Royal Navy
Jeremy Corbyn’s call for ‘peace’ plays into the hands of anti-western dictators | Letter
Letter: To support arms for Ukraine and defending Red Sea shipping is part of Labour’s anti-fascist tradition, writes Paul Mason
25, Apr, 2024 @5:31 PM
UK’s ever more expensive nuclear submarines will torpedo spending plans for years to come
Whoever wins the next election, a reckoning is overdue on the costs of Britain’s nuclear deterrent
Jasper Jolly and Alex Lawson
31, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM
British army ends century-old ban to allow troops to grow beards
Policy change stipulates ‘no patchy or uneven growth’ and allows length of up to 25.5mm
Emily Dugan
29, Mar, 2024 @12:07 PM
Abused, raped, ignored: how ‘invisible’ female British military veterans are fighting back
After years of being dismissed when reporting high levels of sexual violence in the UK armed forces, women’s voices are set to be heard
Yvonne Roberts
02, Mar, 2024 @1:26 PM
Why is HMS Prince of Wales replacing HMS Queen Elizabeth on Nato mission?
Warships periodically suffer from mechanical issues, although the UK’s two new aircraft carriers seem to be particularly unfortunate
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
05, Feb, 2024 @5:49 PM
What did the navy do for me? Everything | Letters
Today’s young people may resist joining up but my naval experience set me up for life
04, Feb, 2024 @6:00 AM
Navy to get nearly £2bn of AI and virtual tech to keep warships at sea
Grant Shapps announces 15-year contract for UK arm of defence and aerospace specialist Thales
Alex Lawson
02, Feb, 2024 @5:00 PM
Morality and reality: the key problems facing UK military recruiters
Calls to prepare for war butt up against record on recent conflicts, pay and conditions, and changing youth culture
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
26, Jan, 2024 @4:33 PM
Royal Navy warships crashed into each other ‘due to faulty rewiring’
Wiring error meant HMS Chiddingfold went backwards when set to go forward and hit HMS Bangor in Bahrain, say sources
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
21, Jan, 2024 @4:04 PM
Venezuela mounts military exercises as UK sends warship to support Guyana
Nicolás Maduro orders ‘defensive’ manoeuvres as British Navy deploys vessel in territorial dispute
Staff and agencies in Caracas
28, Dec, 2023 @7:52 PM
‘It was a hunting ground’: women and sexual assault in the UK armed forces
Two years on from the government response to an inquiry into women’s lives in the forces, those who serve still face a culture of violent misogyny
Yvonne Roberts
24, Dec, 2023 @7:00 AM
British troops could deploy to Ukraine for first time to train soldiers, says Grant Shapps
Defence secretary says proposal being discussed would reduce reliance on UK and other Nato members’ bases
Nadeem Badshah
30, Sep, 2023 @9:34 PM
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