Royal Navy

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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‘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

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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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