In November 1940, the British Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm executed a surprise attack on the Italian naval base at Taranto, reshaping naval warfare... The raid on Taranto would go on to inspire the ...
The question from the Prime Minister was blunt and emphatic, and so was the answer from the First Sea Lord. “How long would ...
The Royal Navy is unwilling to send warships to the Middle East because the threat posed by Iran means the situation is “too fluid”.
Nov. 24 (UPI) --A series of Russian spy ships have been trailed by the British military over the last week near its shores in the English Channel. The British Royal Navy intercepted two Russian ...
A British Royal Navy warship and helicopter have completed a focused 48-hour operation to monitor the activity of Russian ...
The Royal Navy’s mission to intercept Iranian drone threats has stalled in port because the Portsmouth repair yard now operates on a “nine-to-five” schedule. The high-stakes mission to protect a ...
The defence of British interests in the Middle East, and specifically the defence of the RAF’s Akrotiri base on Cyprus, has become a hot issue in recent days. This has resulted from a successful ...
A former British Royal Navy chief deemed the U.K. “no longer capable” of managing a nuclear submarine program. Retired Rear Adm. Philip Mathias said the country is failing to build the submarines ...
In the last month of last year, the British Ministry of Defense (MOD) introduced the world to the Atlantic Bastion program, which, in a nutshell, is an effort meant to counter increased Russian naval ...
The interception happened after an incident on Nov. 19, when a Russian spy ship, Yantar, was reported near the coast of Scotland and was seen using laser equipment to disrupt Royal Air Force pilots ...
Britain's Ministry of Defence wants a counter-drone system designed, contracted, and delivered within weeks Britain's Royal Navy is urgently seeking a ship-based counter-drone system and recent world ...
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The US Navy Has Shrunk, but the Royal Navy Has Nearly Disappeared

The Royal Navy—once the pride of the United Kingdom—has shrunk to around two dozen warships, insufficient to project power in any meaningful sense.