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      Positioned at the northern side of the Mediterranean strait between Europe and Africa is the British territory of Gibraltar
      The Dreadnought class will replace the Vanguard class submarines from 2028 onwards and will host the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent.
      Numerous media reports have claimed HMS Queen Elizabeth is vulnerable to cyber attack because she uses Windows XP, that is not the case.
      Issues like this occur often on vessels of all types, especially during a phase of their life designed to identify and rectify faults. This is not a serious concern.
      Sales of arms and military services by the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies, the SIPRI Top 100, totalled $374.8 billion in 2016, according to new international arms industry data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
      It's no secret that the F-35 has had severe cost and schedule issues.
      While it is the case that Britain only had a Strategic Defence and Security Review in 2015 circumstances have clearly changed.
      The secretive Communist state of North Korea otherwise known as the 'Democratic People's Republic of Korea' has traditionally been seen by some international commentators and readers as an isolated state, which has little to do with the outside world.
      The UK has made a strong – but not automatic – commitment to take part in 'resisting renewed aggression' in defence of South Korea.
      The construction of more affordable and hopefully more exportable 'budget frigates' could help revitalise the British shipbuilding industry.

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