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Watch: Royal Marine Commandos board the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker SMYRTOS in the Channel, in the first UK-led operation of its kind, backed by HMS Sutherland, HMS Ledbury and an RAF P-8. The vessel is now held off the south coast as investigations continue.
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Royal Marine Commandos and the National Crime Agency have boarded a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker, the SMYRTOS, in the Channel, the first UK-led operation of its kind, backed by HMS Sutherland, HMS Ledbury and a P-8. The ship is now held off the south coast.
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- on Tues MOD warned No 10 settlement was too low
'the deal was so bad they didn't know how to present it'
- late night Weds, Healey threatened to quit
- No 10 political team told him on Thurs morn PM wouldn't budge, so he walked
- Starmer ally “perplexed” “No one around the Cabinet table has done more to sort defence spending than Keir
- but probs on defence cash have been long in the making - are the dominoes starting to fall? More here..
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More people are now joining the armed forces than leaving for the first time in years but the Ministry of Defence does not know whether its own measures drove the improvement or whether it can be sustained. Click image for more.
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Kemi Badenoch has written to Keir Starmer offering Conservative votes to cut the welfare bill and redirect the savings to defence, telling the Prime Minister it is time to "get serious" after the resignations of John Healey and Al Carns.
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The Ministry of Defence has launched a tender for a rapidly deployable air raid warning siren system to supplement the existing sirens at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Click image for more.
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Britain's new Defence Secretary is a former Para who commanded troops and resigned his commission to enter politics. Who is Dan Jarvis, and what's in his in-tray? Click image for more.
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The conflict in Iran has changed the delivery schedules of some US-manufactured munitions destined for the British armed forces, the Ministry of Defence has told Parliament. Click image for more.
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The #Defence Investment Plan is crucial in laying out exactly what will be funded, when and with what trade-offs.
It should be announced in #Parliament to enable proper scrutiny, and contain all the detail that MPs, British taxpayers and industry expect from an investment #plan.
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Royal Marine Commandos and National Crime Agency officers have boarded a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel. Click image for more.
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Leader of the @Conservatives @KemiBadenoch has written to @Keir_Starmer offering Conservative votes to cut the welfare bill and redirect the savings to defence, telling the Prime Minister it is time to "get serious".
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🚢 Undaunted... we return!
After a period alongside at @HMNBPortsmouth for essential maintenance, HMS Dauntless is back at sea, regaining her baseline capability and lethality.
⚡🇬🇧 @RoyalNavy @BAES_Maritime
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte the UK will still publish its Defence Investment Plan ahead of next month's summit. Click image for more.
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HMS Stirling Castle has been formally commissioned into the Royal Navy on the Firth of Forth, marking the operational start of Britain's unique minehunting mothership, which carries autonomous and remotely operated systems to hunt mines in place of
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HMS Prince of Wales and her carrier group joined NATO's Dynamic Mongoose anti-submarine exercise off Norway, with the UK fielding the largest national contribution as nine nations hunted German, Portuguese and Dutch submarines across two weeks in the
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Sweden's Quick Reaction Alert scrambled JAS 39 Gripen fighters twice on Friday to intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Air Force has said, after detecting a Russian Su-24 and a Su-34 near Swedish airspace.
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Ferguson Marine has completed the first official engine start on Glen Rosa, the CalMac ferry being built at Port Glasgow. Click image for more.
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Unite has called for guarantees that shipbuilding and repair work will stay in the UK after Balaena's acquisition of the parent of Cammell Laird and A&P, with general secretary Sharon Graham saying the deal shows "the absurdity" of sending such work
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3 Commando Brigade is to be officially known as the UK Commando Force, the King has announced.
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