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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 French Navy is assessing how to prepare its strategic thinking and operational outputs across the short, medium, and longer terms, as it responds to major shifts in the threat landscape, ...
As the current Iran conflict enters its 11th day, with US and Israeli forces maintaining a high tempo of operations, international responses are evolving. Most notably for this former naval officer ...
When Commander Barbara Woodruff enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy in September 1984, Advance Australia Fair had just become the official national ...
Rear Admiral Alfred Ayebaemi Sam-Sele was not merely an officer; he was a steady compass in uniform, a natural sailor, a gentleman ...
EXCLUSIVE: The Argentines have not given up on claiming sovereignty over the archipelago, which is a British overseas ...
HMAS Leeuwin is taking on a new role, leading six Pacific nations' Guardian-class patrol boats as a task unit while they transit the 1300 nautical ...
Iran’s escalating conflict and Gulf energy strikes are tightening global oil flows and raising fears that supply shocks could push prices toward $200 a barrel.
A Ministry of Defence contract that limits shipyard resupply work to standard weekday business hours was cited in reporting ...
The killer, who stabbed 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar and grandfather Ian Coates, 65, ...
The Ministry of Defence is weighing up options as Tehran continues to block the Strait of Hormuz, stemming the flow from the ...