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20 results found for '"Air defence"' in Keywords.
Towards 2000 (1977)
- Genre
- Speech
Towards 2000. Field Marshal Michael Carver soliloquises on the future defence of Europe and various possible scenarios for the remainder of the 20th Century. Carver discusses Britain’s role in European...
James Wellbeloved on RAF defence (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP and Minister for the RAF, James Wellbeloved on Britain’s armed forces and their ability to defend the United Kingdom. Wellbeloved emphasises that Britain is a committed member of NATO and will...
Falklands conflict progress (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Group Captain David Bolton about the progress the British forces are making in the Falklands war. Male interviewer not identified.
Lebanon War - Multi-national peace force (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Press conference
Report on fighting between Israeli troops and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) guerrillas on the outskirts of Beirut. Israeli Foreign Minister, Yitzhak Shamir talks about the possibility of a...
Soviet pilots defend airliner shooting (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the actions of the Soviet jet interceptor pilots who shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007. They explain (on Soviet television?) that they followed all the regulation procedures, and were only...
Heseltine on USSR shooting down Korean plane (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine’s reaction to the Soviet Union shooting down Korean Airlines Flight 007. In an interview he says he doesn’t think the incident will escalate tension...
Howe on USSR shooting down Korean plane (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe about the UK and Western response to the Soviet Union shooting down Korean Airlines flight 007 and wonders what action is sufficient for such an atrocity. Male...
Michael Heseltine visits USA (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine’s visit to the USA and his speech urging NATO countries to not retaliate in answer to the shooting down by the Soviet Union of Korean Airlines flight 007....
Thatcher on Korean flight 007 atrocity (1983)
- Genre
- News report
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s first public statement on the shooting down of Korean Airlines flight 007 by the Soviet Union and Western response to it, on Dutch television station AVRO ahead...
Heseltine on Buccaneer deployment in Lebanon (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine about the decision to send 6 low-level carrier-based maritime strike Buccaneer aircraft to Cyprus to support British peacekeepers in the Lebanon. Male...