Tag: UK Royal Navy
UK Defence Command Paper underlines Royal Navy role in linking Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific
The UK Royal Navy (RN) will play a significant role in linking the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific theatres. This role has been illustrated clearly in...
Full spectrum: maritime domain plays significant role across war in Ukraine
The Russia-Ukraine war can appear at first glance to be a land-centric conflict. Focus has fallen largely on two armies engaged at close quarters...
UK MoD contracts SEA for continued Royal Navy surface ship combat system support
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded defence mission solutions company SEA a five-year contract to provide in-service combat system support, focused on...
Multi-Mission Platforms: Armada’s Top 10 Destroyers and Frigates
New generations of destroyers and frigates are continuing to bring an increase in capability, and an increase in contribution across the battlespace.
As state-on-state strategic...
Joint Viking reinforces deterrence for Norway and NATO’s northern flank
Norway has kicked off ‘Joint Viking 2023’, a multinational exercise designed to demonstrate the defence of Norway and of NATO’s northern flank.
Running between 6...
Royal Navy’s fifth Astute-class submarine readies for sea trials
HMS Anson, the latest UK Royal Navy (RN) Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) to enter service, arrived at its home port at HM Naval...
‘Channel Committee’ naval chiefs focus on seabed security threat
London - In its most recent annual meeting, the ‘Channel Committee’ (CHANCOM) naval chiefs forum addressed the risk to seabed critical national infrastructure in...
EDITOR’S BUNKER BRIEFING (30 January 2023, No.83)
CAVALRY ON THE HORIZON, BUT WITH MANY DIFFERENT HORSES
Dear Readers,
Welcome to the first Bunker Briefing of 2023.
Expert observers of the war in Ukraine expect...
Type 26 Frigate Promises Naval Interchangeability
Three navies are looking expectantly ahead at the advantages of the trilateral Type 26 frigate programme.
The United Kingdom’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme...
Trust between Western naval partners gives asymmetric advantage over adversaries, says CNO
London - Navies with close partnerships between them – like the French Navy, the UK Royal Navy (RN), and the US Navy (USN) –...
