The following is the July 18, 2023, U.K. Ministry of Defence white paper, Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world. Read More
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Ukraine, Russia Continue to Clash Over Control of Dnieper River
Dnieper River in 2016.
The Dnieper River continues to be a battleground in the Russo-Ukraine as Russia attempts to use small boats to keep its presence on islands, according to a U.K. intelligence released this week. Read More
U.K. Defence Equipment Plan 2022-2032
The following is the U.K. Ministry of Defence 2022 Defence Equipment Report released in November. Read More
U.K. Frigate Joins Norwegian Navy Ships Guarding North Sea Pipelines
HMS Somerset (F82)
A United Kingdom Royal Navy frigate is joining Norwegian forces operating in the North Sea protecting gas pipelines following last week’s rupture of two Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic, the U.K. Ministry of Defence announced on Monday. Read More
Defense Chief: U.K. Needs to Develop ‘Capability and Deterrence’ in the High North
HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) visits Western Scotland for the first time on March 20, 2021. Royal Navy Photo
Keeping the Atlantic open so European allies can remain in the loop with the United States and Canada during a crisis has “always been the case in NATO military strategy” and remains so today, the chief of the United Kingdom’s defense staff said Tuesday. Read More
DSEI: U.K. Crafting New Command and Control Regime as Royal Navy Grows
HMS Queen Elizabeth conducting a Replenishment At Sea with RFA Tideforce on Sept. 8, 2019. Royal Navy Photo
LONDON — The Royal Navy’s metamorphosis from a provider of lone warships to the world’s maritime hotspots into a service deploying carrier strike and amphibious task groups will be accompanied by an equally significant transformation in command and control (C2), according to the U.K.’s surface fleet commander. Read More
New U.K. Defense Plan: Britain Plans to Buy P-8 Poseidons, Commits to F-35 Procurement
A P-8A Poseidon aircraft departs Boeing Field in Seattle for Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. on Nov. 20, 2014. US Navy Photo
CORRECTION: A previous version of this post stated the incorrect number of planned Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy. The U.K. anticipates building eight of the new ship class, not five.
LONDON — Five years after a cash-strapped Great Britain retired the last of its Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 maritime patrol aircraft from frontline duty, Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday announced a belated replacement for the vital capability—in the shape of nine Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft. Read More
Video: U.K. Reveals New Type 26 Frigate Design
An artist’s conception of BAE System’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship. BAE Image
The Royal Navy revealed more information about the design and capabilities of its new Global Combat Ship Type 26 frigate at the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition in London. Read More
