The UK will become the first European nation to operate a Maritime Ballistic Missile Defence capability that can detect and destroy Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles. Type 45 Destroyers to receive significant upgrade as the UK to become the first European nation to operate...
The Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers will receive a £500 million upgrade to enhance their firepower capability. Supporting over 100 highly-skilled jobs in Bristol, Stevenage, Gosport and Bolton, the two contracts will develop the cutting-edge air defence systems of the...
Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender will join the Royal Navy’s efforts to support the safe passage of shipping in the Middle East… The Government confirmed earlier this month that the Royal Navy has been tasked to accompany British-flagged ships through the Strait of...
In a burst of fire and smoke, Royal Navy warship HMS Defender has tested her world-beating missile system off the west coast of Scotland… Blasting from the Type 45 destroyer’s silo, the missile flew four times the speed of sound before obliterating an incoming drone...
Sharing the same patron Saint as the city of Beirut, Saint George, Her Majesty’s Ship HMS DRAGON, one of the world’s most advanced warships, docked in Beirut port for three days… This is her first visit to Lebanon on her way back to the UK after a seven-month...