As war propaganda ramps up across the UK mainstream media, Charles Malet and Brian Gerrish look at the way in which the Ministry of Defence exploits its own service personnel — particularly with videos like this.
Later in the discussion, the tone changes to examine the alarming drop in morale aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln after the announcement that the aircraft carrier would return to San Diego.
The episode finishes on a cliffhanger which will be revisited in the next episode. Brian asks of the apparently inevitable conflict with Russia: “What is this war designed to do?”