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Rise of military lasers in 2025: How directed weapons reshaped defense plans

Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology ...
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Royal Navy: "Secret weapon" being developed to hunt Russian submarines and protect British waters, report says

A “secret weapon” is being developed which the Royal Navy can use to deal with Russian submarines. AI sensory technology that was originally used to track whales is set to be installed on underwater ...
The Aviationist

Royal Navy Proves Martlet Air-to-Air Capability in New Live-Fire Exercise

A Royal Navy Wildcat of 815 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) has successfully and independently shot down a Banshee target drone using the Martlet missile in the air-to-air role. Taking place at the Manorbier ...
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Why can’t the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers work?

Key Points and Summary – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers restored fixed-wing sea power in 2017–2019, built around ...
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MBDA signs £316M deal to supply UK's Royal Navy with laser weapons

The first UK-developed “DragonFire” laser weapon systems will start to arrive on Royal Navy ships in 2027, under a £316 million contract between missile firm MBDA Systems and the UK government. News ...
The Aviationist

A Brief History of Nuclear Weapons in the Royal Air Force

Following the announcement that the Royal Air Force is regaining nuclear weapons, we explore the service’s history using nukes, explaining why they were originally abandoned in 1998. For 43 years, the ...
TASS

Guardian reports leak of radioactive water from Britain's nuclear weapons storage facility

The incident occurred at the Royal Navy weapons depot in Coulport, where nuclear warheads for four Vanguard-class submarines carrying American Trident II ballistic missiles are stored LONDON, August 9 ...