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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.
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.
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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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".
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.
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.
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.
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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American Apaches fire rockets near the Korean DMZ
Imagery released by the US Army shows an AH-64 gunship firing during an aerial gunnery exercise at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in South Korea, just south of the Demilitarized Zone.
Swedish Gripens scramble twice to intercept Russian jets
Sweden's Quick Reaction Alert scrambled JAS 39 Gripen fighters twice on Friday to intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Air Force has said, after detecting a Russian Su-24 and a Su-34 near Swedish airspace.
Britain seeks mobile air raid sirens for Cyprus air base
The Ministry of Defence has launched a tender for a rapidly deployable air raid warning siren system to supplement the existing sirens at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
New Defence Secretary opens huge drone centre in Swindon
The event went ahead without press in attendance, leaving the new Defence Secretary's first outing in the job to be communicated by departmental press release.
Defence industry calls Healey exit a “wake-up call”
The Defence industry trade body Make UK Defence says John Healey's resignation should be "a wake-up call for those inside Government still blocking the acceleration of defence investment".
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British troops test drone war tactics near Russian border
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Rifles have joined Finland's Kainuu Brigade for Exercise Northern Star, around 43 miles from the Russian border.
Badenoch offers support to fund warfare through welfare cuts
Kemi Badenoch has written to Keir Starmer offering Conservative votes to cut the welfare bill and redirect the savings to defence, telling the Prime Minister it is time to "get serious" after the resignations of John Healey and Al Carns.
UK eyes huge Falkland Islands support contract
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has begun market engagement on a facilities management contract for British forces in the Falkland and Ascension Islands worth an estimated GBP 500 million, running for ten years from 2030 with a possible extension to 2040.
Carns warns ‘UK not ready’ after MoD resignation
Al Carns, who quit as Armed Forces Minister alongside John Healey over the Defence Investment Plan, has warned that "the next war won't be won by armies, navies or air forces alone" and that Britain is "not being honest about what getting ready will cost".
BAE unveils new digital artillery fire control system
BAE Systems is launching a Next Generation Indirect Fire Control System at Eurosatory in Paris, a digital fire control capability the company says connects individual guns to wider sensor networks for faster targeting.
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