The UK Royal Navy has confirmed that a new type of laser weapon under development will be installed on one of the service’s warships in 2027. The DragonFire laser weapon will be added to the Royal Navy’s array of air defence weaponry, which includes the Sea Viper and Sea Ceptor missile systems that...
The Australian government has selected UK defence firm BAE Systems and South Australia-based shipbuilder ASC for the construction of Australia’s new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines as part of the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the United States, the UK, and Australia. Under the AUKUS...
The Royal Navy has launched an investigation into a fire incident that occurred aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth while it was moored at a naval base in Scotland earlier this month. The incident occurred at around 23:50 local time on March 8 while the carrier was tied alongside an...
Both the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the current attacks on shipping in the Red Sea are graphically illustrating the efficacy of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) in the maritime domain. UAVs offer economical, high-endurance search, surveillance, and attack capabilities. Therefore, their use by naval...
The greatest maritime security problem currently facing the world is the campaign of attacks on merchant shipping in the Red Sea and its environs by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The campaign is adding costs and is delaying too many ships’ voyages, as they now often have taken a much longer route around...
The U.S. Navy and the U.K. Royal Navy have shot down a barrage of Houthi missile and drone attacks launched towards international shipping lanes in the Red Sea by Houthis this morning,
Following the Houthi missile onslaught, U.S. Central Command released the following statement:
HMS DIAMOND, along with US warships, has repelled the largest attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis in the Red Sea to date.
Destroying multiple attack drones with her guns and sea viper missiles. pic.twitter.com/kFjFKj6...
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Ships and aircraft of the US-led international military coalition formed to safeguard commercial shipping in the Red Sea have successfully intercepted a complex attack from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen towards international shipping lanes where dozens of merchant vessels were transiting. The attack against southern Red Sea shipping by Iranian-designed, one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), […]
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The Turkish government has prohibited the intended passage of two ex-UK Royal Navy mine countermeasures vessels to Ukraine via the Turkish straits of the Black Sea. According to a statement issued by the country’s Directorate of Communications on Tuesday, January 2, the government has closed the...
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has criticised a recent decision by the UK government to deploy a warship in the waters off Guyana. Speaking via a state television broadcast on Thursday, December 28, Mr Maduro claimed that the British vessel’s deployment is a breach of the “spirit of dialogue,...
The Department of Underwater and Submarine Archaeological Research (Département des recherches archéologiques subaquatiques et sous-marines; DRASSM) of the French Ministry of Culture has surveyed 30 wrecks sunk during the rescue of 338,000 Allied soldiers from Dunkirk early in the Second World War. The survey, which was done in partnership with preservation group Historic England, shows […]
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