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UK’s Final Poseidon MRA Mk1 MPA delivered to Royal Air Force
The ninth and final Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft – ZP809 – has been delivered to RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland.
14 January 2022
The ninth and final Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft – ZP809 – has been delivered to RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland.
2021 has been a fruitful year for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy). At least eight Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG), two amphibious assault ships (LHD) and one nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) joined the PLAN fleet,
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) FREMM Frigates FS Provence and FS Languedoc won the U.S. Navy’s “Hook’em” award. This is the third time (and the second year in a row) that the U.S. 6th Fleet awards the price to French units for their ability to find and track submarines.
More countries are turning to nuclear-powered submarines. The Royal Australian Navy began the AUKUS program this year. And the Brazilian Navy signed off construction of
The Defence Committee of the House of Commons (the UK parliament) published its latest report on the Royal Navy. The name of the report, “We’re going to need a bigger Navy”, is self explanatory.
HMS Queen Elizabeth returned home to Portsmouth 9 December after her maiden operational deployment which took the nation’s flagship to the Indo-Pacific and back.
While Russia is already pumping out its latest Borei-II class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), the equivalent boats in service with the US Navy and Royal
The Royal Norwegian Navy’s annual exercise FLOTEX 21 is underway. It started on 15 November and will take place in the areas of Vågsfjorden, Andfjorden and the sea area off Andøya (Northern Norway) until 3 December.
One of Britain’s biggest warships was towed through the Channel to help the French test the power of a new specialist ship.
The adage that stealth is a submarine’s main defense is true today and tomorrow. Speed, depth and countermeasures can all help a submarine escape, but
