Sitrep May 18th 2017

There’s election fever as the manifestos are published but is there anything for the Services to vote for? Trump, Russia and Putin – exactly what is going on? While NATO defence chiefs meet in Brussels, Sitrep goes behind the scenes at the Alliance's Joint Force Headquarters in Naples. Plus -  how the RAF took out the IS executioners. Studio Guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee TOPICS DEFENCE & THE GENERAL ELECTION BFBS correspondent James Hirst & BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee TRUMP/RUSSIA/PUTIN Professor Scott Lucas is from the department of political science and international studies at the University of Birmingham BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee NATO & NAPLES BFBS reporter Tim Cooper in Italy speaking to Major General Ian Cave, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans, at Joint Force Headquarters in Naples & BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee MOSUL PROGRESS BFBS’s Simon Newton reporting from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web & App in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) On Sky Channel 0211. Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.