Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines. Tony has covered avionics, unmanned vehicles, the supply chain and cyberwarfare.
The UK defense ministry has disposed of its inventory of its Air-Launched Anti-Radar Missiles, which had been used to suppress and destroy enemy air defenses.
The British government has declined to confirm or deny newspaper reports that the test of an unarmed Trident submarine-launched missile went awry, resulting in the weapon’s self-destruction off the Florida coast in June 2016.