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Full colour night vision, surreal.
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Indian news channel @TimesNow has broadcast a clip of an American F-15 flying in Wales and claimed it is proof of a "full fledged Pakistani invasion" of Afghanistan.
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The two year anniversary. ❤️
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The United Kingdom will be declaring war on the United States.
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An important statement on the latest tea controversy. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS - Two Royal Air Force Voyager tanker aircraft have been scrambled and are now in the air, heading north.
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Britain has "not ruled out" supplying Ukraine with missiles with sufficient range to destroy missile systems in Russia which may be targeting civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.
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A good boy reporting for duty.
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A Spanish warship has illegally sailed through the waters of the British territory of Gibraltar, blasting the Spanish national anthem on loudspeakers.
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Queen Elizabeth on Queen Elizabeth.
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This is Wales...
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The footage reportedly shows a #Pakistani warplane maneuvering in #Panjishir . - Unconfirmed Video #AhmadMassoud
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We are pleased to be the first to announce that French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle met up with HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales yesterday.
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@AKerryNewton @policescotland Are you a 65,000 tonne Royal Navy aircraft carrier?
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You've all noticed those over-the-top, cliche videos from Houthi forces in Yemen. You know the ones, the weird, macho nonsense they post about how much they love death? The captain of the most powerful ship at sea in the region, an American supercarrier conducting attacks against
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This captain only loves me for the snax. I was hoping for a more productive working relationship, perhaps a few team ups or something. Instead… just snax.
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77 Years ago today, over 156,000 allied soldiers undertook the largest seaborne invasion in history in order to begin the liberation of continental Europe, this was known as D-Day.
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Britain will be sending an unspecified number of Mastiff heavily armoured patrol vehicles to Ukraine, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has confirmed.
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Mark Francois tells Sir Nick Carter, chief of the Defence Staff, "Cummings is going to come down there and sort you out his own way, and you won’t like it" however this appears unlikely as we understand that General Sir Nick Carter is not based in Durham or in Barnard Castle.
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Viral tweets by a "citizen journalist" claiming that the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is sinking are false. The only thing hitting the Eisenhower is misinformation! Captain @ChowdahHill 's crew is busy baking cookies and doing supercarrier stuff.
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It's ok, they're just tourists.
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British troops in Ukraine. Read our statement:
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@ruth_wishart What are these, pigeons?
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BREAKING: An aircraft, heading from the Arctic, has entered British airspace.
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@AKerryNewton @policescotland For clarity, this is the tweet we were replying to that has now been deleted.
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29 Squadron at RAF Coningsby have unveiled a Typhoon aircraft with a very British paint scheme.
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Footage from a GoPro has captured the view from inside a British Typhoon fighter as it lands (and takes off) on a road in Finland as part of an exercise.
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A leaked consultation document suggests that the Royal Navy will now order a third Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier in response to a resurgent Russia, the vessel will be named HMS Princess Diana
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@fisher4450 @TimesNow Michael, we said the clip was filmed in Wales. Wales is not in Afghanistan, I don't know how else to help you here?
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A gamer identifying as Challenger 2 commander has posted a classified document online in order to improve the accuracy of the in-game design of the tank in the videogame 'War Thunder'. | @geoallison for @UKDefJournal
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Yes, the @Daily_Star has printed this. They seem to have confused the calibre of a new gun with the length of it...
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Yes, this is the Danish Prime Minister greeting F-16s at 16,000ft from a C-130.
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Full colour night vision, surreal.
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Hellfire missiles looking for a target.
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Pick one.
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Just two Royal Navy aircraft carriers at sea, enjoy!
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Britain's first female Concorde pilot and fast jet pilot meet. September 1995.
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The UK has announced that it will supply "scores of artillery guns, hundreds of drones" plus 50,000 rounds and more anti-tank weapons to Ukraine in the coming weeks.
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UK to order third carrier due to Russian threat - A leaked consultation document suggests that the Royal Navy will now order a third Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier in response to a resurgent Russia, the vessel will be named HMS Princess Diana
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Britain increases artillery shell production 'eight-fold' - Britain, having donated over 300,00 artillery rounds to Ukraine, is increasing its production capability of 155mm shells eight-fold. Click the image to read more.
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HMS Queen Elizabeth as seen from Dutch warship HNLMS De Ruyter.
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Remember our recent April Fools Day joke about the Royal Navy taking over ferry duties in Scotland? Well, this is awkward...
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Well, that's our legacy verified badge gone, and the cost to replace it is $1,000 per month. For a small volunteer outfit that isn't affordable but we'll remain on Twitter and trust you'll continue to stay with us as we continue to try our best to keep you all informed.
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"Not on my watch!" - Someone deserves a raise.
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For those unaware, British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and her aircraft are at sea.
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It's false to claim that Britain's new aircraft carriers don't have aircraft. HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales have both operated state-of-the-art F-35B Lightning II fighter jets. Don't spread misinformation.
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Here's a video showing the 'Mojave' drone during take off and landing onboard HMS Prince of Wales. The aircraft, capable of carrying sensor pods, missiles and other payloads, is the largest drone to land on a carrier outside of the U.S. Navy.
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Just an image of some British jets on a British aircraft carrier with a British Destroyer escorting them. That's all, enjoy.
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Ireland branded 'the ultimate defence freeloader' in report - In a recent article published by Politico, it is claimed that "Ireland has outsourced its security to Britain". What do you think, is this an accurate claim?
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Image shows French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and HMS Queen Elizabeth off Gibraltar. #Accurate #NotPhotoshoppedAtAll
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US Navy urges Britain to scrap cuts to the armed forces - In an unusual public intervention, the US Navy Secretary, Carlos Del Toro, has urged the United Kingdom to reconsider the scale and capabilities of its armed forces. Click the image to read more.
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British aircraft carriers will soon have, in addition to their F-35 jets, "highly capable, long range and long endurance surveillance and offensive strike platforms".
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BREAKING: Babcock has won the competition to build five Type 31e Frigates for the Royal Navy in Rosyth, Scotland.
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Just some British owned and operated F-35B jets on a British owned and operated aircraft carrier, enjoy!
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Russia's sole aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, set itself on fire while off the coast of Turkey a few years ago. The cause was later determined to be an electrical fault as a result of poor maintenance standards.
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Britain increases artillery shell production 'eight-fold' - Britain, having donated over 300,000 artillery rounds to Ukraine, is increasing its production capability of 155mm shells eight-fold. Click the image to read more.
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This is inaccurate, the Royal Air Force actually had greater lift capacity last year than it does today. In June last year, 15 C-130J transport aircraft were withdrawn from service, leaving the RAF with eight C-17A Globemaster and 22 Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft.
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Rt Hon Grant Shapps
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The @RoyalAirForce has greater lift capacity today than at any point since WW2. In fact our C17s can today take the payload of around 28 of the famed C47 Dakota’s that made such an impact on D-Day.
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The first-ever landing on a UK aircraft carrier by an autonomous fixed-wing aircraft has taken place. These trials pave the way for ultimately replacing traditional helicopters performing routine duties such as moving supplies around a task group.
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Please stop spreading misinformation about us and, more importantly, Ukraine. This is a serious situation @EmmaKennedy .
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Britain unveils new stealth fighter design - The three nations of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) – the UK, Italy, and Japan – have unveiled a new concept model of their next-generation combat aircraft.
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In case you missed it, Britain, Japan and Italy have merged the Tempest and the F-X next-generation fighter projects into what is now called the 'Global Combat Air Programme'.
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Britain estimates 450,000 Russian troops killed or wounded - Britain estimates that 450,000 Russian military personnel have been killed or wounded and over 10,000 Russian armoured vehicles have been destroyed in Ukraine. Click the image to read more.
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B-52s are expected to bomb a base containing Mi-17V-5s, BlackHawks and MD-530F helicopters as well as Cessna 208Bs, AC-208Bs & A-29B Super Tucano attack aircraft.
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Presenting... 🇬🇧HMS Queen Elizabeth 🇬🇧HMS Albion 🇬🇧HMS Lancaster 🇬🇧RFA Tidespring 🇬🇧RFA Mounts Bay 🇬🇧HMS Diamond 🇬🇧HMS Defender 🇺🇸USS Ross 🇺🇸USS Arleigh Burke 🇺🇸USS The Sullivans 🇺🇸USS Iwo Jima 🇺🇸USS San Antonio 🇫🇷FS Normandie 🇩🇰HDMS Esbern Snare 🇳🇴HNoMS Otto Sverdrup
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Queen Elizabeth passes Queen Elizabeth.
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Codenamed ‘Mojave’, the specially-modified aircraft has flown from HMS Prince of Wales. No drone of this size – nine metres long, with a wingspan of 17 metres – has ever flown from an aircraft carrier outside the US Navy before.
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Irish media has reported that a Russian submarine, positioned near cables on the approaches to Cork Harbour, was "chased off" by a British helicopter and warship because Ireland doesn't have the ability to do so itself.
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Presenting, a UK-led Carrier Strike Group centred around HMS Queen Elizabeth. You're looking at 9 ships, 26 aircraft and around 3000 personnel.
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For the first time ever in the modern era, the Royal Navy has no active supply ships and currently depends entirely on allies for the replenishment of stores, including ammunition, at sea. | @geoallison for @UKDefJournal
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Britain has aircraft carriers and aircraft for those aircraft carriers, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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C-17 aircraft are designed to carry around 100 paratroopers and their equipment but that didn't stop an American C-17 leaving Kabul tonight with 800 souls on-board. (H/T @Osinttechnical )
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In the early hours of the morning, a Voyager jet departed RAF Brize Norton for the Falkland Islands carrying 3,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
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F-35Bs are pictured here onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth, the aircraft on the right is conducting a vertical landing.
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Britain rebuilding ability to manufacture large-calibre guns - After a 20 year gap, the United Kingdom intends to regenerate the ability to build gun barrels of the type used by tanks and artillery. Click the image to read more.
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Just an image of some British jets on a British aircraft carrier with a British Destroyer escorting them. That's all, enjoy.
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Israeli F-15's over Auschwitz, a powerful image.
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An A400M, some flares and a nice clip.
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British transport aircraft are currently moving "light anti-armour" weapons into Ukraine in light of "increasingly threatening" behaviour from Russia.
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The Type 31 Frigate, it has been announced, will be fitted with anti-air, anti-surface, ballistic missile defence, and strike missiles.
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This is what the inside of an F-35 cockpit looks like, just in case any of you were wondering at all.
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F-117 Stealth Fighter, boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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Just an image of a British owned and operated jet on a British owned and operated aircraft carrier operating off the coast of Scotland, enjoy. 🇬🇧⚡ #CSG21
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"Hello, can we interest you in some rules-based international order?"
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If someone tells you that the UK has "aircraft carriers with no aircraft", show them this.
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BREAKING: HMS Albion is to be rechristened HMS Europa in a show of solidarity between the UK and the European Union.
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What do you think is the biggest challenge facing the British military today? Share your thoughts and ideas below! #BritishMilitaryChallenges
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HMS Queen Elizabeth alongside the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, if you're into that sort of thing. We made this because we're into that sort of thing.
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We think @HMSQNLZ would look dazzling in a bit of dazzle...
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Here's a video showing airstrikes conducted by Typhoon jets after Britain and the United States conducted air strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.
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British tanks have arrived in Poland, their aim is to deter Russian aggression and to fill in for tanks Poland has donated to Ukraine.
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British owned and operated F-35 jets on a British owned and operated aircraft carrier.
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Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln performs a high-speed turn in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Short Stirlings practice formation flying at a very low level.
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HMS Belfast, a Second World War cruiser turned museum ship, is to be reactivated this month and renamed after the current Prime Minister. The vessel will patrol the English Channel as part of efforts to increase Britain's global image.
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The hangar on the Charles De Gaulle is a tight fit...
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We think HMS Queen Elizabeth would look dazzling in a bit of dazzle...
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"To deter war, one needs to prepare and train for it, with sufficient mass to sustain a lengthy conflict. On that point alone, we must reverse the decision to cut the Army by 10,000."
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Just some British owned and operated F-35B jets on a British owned and operated aircraft carrier, enjoy!
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