UK plans to strengthen measures against migrants arriving by sea

The Border Force and Royal Navy are expected jointly to patrol the channel amid fears more migrants will try and use the route to enter Britain.

HMS Ocean deploys for NATO exercise in Baltic Sea

Fleet Flagship HMS Ocean has deployed to take part in a huge multinational NATO exercise in the Baltic Sea.

Aircraft carrier support centre nearing completion

A new centre containing facilities to support the new aircraft carriers is nearing completion at Portsmouth Naval Base.

UK to send second warship to Libya

Britain is to send another warship to the Mediterranean to target arms traffickers in Libya.

United Kingdom considers laser Phalanx

The Ministry of Defence is taking a major step toward fielding a directed energy weapon in the form of a laser Phalanx.

HMS Queen Elizabeth receives first seagoing Captain

Commodore Kyd has been appointed the first seagoing Captain of aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.

HMS Illustrious now likely to be sold for scrap

HMS Illustrious is to be sold for scrap after schemes to preserve her for the nation as a floating museum fell through.

Royal Navy fire warning shot at Spanish vessel in Gibraltar

A Spanish patrol boat reportedly tried to "hassle" an American nuclear submarine attempting to dock at Gibraltar.

F-35B goes to sea on first deployment in 2017

The F-35B's maiden deployment is set for late 2017 and it's bound for the Western Pacific.

Defence Minister: ‘No change’ to Clyde frigate plan

Philip Dunne has responded to claims that there could be up to 800 redundancies from Clyde shipyards.

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