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Estonian Naval Base Defence Team
Estonian Naval Base Defence Team taking part in a Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure Exercise including boarding a Mock Terrorist Held Navel vessel and RHIB – 18th April 2011
The Cormorants didn't bat an eyelid, but the gulls caused me concern at the "Sovereign" fishing boat wreck, at Cairnbulg Point, Fraserburgh.
Undated handout photo of different models of Royal Air Force Harrier jets during flight. BritainâÄôs Harrier jump jets took off today on what was billed as their âÄúfinal flightâÄ before the axe of Government spending cuts falls on them. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday December 15, 2010. See PA story DEFENCE Harrier. Photo credit should read: Jamie Hunter/PA Wire
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The concept of Civil Defence owes its origin to erstwhile ARP Organisation raised and operated during World War II (1939-45) to safeguard the life and property of the civilian population and also to maintain the continuity of productive and economic activity of the nation during war time crisis. The ARP Organisation worked commendably during World War II. After the end of the war in 1945, the Organisation was winded up.
However this guy had preserved his certificate and shows it off with pride.
Estonian Defence Force Ship Protection Team during a training exercise in protecting a Naval Vessel from a Terrorist Attack while at Sea – 7th October 2011
The Close Defence Block House is a rectangular brick built structure, divided into three rooms inside, there are four non-standard loopholes for rifles in the front face overlooking the sea, and another four loopholes in the rear wall, these appear to be later additions, as there is evidence of cuts into the existing brickwork. Above and centre of each pair of loopholes is another square hole, but this was an air vent. The entrance is in the south facing wall, there are two large openings to the north and south, these appear to have had windows removed, and below the tiled sill is a hole in the centre. There is also evidence of previous extensions to the north and south walls and concrete floor, and unpointed brickwork on the walls. The whole structure is covered with a heavy reinforced concrete roof.
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A World War Two Coastal Battery and some associated structures along with some earthworks were constructed and centred around TM 4760 6158. The Coastal Battery was constructed around 1940, as two gun houses in the grounds of The Dower House, Sizewell, two possible searchlight batteries on the cliff edge and a possible observation tower in the grounds of The Dower House. The site was probably one of a number of ''Emergency Coastal Batteries'' that were built in 1940.
The road block at TM 4759 6169 was already in place at this time, and was probably an early coastal anti-invasion feature, but the associated probable pillbox didn't come until December 1941. By 1941 further structures have been built immediately behind the gun houses and elsewhere in the grounds of The Dower House, centred on TM 4751 6148, and many of the battery structures are now disguised. A number of slit trenches are also dug to guard the perimeter of the site. By June 1942 barbed wire obstructions have been installed to further defend the site and also augment the coastal defences.
The site is clearly visible on photographs from 1946 and by 1975 a number of the structures have been retained and are visible on aerial photography. Also seen as part of the field survey of the Suffolk Coast, anti-tank blocks buried in the sand at intertidal level with four steel rods set in the top. A close defence block house and a concrete block built loopholed wall running along the cliff top for almost 300ft.
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The EU is facing a dramatically aggravated security environment in the East and South of its borders. At the same time, the financial crisis has led to drastic uncoordinated cuts in the defence budgets of the EU Member States. The EU's ability to project power into its neighbourhood is weak, most of its CSDP (Common Security and Defence Policy) operations are just too little, too late. While territorial defence of Western Europe continues to depend heavily on the US, several consecutive American administrations have been urging Europeans to take more responsibility for their own security within NATO.
The European Council has so far taken only small steps to encourage greater cooperation among Member States – clearly insufficient, if one looks at the alarming and deteriorating circumstances.
On the eve of the European Council on Defence of 25th June, ALDE will present its 'Roadmap towards an Integrated EU Military' to show the way how to achieve more European defence for less money, essentially by building an integrated European pillar of NATO.
The event will see a presentation of the roadmap by ALDE President Guy Verhofstadt, followed by keynote speeches by two ALDE Ministers of Defence and their former Finnish counterpart.
Defence shelter at Reighton, North Yorkshire..this is one of two within 500 yds of each other..this one is smaller and flooded..
Not the greatest picture ever taken I know! However it is the longest run of tank traps I've found on a dog walk. This is a sample they went on for another 50 yards or so. The rail line is virtually non existent now, only a few feet wide at the top of the embankment but these little blocks still remain on guard 60+ years later.
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Honeymoon in Brittany
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Thursday 30th April
Fougeres Castle
view from the final tower over the defences
Horse Sand Fort. One of the Solent Palmerston Forts. Currently derelict (maybe some pirates... see the flag)
Great open beach at Reighton, ideal for a good blast. Bempton and Speeton cliffs in the background.
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