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Industry warn UK lags China’s pace in submarine building
During a Defence Committee hearing, Fred Thomas MP highlighted that Beijing launched "four submarines last year" and could build "as many as 80 boats over the next decade".
How Royal Navy periscopes are changing at Thales
"Gone are the days of the hole-penetrating optical periscope."
UK submarine chiefs warn AUKUS risks delays without pace
Giving evidence to the Defence Committee, senior representatives from BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and Babcock described the first phase of AUKUS as both promising and complex.
LAND NEWS
Work on NATO interoperability roadmap continues
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that work is under way to deliver a national roadmap for deeper interoperability with NATO allies.
Grangemouth workers to get priority for new green jobs
Workers made redundant after the closure of the Grangemouth refinery will be given priority for new roles created through the Scottish Government’s £25 million Just Transition Fund, First Minister John Swinney announced on Wednesday.
Zarah Sultana’s NATO stance doesn’t add up
Zarah Sultana’s call for Britain to quit NATO while Ukraine fights for survival isn’t radical or brave, it’s incoherent and shows a complete failure to grasp how deterrence and reality work.
AVIATION NEWS
MPs warn F-35 jet faces critical gaps and rising costs
MPs warn that despite its cutting-edge technology, Britain’s F-35 fighter programme is being undermined by delays, staffing shortfalls, and spiralling costs that threaten its long-term effectiveness.
F-18 scores ‘gun kill’ against F-35 jet from British carrier
A photograph shows a US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet appearing to score a 'simulated gun kill' on a British F-35B Lightning operating from HMS Prince of Wales during training over the Pacific.
NATO downs unidentified drone over Estonia
NATO personnel stationed in southern Estonia have shot down an unidentified drone near Camp Reedo, a military base hosting US forces less than 30 miles from the Russian border.
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