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UK updates on Russian warning shots from drifting frigate

The Ministry of Defence has given further detail on the Channel incident, saying the Russian frigate was drifting, rather than moving under its own power, when it fired warning shots towards a British yacht to prevent a collision.
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British aircraft carrier to fly combat drone within 18 months

The Royal Navy intends to conduct an embarked demonstration of an uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft from a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier within 18 months, the Ministry of Defence has told Parliament.
Overhead view of a gray military destroyer cutting through the ocean with the hull number 799 visible on the bow; wake behind the ship.

Russian warship fired warning shots at British vessel near UK

Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich is reported to have fired shots near a British yacht in the English Channel, according to the crew of the yacht.
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American destroyer opens fire in the Mediterranean

Imagery released by the US Navy shows the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke firing its five-inch main gun during a live-fire exercise in the Mediterranean, while operating "in support of American security interests in Europe".
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Ultra Maritime trials next-gen sub-hunting sonobuoy in UK

Ultra Maritime has completed the first in-water trial of its next-generation Multistatic Active Receive Sonobuoy in Scotland, a step it says will improve on current Royal Navy systems for detecting Russian submarines in the North Atlantic.
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Video shows British forces board Russian shadow tanker

Newly released footage shows Royal Marine Commandos of the UK Commando Force boarding the Russian shadow fleet tanker SMYRTOS in the Channel, a vessel sailing under a false Cameroonian flag, in the first UK-led operation of its kind.
Special-ops style operator in full gear pointing a weapon through a doorway in a dim, red-and-blue lit stairwell.

British forces board Russian shadow fleet tanker near UK

Royal Marine Commandos and National Crime Agency officers have boarded a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel.
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Starmer tells NATO chief UK will publish DIP before summit

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte the UK will still publish its Defence Investment Plan ahead of next month's summit.
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Royal Navy commissions minehunting mothership

HMS Stirling Castle has been formally commissioned into the Royal Navy on the Firth of Forth, marking the operational start of Britain's unique minehunting mothership, which carries autonomous and remotely operated systems to hunt mines in place of traditional crewed minehunters.
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British aircraft carrier joins sub-hunt off Norway

HMS Prince of Wales and her carrier group joined NATO's Dynamic Mongoose anti-submarine exercise off Norway, with the UK fielding the largest national contribution as nine nations hunted German, Portuguese and Dutch submarines across two weeks in the High North.

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