UK Defence Minister Jeremy Quin announced today that a contract worth £550 million ($750 million) has been signed with MBDA for the demonstration and manufacture of SPEAR miniature cruise missiles,… Continue reading "UK Signs £550 Million Contract For F-35 SPEAR Missiles Day After Declaring F-35 Maritime IOC"
In October, one of the Royal Navy’s carriers, HMS Prince of Wales suffered a significant flood in its engine room. The damage to the engine spaces left equipment and electronic… Continue reading "Repairs to Flood Damaged HMS Prince of Wales to Cost $4.5 Million"
Late on Wednesday, 18 November, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new £16.5 billion funding package for the Ministry of Defence. The move comes at a time… Continue reading "UK Announces Massive Military Spending Boost"
Reminding readers that the views of the authors do not always necessarily represent the official US government position at the beginning of each publication, the US Army’s War College’s Strategic… Continue reading "US Publishes New Assessment of Allied Military Capabilities"
While operating in the Arabian Gulf Area, British Royal Marines based on HMS Montrose boarded an unidentified vessel by speedboat. Their discovery: 450kg of Crystal Meth valued at nearly £100… Continue reading "Royal Marines Seize £100 Milion Worth of Drugs in Raid"
The Nave Andromeda, a Greek owned, Liberian-flagged, oil tanker under sail from Lagos, Nigeria, was last night the subject of a dramatic UK Special Boat Service (SBS) opposed boarding operation… Continue reading "Special Boat Service Seize ‘Hijacked’ Tanker in UK Waters"
BAE Systems Bofors has been contracted to produce and deliver Bofors 40mm Mk4 and Bofors 57mm Mk3 naval guns for the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Type 31 general purpose frigate… Continue reading "Royal Navy Selects BAE Bofors 57mm Gun For New Type 31 Frigates"
HMS Queen Elizabeth embarked her carrier air group yesterday, ahead of her participation in NATO exercises in the North Sea. She departed her home port of Portsmouth on 21 September,… Continue reading "HMS Queen Elizabeth Sets Sail With Largest Fifth Generation Air Group To Date"
The Royal Navy has just conducted firing trials against one of its own warships to test new upgrades it is fielding to the service’s Spearfish torpedo. In service since the… Continue reading "Upgraded Spearfish Torpedo Undergoes Trials Against Royal Navy Warship"
According to the UK Ministry of Defence, the Future Commando Force concept for the Royal Marine Commandos continues to gather pace as Marines test new ways of warfighting in Dorset.… Continue reading "Royal Marines Future Commando Force Update"