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No, The F-35B Does Not Use Afterburner In Vertical Landing Mode
An F-35B stealth fighter conducting vertical or rolling vertical landings on a warship’s deck at night is a sight to behold. Perhaps the most dramatic aspect of this audio-visual spectacle is the...
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Royal Navy Forced To Retire Frigates Due To Personnel Shortages: Report
The U.K. Royal Navy is so short on sailors that it is reportedly having to decommission two Type 23 class frigates in order to staff its new class of frigates. If this comes to pass, it would reduce...
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This Is BAE Systems’ Reworked, Stealthier Uncrewed Combat Aircraft Concept
BAE Systems has unveiled a new design configuration for its “Concept 2” uncrewed aircraft, which was first revealed in 2022. The platform forms part of the company’s vision for integrating uncrewed...
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HMS Diamond Sports Kill Markings As It Pulls Into Gibraltar
HMS Diamond, which had been on station near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait for months as the Houthis in Yemen attacked shipping moving through the region repeatedly, is now sporting kill marks from its time...
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Royal Navy Carrier Sails For NATO Exercise Amid Readiness Concerns
The U.K. Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is headed to Norway to lead an international task group in one of the largest NATO exercises since the end of the Cold...
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Royal Navy Trident Ballistic Missile Fails Test Launch For Second Time In A Row
The U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) has moved to provide reassurances after the failure of the Royal Navy’s latest Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test. However, this is now the...
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British Destroyer Rearming In Gibraltar, Heading Back To Red Sea
HMS Diamond, the Type 45 destroyer that shot down multiple Houthi drones while spending months on patrol around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, has been reloaded with surface-to-air missiles and is...
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Another Burning Cargo Ship Abandoned After Houthi Missile Attack (Updated)
The Barbados-flagged cargo ship True Confidence is adrift and reportedly on fire after being abandoned following a missile attack by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi militants in the Gulf of Aden....
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Red Sea Turkey Shoot: Allied Warships Down Dozens Of Drones Within Hours
Even after weeks of opportunistic strikes against time-sensitive Houthi targets — usually in the form of missiles and drones being prepared for launch — the group fired 28 drones at targets around the...
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How The U.K. Will Test Its New Nuclear Warhead Without Setting One Off
The U.K. Ministry of Defense has shared details about how it plans to make sure its future A21 nuclear warhead works as intended without actually detonating one. Though this kind of testing is not new...
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