The presence of the F-35-equipped UK Carrier Strike Group in Naples underlines deep British-Italian defense ties. Complex joint exercises during the deployment have further enhanced the ...
British naval operations are changing as the number of deployments to a critical region have decreased. The number of ships called to the Middle East has fallen steadily over the past ten years. This ...
The UK has dispatched four more Typhoon FGR4s, two Wildcat HMA2s, and a Merlin HM2 ASaC towards the Middle East to strengthen defences as U.S. strategic bombers begin to use UK bases for operations ...
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The US Navy Has Shrunk, but the Royal Navy Has Nearly Disappeared

The Royal Navy—once the pride of the United Kingdom—has shrunk to around two dozen warships, insufficient to project power in any meaningful sense.
The Royal Navy’s warship RFA Lyme Bay has been seen today (Mar 10) being prepared for a possible deployment to the Middle East for a humanitarian evacuation mission. The vessel has been in Gibraltar ...
After a mammoth voyage travelling as far as Australia and Japan, HMS Prince of Wales and its carrier strike group have safely returned home to the UK. Their arrival home after eight months completes ...
Worries about Royal Navy personnel being sent to conflict zones in the Middle East will be heightened for their families, a charity boss has said. HMS Dragon left its dock in Portsmouth on Tuesday ...
The government has been criticised for the amount of time it took for a Royal Navy destroyer to be deployed to Cyprus - days ...