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2 more merchant ships hit by Russian attacks in Black Sea.
Japanese bulk carrier MV Namura Queen hit by a rocket at anchor off Yuzhne.
Moldovan chemical tanker MV Millennial Spirit hit and set on fire 12 miles to the south
Video: suvaribeyinnotdefteri
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The average salary for railway workers is £45,000.
Average salary for those serving in the Royal Navy is £36,444
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Meanwhile, this Christmas somewhere under the ocean a Royal Navy submarine (with a crew of around 130) is on patrol maintaining the nuclear deterrent
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For years we have been told we should unilaterally get rid of 🇬🇧nuclear weapons.
Yesterday 🇷🇺Russian state TV discussed a potential nuclear attack on the UK.
Thankfull the RN has maintained the continuous at-sea-detterent for more than 50 years
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🇲🇾Malaysian law enforcement and naval personnel boarded 🇨🇳Chinese salvage vessel MV Chuan Hong 68 found to be operating illegally again after previously stealing scrap metal from WWII wrecks of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse.
The Malaysian govt has yet to provide details of
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Sad to report the passing of Cdr Nigel "Sharkey" Ward, DSC, AFC, RN retd.
"Mr Harrier", a supremely talented and aggressive fighter pilot who led 801 Naval Air Squadron during the Falklands War, flying 60+ missions achieving 3 air-air kills.
In later life a strong advocate of
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🇺🇸US Defence Intelligence agency assess that less than 40% of 🇷🇺Russian missiles fired during the war in 🇺🇦Ukraine have hit their intended targets.
20-30% fail to launch or crash in flight and many miss aiming points.
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BZ and welcome home.
Vanguard class submarine inbound to Falsane today after a patrol lasting more than 6 months.
Photos:
@SheilaLWeir
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Actor Daniel Craig has been made an honorary Commander in the Royal Navy – matching the on-screen rank of
#JamesBond
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🇳🇴Norwegian-made movie
#TheArcticConvoy
in UK cinemas soon following the crew of merchant ship trying to survive brutal combat on the run to Murmansk.
Appears to be loosely based on the convoy PQ17 disaster - not the Royal Navy's finest hour.
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Sea Harrier donated to museum in the Falkland Islands arrives
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House of Commons debate on defence starting now.
Pathetic attendance indicates complacency and negligence in the face of serious and growing threats to the UK.
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A maritime ring of steel around Russia.
5 NATO aircraft carriers currently deployed in the Euro-Atlantic region.
🇺🇸USS George H.W. Bush (Adriatic)
🇺🇸USS Gerald R. Ford (North Sea)
🇬🇧HMS Queen Elizabeth (Off Southern Norway )
🇫🇷FS Charles De Gaulle &
🇮🇹ITS Cavour (Central Med)
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SUBSUNK
Sad to report 🇮🇩Indonesian navy confirm missing submarine KRI Nanggala is lost with all 53 on board.
Wreckage discovered and sonar has located boat in 850m water way past crush depth.
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No words for this idiocy...
Capita turns down applicant to be Royal Navy officer for "not having A-Levels" despite him already possesing first-class BA and MSc.
"We cannot continue to discard 800,000 [forces] applicants a decade through an incompetent, inflexible, and
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Depite the shambolic state of the government, a quite brilliant performance by
@BWallaceMP
at the
@CommonsDefence
committee yesterday.
Few ministers have ever been so committed and honest or had such a good grip on a complex brief in a challenging time.
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BREAKING:
Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates to be fitted with Mk41 vertical launch system
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.
@thetimes
is reporting the 🇬🇧UK will join 🇺🇸US in targeted strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.
UK contribution could include the use of RAF Typhoons with Storm Shadow missiles operating from Cyprus.
HMS Diamond lacks land attack missile capability but is an excellent air
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Airports "running better than usual" as Army and Naval personnel cover for striking Border Force workers.
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.
@HMSChiddingfold
collided with
@HMSBangor
while berthing in Bahrain yesterday.
Not the first time. In April 2021 Chiddingfold struck HMS Penzance and was out of action for 3 months under repair. The Hunt class MCMVs can be difficult to manoeuvre in harbour and are vulnerable
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🇺🇦Ukrainian Naval Ships Chernihiv (ex-HMS Grimsby) and Cherkasy (ex-HMS Shoreham) sail from Rosyth this morning.
Via
@RNinScotland
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UK, US and Japanese F-35Bs in formation for PHOTEX at conclusion of exercise.
#PacificCrown21
🇬🇧🇺🇲🇯🇵
#CSG21
via: Sgt: Petronilla
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BREAKING:
Mechanical issue prevents HMS Queen Elizabeth from sailing on NATO exercise. Instead, HMS Prince of Wales will be readied to replace her.
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Ships company muster on the flight deck of
@HMSQNLZ
mid-Atlantic for 96-gun salute and to mark the passing of 'the boss' (and the ship's Lady Sponsor)
#QueenElizabethII
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🇫🇮Finnish Navy investigators find a damaged anchor on seabed near the broken Finnish-Estonian
#Balticconnector
gas pipeline.
The 🇨🇳Chinese-owned container ship MV Newnew Polar Bear was at the site around the time of the incident - seen later in the Port of 🇷🇺Arkhangelsk with
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Unverified social media footage believed to show serious fire on 🇨🇳Chinese Type 071 LPD Longhushan
Via
@TreasChest
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Spectacular Northern Lights seen from
@HMSPWLS
during operations in the high north
#steadfastdefender2024
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BREAKING:
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond shoots down drone while escorting merchant ships in the Red Sea
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Kill markings on
@HMSDiamond
bridge wing denote 9 Houthi drones shot down in the Red Sea.
Via
@key2med
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New Defence Secretary
@grantshapps
speaking on LBC this morning says:
"...those aircraft carriers are the biggest the RAF have ever had"
#facepalm
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BREAKING:
Last night🇬🇧HMS Diamond part of a combined force including F/A-18s from 🇺🇸USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS Gravely, USS Laboon and USS Mason that shot down 18 attack drones and two anti-ship cruise missiles fired from Yemen at shipping in the Red Sea
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Bad news stories for the RN just keep on coming in 2024...
UK amphibious capability into terminal decline as both HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark to be permanently laid up as not enough sailors to crew even one of them.
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BREAKING:
HMS Diamond used a Sea Viper missile to shoot down another Houthi drone heading directly towards the ship in the Red Sea yesterday.
EO camera recording of the interception.
This is the 9th aerial target destroyed by the ship during this deployment.
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Roughers.
@HMSIronDuke
returning from Norway during
#StormBabet
last week.
Which old matelot will be first to say "I've seen bigger waves in my bath" ?
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Royal Marines Graspan memorial, desecrated.
"I hope the Police find you before the Royal Marines do"...
@jaglancy
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🇺🇸USS Carney returned home to a well-deserved welcome at Naval Station Norfolk yesterday after 7-months in the Mediterranean and Red Sea.
During this deployment she destroyed 45 Houthi drones and missiles - arguably now the world's most battle-hardened surface combatant.
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Petition to ban Supertrawlers from UK waters after leaving the EU Common Fisheries Policy.
They decimate fish stocks and endanger marine ecosystems and species.
H/T
@LordTussle
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THREAD
So we asked
#AI
to visualise the future of the Royal Navy. The results are certainly amusing...
First up the "Anti-submarine frigate"
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Just 8 days after
@HMSQNLZ
withdrawn from exercise
#SteadfastDefender24
,
@HMSPWLS
sails today as her replacement.
This represents a superb effort by the ship’s company and the support team in Portsmouth.
Photo:
@alisdairtaylor
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This capability has been in development for some time but
@MalloyAero
T-600 heavy-lift UAS dropped a Sting Ray torpedo during trials at
#REPMUS23
in 🇵🇹Portugal.
Not a subtitle for ASW helicopter but would give the RN another means of torpedo delivery at range given the absence
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German media reports frigate 🇩🇪FGS Hessen to be deployed to the Red Sea to protect merchant shipping.
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The submarine that returned to Falsane yesterday had been on deterrent patrol for 201 days.
The crew are to be congratulated on yet another epic feat of endurance but are we pushing people and boats too hard?
Photo
@MichaelJWC626
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.
@RFAArgus
rolling in Atlantic swells as she heads for the Caribbean. Due to arrive in Bermuda for brief logistic top tomorrow.
@UKinCaribbean
via
@CommandoCaribb1
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BREAKING:
HMS Diamond makes first Sea Viper anti-ballistic missile kill in action in the Red Sea
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HMS Prince of Wales beat her 30-day notice to sail by 22 days. This is not a failure.
Warship maintenance in context by
@TomSharpe134
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UNCONFIRMED:
🇺🇦Ukrianian sources say they have hit the 🇷🇺Russian crusier RFS Moskva with two Neptune anti-ship missiles in the Black Sea.
This is the 3rd, as yet unverified, claim of a strike on a Russian warship and should be treated with caution.
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Great to see the Twitter virology experts who are also armoured vehicle specialists have now moved on to explaining warship damage control
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Greek Frigate 🇬🇷HS Psara shot down two Houthi one-way attack UAS. Most likely one shot down with 127mm Mk 45 gun, other by electronic jamming using newly fitted counter-UAS system.
Video of the gun action recorded by 🇳🇱HNLMS Karel Doorman while they were escorting merchant
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Finally made it to 🇺🇸America!
@HMSPWLS
arrives at Naval Station Mayport, Florida today.
#Westlant23
Via
@NS_Mayport
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2,100 dwt 🇪🇪Estonian-owned, Panama-flagged cargo ship MV Helt sunk in Black Sea 20nm off 🇺🇦Odessa. Believed to have struck a mine. 1 sailor killed, 4 missing.
Ukraine sources claim ship was forced by Russian Navy to act as shield from anti-ship weapons
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UNCONFIRMED:
🇺🇦Ukrainian forces claim to have hit the Russian frigate RFS 🇷🇺Admirál Essen using a (Ukrainian-made) Neptune anti-ship missile.
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Although managing to shoot down 4 Houthi drones, 🇩🇰Danish frigate HDMS Iver Huitfeldt was unable to fire ESSM missiles at times while in action in the Red Sea due to integration issue with Dutch APAR radar and Danish C-FLEX Combat Management System.
76mm shells also exploded
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And then there were two...
HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth together in Portsmouth for the first time…
@HMSPWLS
@HMSQNLZ
#Westltant19
#Homecoming
#CarrierTakeTwo
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Triumphant F-35 pilot arrival on HMS Queen Elizabeth - the deleted scenes 🙂
#Westlant19
@HMSQNLZ
via
@niall19
/ Fill your Boots
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Illegal, provocative and childish.
Spanish Corvette sails through British
#Gibraltar
territorial waters playing Spain’s national anthem at high volume
Via
@Atajate71
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Great news. Documentary film maker
@ChrisTerrill
will sail with
@HMSQNLZ
and be on board for the next seven months to make a series for the BBC.
#StrikeWarrior
#CSG21
#OpFORITS
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The amazing Harrier - still achieving air-air kills.
🇺🇸USMC AV-8B Harrier IIs operating from USS Baatan have been shooting down Houthi drones in the Red Sea, including one pilot 'ace' with 7 recorded kills.
H/T
@Osinttechnical
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TRAILER:
First of a long-awaited 6-part documentary series “The Warship: Tour of Duty” covering the Carrier Strike Group deployment (May-December 2021) will be broadcast on BBC Two & iPlayer on Sunday 22nd January 2023 at 2100.
#CSG21
@ChrisTerrill
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Royal Navy operation to free
#NaveAndromeda
was conducted by 2 Wildcats and 2 Merlin Mk4 helicopters with support from
@HMS_Richmond
16 members of the SBS took just 9 minutes to rescue the crew and capture the 7 suspects. Everyone safe
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Largest warship in the world is due to visit the UK soon.
🇺🇸USS Gerald R Ford expected to anchor in the Solent in mid-November and ships of her strike group to visit Portsmouth.
@Warship_78
is currently on maiden deployment and making her first overseas port call in 🇨🇦Halifax
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Navy’s first F-35 pilot, Cdr Ian Tidball retires after 32-year career accumulating 4,111 flying hours in 35 different aircraft types.
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UK and 🇳🇴Norwegian F-35s operating from 🇮🇸Keflavík airbase over
@HMSDefender
during NATO and Joint Expeditionary Force exercises off Iceland.
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.
@hmsdiamond
embarking replacement Sea Viper missiles in
#Gibraltar
this morning ahead of returning to the Red Sea soon.
Gibraltar once again demonstrating its value as a forward support base.
Via
@key2med
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.
@HMSDiamond
battle-hardened, not battle-damaged.
Note smoke stains on the missile silo from multiple Sea Viper launches.
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Hell of a day for 🇺🇸USS Carney.
4 attacks against 3 separate commercial vessels in the southern Red Sea.
9.15 am missile attack on 🇬🇧UK-owned bulk carrier MV Unity Explorer impacting in the vicinity of the vessel.
12pm USS Carney shoots a down drone.
12:35 pm MV Unity
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BREAKING:
First kills for Sea Ceptor. HMS Richmond downs 2 attack drones.
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The 🇺🇸USS Gerald R Ford this morning. Approaching the world’s largest and most expensive warship
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The Royal Navy is pleased to announce the formation of the nuclear submarine display team.
Fully funded from the MoD budget, the Defence Secretary said: "every penny spent will be a great investment in promoting global Britain overseas and er... under the seas"
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🇺🇸USS Gerald R Ford
@Warship_78
the world’s largest warship has arrived in the Solent.
Via
@AmzJS13
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Magnificent dusk departure for
@HMSQNLZ
with full air group on deck.
26,000 miles to go - home by Christmas
#CSG21
via
@PortsmouthProud
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🇺🇸Pentagon says two service members missing are Navy SEALs that were attempting to board a ship off the coast of Somalia on Thursday night.
In rough seas, one of them
slipped off the boarding ladder and a member of the team then jumped into the water to try to rescue him. Both
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6th Astute class submarine, HMS Agamemnon formally named at
@BAES_Maritime
Barrow today ahead of being launched later this year.
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Sorry lads, the holiday in Tehran is cancelled...
Commanding officers of HMS Diamond and HMS Richmond on list of individuals "sanctioned" by 🇮🇷Iran.
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Great photo of
@HMS_Richmond
(Now safely home in Devonport) ship's company dressed in anti-flash gear.
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🇫🇷French, 🇳🇴Norwegian and 🇬🇧UK Maritime Patrol aircraft have been closely monitoring waters off Sligo and Donegal (west of Ireland) for the past week. Suspected 🇷🇺Russian submarine activity close to Corrib gas pipeline and subsea cables.
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The DragonFire laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) system has achieved the UK’s first high-power firing of a laser weapon against aerial targets during a trial at the MOD Hebrides Range.
The latest trial, delivered by
@dstlmod
@MBDA
@Leonardo_UK
and
@QinetiQ
demonstrated the
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Unprecedented:
RN is appealing to the retired community via LinkedIn for a new Rear Admiral - Director of Submarines.
No suitable internal candidate to replace two-star
@RAdmSAsquith
Via
@thetimes
@larisamlbrown
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BREAKING:
🇺🇦Ukrainian forces say they have sunk another 🇷🇺Russian Ropucha-class Landing Ship RFS Caesar Kunikov with a Magura V5 USV.
Not much left of Russian Black Sea Fleet amphibious and logistic support capability.
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We mourn the passing of “the boss”, commander-in-chief of the British armed forces.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
A much-loved monarch who reigned over us with grace, dignity and wisdom for 70 years.
Pictured here during a visit to
@HMSQNLZ
in May 2021
God Save The King
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Houthis attacked MV Maersk Hangzhou in the Red Sea this morning using 4 small boats which attempted to board but were repelled by embarked security team.
Responding to the distress call, helicopters from 🇺🇸USS Graveley and USS Eisenhower subsequently sunk 3 of the boats that
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6,500 personnel - about 20% of the Naval Service on duty or deployed this Christmas.
Units include:
An SSN and an SSBN (underwater)
HMS Diamond (Red Sea)
HMS Lancaster
HMS Chiddingfold, Middleton and Bangor and RFA Cardigan Bay (Bahrain)
RFA Lyme Bay and RFA Argus (Eastern
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This Christmas, we should give thanks to our submariners maintaining the nuclear deterrent.
by
@TomSharpe134
Photo
@SheilaLWeir
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The UK Carrier Strike Group in the North Sea.
HMS Prince of Wales accompanied by HMS Portland, RFA Tidesurge, RFA Tidespring, 🇨🇦HMCS Charlottetown, 🇩🇰HDMS Niels Juel and 🇪🇸ESPS Cristóbal Colón.
#JointWarrior
#PHOTEX
#steadfastdefender2024
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🇺🇸USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and elements of her Carrier Strike Group transited the Strait of Gibraltar today eastbound into the Mediterranean.
Contrary to rumours, 🇬🇧HMS Queen Elizabeth is in northern European waters and is not bound for the Med.
Via
@PeterFerrary
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RAF considering operating F-35Bs from dispersed locations (to avoid concentrating the force at RAF Marham where it could be subject to surprise attack).
NOTE: the ultimate "dispersed location" is an aircraft carrier capable of covering 500 miles a day.
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HMS Glasgow was floated off the barge late yesterday and is now on her way back up the Clyde to
@BAES_Maritime
Scotstoun yard where she will spend the next 3-4 years fitting out.
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Superb set of images from
@RFATidesurge
- Preparing to replenish
@HMSDefender
in challenging conditions in the High North at the start of exercise
#JointWarrior
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BREAKING
There was a fire on board HMS Queen Elizabeth today. She is currently alongside at Glen Mallan.
Few details are available other than no fatalities.
(Library photo)
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Official photos of 🇨🇳PLAN aircraft carrier Fujian during on initial sea trials.
"look, an aircraft carrier with no aircraft"😉
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15-ship PHOTEX and flypast at the conclusion of Exercise Nordic Response 24 - part of the wider exercise
#SteadfastDefender2024
🇬🇧HMS Prince of Wales
🇺🇸USS Paul Ignatius
🇪🇸ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbon
🇬🇧HMS Portland
🇳🇱HNLMS Karel Doorman
🇳🇴HNoMS Magnus Lagabote
🇬🇧RFA
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We salute you HRH
#PrincePhilip
, the Duke of Edinburgh
10 June 1921 - 09 April 2021
Born in Greece. Made in the Royal Navy.
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BREAKING:
The MoD has announced it will accelerate the DragonFire Laser weapon from a demonstrator programme to an operational capability to be installed on Royal Navy warships.
Initially for use as a counter-UAV solution, it is hoped it will be operational by 2027 but
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Boeing awarded contract by USN for full-rate production of High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC).
Glide kit that allows Mk54 torpedo to be dropped by P-8A Poseidon from cruising altitude. Likley to be purchased by UK.
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