opinion</h2> </div> </div> <ul class="article-list__list grid"> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-12 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-4 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium card--opinion "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-5" data-track-wrapper="article-list Analysis and opinion"> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" rel=" " href="/web/20240124041858/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/23/us-uk-armed-forces-navy-ships-social-media-twitter-online/"> <span class="u-heading-5 list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span class=" ">Nelson would have been all over Twitter. Our armed services need to engage online</span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="e-standfirst e-standfirst--card " itemprop="description" data-test="standfirst"> Our embattled forces are out of sight, out of mind </p> <div class="u-meta card__meta " data-test="card-meta"> <a href="/web/20240124041858/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/t/tk-to/tom-sharpe/" aria-label="Tom Sharpe" class="card__link"> <div class="lazy-image card__author-image " style="padding-top:%;" data-js="LazyImage" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-src="/web/20240124041858oe_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/PortalPictures/february-2023/Tom_Sharpe.png?impolicy=byline-author" data-alt="Tom Sharpe" data-width="48" data-height="48"> <noscript> <img class="responsive lazy-image__img card__author-image " src="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/PortalPictures/february-2023/Tom_Sharpe.png?impolicy=byline-author" alt="Tom Sharpe" loading="lazy" width="48" height="48"/> </noscript> </div> </a> <div class="card__meta-wrapper"> <span class="e-byline e-byline--opinion e-byline--premium " data-test="byline"> <span class="e-byline__meta" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <a href="/web/20240124041858/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/t/tk-to/tom-sharpe/" itemprop="url" class="e-byline__link" data-test="byline-link" rel="author" aria-label="Articles by Tom Sharpe"> <span class="e-byline__author" data-test="author-name" itemprop="name" content="Tom Sharpe">Tom Sharpe</span> </a> </span> </span> <time class="card__date" datetime="2024-01-23T23:59:00.000Z">23 Jan 2024, 11:59pm</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__thumbnail u-order-first card__thumbnail--landscape"> <figure class="card__figure"> <picture class="e-picture "> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2024/01/23/TELEMMGLPICT000363017927_17060298317300_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf0Rf_Wk3V23H2268P_XkPxc.jpeg?imwidth=480" media="( min-width: 1280px )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2024/01/23/TELEMMGLPICT000363017927_17060298317300_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf0Rf_Wk3V23H2268P_XkPxc.jpeg?imwidth=480" media="( min-width: 1024px )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2024/01/23/TELEMMGLPICT000363017927_17060298317300_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf0Rf_Wk3V23H2268P_XkPxc.jpeg?imwidth=350" media="( min-width: 768px )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2024/01/23/TELEMMGLPICT000363017927_17060298317300_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf0Rf_Wk3V23H2268P_XkPxc.jpeg?imwidth=350&imdensity=2" media="( min-width: 350px ) and ( -webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2 )"/> <source srcset="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2024/01/23/TELEMMGLPICT000363017927_17060298317300_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf0Rf_Wk3V23H2268P_XkPxc.jpeg?imwidth=680" media="( min-width: 350px )"/> <img src="/web/20240124041858im_/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2024/01/23/TELEMMGLPICT000363017927_17060298317300_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf0Rf_Wk3V23H2268P_XkPxc.jpeg?imwidth=350" alt="A US Navy F/A-18 Hornet launches for operations against the Houthis from US carrier Dwight D Eisenhower in the Red Sea. The ship's captain, 'Chowdah' Hill, is prominent on X / Twitter" data-test="card-image" width="25000000" height="15629792"/> </picture> <div class="e-icon-overlay"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 32 22" class="e-icon-overlay__image"> <g> <path d="M29,1c-2.2,1.5-4.1,3.5-5,6c4.1,0,8,3.4,8,7.5S28.6,22,24.5,22S17,18.7,17,14c0-6.1,4.6-11.7,11-14L29,1z"/> <path d="M12,1C9.8,2.5,7.9,4.5,7,7c4.1,0,8,3.4,8,7.5S11.6,22,7.5,22S0,18.7,0,14C0,7.9,4.6,2.3,11,0L12,1z"/> </g> </svg> </div> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-12 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-4 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium card--opinion "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-5" data-track-wrapper="article-list Analysis and opinion"> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" rel=" " href="/web/20240124041858/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/22/royal-navy-warships-minehunters-crash-bahrain-damage-ship/"> <span class="u-heading-5 list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span class=" ">I commanded four warships. 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alt="Rishi Sunak visited RAF Coningsby in Linconshire last year when the project was announced" data-test="card-image" width="25000000" height="15660400"/> </picture> </figure> </div> </article> </li> <li class="article-list__item grid-col grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 grid-col-6 grid-col-sm-3 "> <article data-test="card" data-track="" class="card u-clickable-area card--feature card--premium "> <div class="card__content " data-test="article-comment-content"> <h2 class="list-headline list-headline--premium u-heading-6" data-track-wrapper="article-list More stories"> <a class="list-headline__link u-clickable-area__link" data-track-block data-test="list-headline-link" rel=" " href="/web/20240124041858/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/19/laser-weapon-system-army-shoot-drones-armoured-truck-army/"> <span class="u-heading-6 list-headline__text" data-test="headline"> <span class=" ">Lasers that shoot down drones from armoured trucks to be used by Army for first time</span> </span> </a> 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