Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: BFBS Sitrep
Episode: Russian armed forces; Women in Royal Navy; Gurkha training
Description: A new report from the IISS think tank says the Russian armed forces are significantly smaller than their Soviet predecessors, but better equipped with more professional personnel. We mark thirty years since women were first deployed operationally at sea with the Royal Navy... And why the Gurkhas are doing ‘wet gap crossing’ training in Northumberland. Follow us @bfbssitrep