Britain yet to fill twenty-seven posts at Norfolk command
Britain has taken command of NATO's Atlantic headquarters with twenty-seven of its own seventy-one posts there still unfilled, and the Ministry of Defence does not expect to complete them until the end of 2027.
Ukraine’s Delta system proves NATO compatible at sea
Ukrainian personnel ran maritime operations through the Delta combat system at NATO's REPMUS 2026 exercise in Portugal, integrating every asset transmitting data to NATO standards.
No estimate given for Achilles delay after dock fire
The Ministry of Defence has declined to estimate how far the completion of the submarine HMS Achilles has slipped as a result of the...
Iron Duke refit cost a hundred million before withdrawal
The life extension programme for HMS Iron Duke cost £102.9 million and ran for 208 weeks between May 2019 and May 2023, and a further £4.7 million was spent on a towed sonar array conversion that was then cancelled.
Britain puts stealth fighters to sea in the High North
British F-35 jets will fly from HMS Prince of Wales in the Arctic and North Atlantic when the carrier sails from Portsmouth on Sunday, returning fifth-generation airpower to the skies of the High North.
Bringing HMS Bangor home cost more than four million
The heavy lift contract that carried the minehunter HMS Bangor back to Britain from Bahrain cost £4.13million, and the ship arrived on 29 November last year.
Britain deploys carrier to Arctic and North Atlantic
HMS Prince of Wales sails from Portsmouth on Sunday for the Arctic and North Atlantic, leading the UK Carrier Strike Group into the second phase of Operation Firecrest under NATO command.
Shadow fleet now a third of Northern Sea Route traffic
Sanctioned vessels sailing in and out of the Russian Arctic now account for nearly a third of all cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route, and pose what the government describes as a potentially serious threat to British interests.
Independent Scotland would leave UK forces their kit
EXCLUSIVE - SNP Westminster leader told George Allison that an independent Scotland would not claim its eight per cent share of UK military assets, and that doing so would not be a sesnsible idea.
Scotland must earn its NATO place, says SNP defence MP
EXCLUSIVE - SNP Westminster leader Dave Doogan told George Allison Scotland cannot just ask to join NATO, and that he has costed three services to show what it offers beyond geography.
