What kind of aircraft and how many of them will HMS Queen Elizabeth carry?
HMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful warship ever constructed for the Royal Navy, but what will she carry?
What has been spent so far on the Dreadnought class nuclear submarines?
A House of Commons research paper has detailed the spending so far undertaken by the Dreadnought programme.
The E-3D Sentry – A look at a British Airborne Early Warning stalwart
The US designed E-3D Sentry AEW.Mk 1 is an airborne early warning (AEW) and command and control aircraft in British service, but what does that mean?
Could keeping HMS Ark Royal have prevented the Falklands War?
Retaining HMS Ark Royal, an Audacious class aircraft carrier, would have been beneficial in the Falklands War and perhaps even prevented it.
Report finds MoD ‘up to £4.2bn worse off’ after military homes are sold off
A National Audit Office report reveals that the MoD is paying £178 million a year to rent properties it sold and now leases back. The MoD sold more than 55,000 service family homes across 770 sites to Annington Property Limited in 1996 in return for a £1.66 billion upfront cash lump sum. The National Audit Office report says that the MoD...
Why the US Navy’s ambitious 350 ship fleet should including purchasing Queen Elizabeth class-like vessels
President Trump has recently set out plans to build a 350 ship fleet, should vessels similar to the Queen Elizabeth class be part of that?
Proposed defence cuts could signal decline of British global capability
Britain could enter into a period of relative military decline and without a fresh strategic defence review, there is fear this decline will become irreversible which will impact on our standing in the international arena.
The New Entente Cordiale: An Alliance for the 21st Century
Such are Anglo-French relations, imperfect and uneasy, but when the situation has seemed bleakest, we stand together as equals.
Potential MoD cuts places British role as a Global Power in doubt
There are planned defence cuts which may see the British Army shrink even further from the 82,000 regular personnel it currently has.
The need for a new ‘budget’ helicopter carrier
The sale of HMS Ocean to Brazil for £84 million marks the day in which British maritime capabilities are changing, do we require a new 'budget' helicopter carrier?
