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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
British minister for armed forces, Bob Ainsworth on Tuesday disclosed that the British Royal Navy has handed over eight captured Somali pirates nabbed during a failed hijack attempt on 11 November. All eight were captured following an exchange of gunfire on the high seas off Somalia during an attempt to hijack a Danish cargo vessel, the [...]
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Eight suspected Somali pirates who were seized by British Royal Marine commandos in a high seas exchange of gunfire off Somalia last week have been handed over to the Kenyan police. A statement from visiting British Minister for Armed Forces Bob Ainsworth in Nairobi said on Tuesday the suspects were captured after Plymouth-based HMS Cumberland and the Russian frigate Neustrashimy stopped an attempted...
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Hunt of the Sea Wolves (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
BBC News The Royal Navy has handed over eight suspected Somali pirates to the Kenyan authorities, Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth has said. They were captured by Royal Marines from Plymouth-based HMS Cumberland in the Gulf of Aden last Tuesday. Entire Story
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ANTI-METRIX (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
You're paying!! No matter what it costs! Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con) : How much his Department has spent on the defence training review programme to date; and if he will make a statement. [232056] The Minister for the A rmed Forces (Mr. Bob Ainsworth) : Expenditure to date on the defence training review programme is £34.6 million . That includes the expenditure costs of both package 1 and package...
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Politicians on St Athan Military Ac (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
3 Nov 2008 : Column 15 Defence Training Review Programme 10. Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con): How much his Department has spent on the defence training review programme to date; and if he will make a statement. [232056] The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. Bob Ainsworth): Expenditure to date on the defence training review programme is £34.6 million. That includes the expenditure costs of both package...
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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
HMS Northumberland ( Photo from the MoD ) Navy Is Given New Power To Destroy Pirate Vessels -- Portsmouth News The Royal Navy has been given a new role to actively hunt pirate vessels, MPs have been told. Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth said the navy had moved to a more 'proactive posture' in tackling the threat. Royal Navy sources said commanding officers had been given the power to destroy equipment...
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Hunt of the Sea Wolves (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008
The News - Portsmouth, UK The Royal Navy has been given a new role to actively hunt pirate vessels, MPs have been told. Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth said the navy had moved to a more ‘proactive posture’ in tackling the threat. Royal Navy sources said commanding officers had been given the power to destroy equipment used [...]
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ANTI-METRIX (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
latest article from http://www.defencemanagement.com/news_story.asp?id=7335 No DTR announcement, delays inevitable 13 October 2008 The MoD has been accused of further delaying an announcement on the Defence Training Review (DTR) after armed forces minister Bob Ainsworth avoided confirmation of the move of package 1 to St Athan, Wales. Last month Defence Management saw a leaked MoD memo confirming that...
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http://www.iwr.co.uk/ (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
Shaun Nichols, Information World Review , Tuesday 14 October 2008 at 10:19:00 New figures far higher than initial estimate A recent data breach in the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) could prove to be much worse than originally feared. Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth told parliament that the portable hard drive reported missing by subcontractor EDS could contain data on as many as 1.7 million perspective...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
A MISSING computer hard drive may contain personal information relating to about 1.7 million people, Bob Ainsworth, the defence minister, said yesterday.
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
A MISSING computer hard drive may contain personal information relating to about 1.7 million people, Bob Ainsworth, the defence minister, said yesterday.
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
A missing computer hard drive may contain personal information on about 1.7 million people, British Defense Minister Bob Ainsworth ...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
As someone who spent 25 years in the armed forces, I read with interest most military articles and comments in the press. Armed forces minister Bob Ainsworth's article &
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Chicken Yoghurt (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Defence Minister Bob Ainsworth is a happy chappy: I am pleased to inform the House that the Ministry of Defence has concluded a teaming agreement with the industrial grouping known as Team CW to take forward, to the next stage, the Government’s intentions for the UK complex weapons sector In other words, the armed forces are going [...]
