A ‘technology shift’ in the Royal Navy is under the microscope due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Keen-eyed Royal Navy personnel are unlikely to be deployed to one of Iran’s major conflict areas due to a lack of resources, a defence expert has said.

The Royal Navy did not make a formal offer earlier this year to deploy a Type 45 destroyer before HMS Dragon was eventually sent to the eastern Mediterranean, the Ministry of Defence has claimed.

The Philippine Navy (PN) ramped up its maritime diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific region as it deployed Naval Task Group (NTG) 80.6 aboard the BRP Diego ...

In the 2024/25 financial year, Britain spent £60.2 billion on defence — approximately $82 billion at current exchange rates — representing 2.3 per cent of GDP. For much of the post-Cold War era, this ...

The massive deployment of warships comes as some Middle Eastern nations are expected to reevaluate their alliances in a ...

According to the Royal Navy website the Stonehouse-based Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) along with the Shore Reconnaissance Troop (SRT) and 148 Commando Forward Observation Battery are ...

Britain is exploring additional options for deployments to the Gulf after Iran stepped up attacks on ​vessels, defence ...

A BRIT Special Forces base in Iraq was hit by a barrage of drones last night as top UK generals confirmed that Russia was “definitely” helping Iran. American troops suffered casualties but no ...

Britain’s last Royal Navy vessel in the Middle East was sent home weeks before the outbreak of war against Iran. HMS Middleton was dispatched from Bahrain in late January, some seven weeks before the ...

The Hunt class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV) returned to the home of the Royal Navy on March 8 after being brought back from the Gulf by a heavy-lift ship.

Type 45 Destroyer HMS Dragon is well underway to join the Middle East war - and it bristles with weaponry and state-of-the-art defence systems to smash incoming Iranian missiles and drones ...