There has been considerable debate over the prospect of deploying the UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to the Indo-Pacific region in 2025. Here we look at the outline programme for the deployment and consider the case for and against a change of plan. More
Fleet Air Arm aviators are exercising with RN P2000 boats and the Norwegian Navy in the fjords around Bergen as they prepare for the flagship maritime deployment of 2025.
The government’s pledge to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 is being touted as a decisive move to strengthen UK military capability. However, the reality behind the headlines is far murkier.
In this article, we refute some of the arguments frequently presented by those campaigning for the UK to abandon its nuclear deterrent.
In this article, we consider in more detail the implications following the revelation that an RN submarine deliberately surfaced close to the Russian spy ship Yantar in November 2024.
The 2025 SDR is likely to give much-increased weight to UK mainland defence. The RN has a critical part to play in this defence, in some ways a return to its historical roots but also adapting to new threats and meeting the exponential growth in seabed warfare challenges.
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In this article, we consider the growing challenges for NATO in countering a series of attacks on pipelines and cables in the Baltic Sea and the dangers posed by merchant ships of the Russian ‘shadow fleet’.
Until recently, the RN maintained a meaningful force of at least 6 ships based in Bahrain. For a variety of reasons, this force may soon just comprise of two ships.
The threat of war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, in addition to the ongoing struggle in the Red Sea, is testing the ability of the US and its allies to respond. Here we look at naval dispositions in the region.