The United Kingdom should assume primary strategic leadership over Euro-Atlantic security as the United States rebalances its resources toward the Indo-Pacific, according to a new report by the Council on Geostrategy.

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The Royal Navy’s sixth Astute class attack submarine, HMS Agamemnon, is in the final stages of commissioning and is expected to depart Barrow-in-Furness to begin sea trials by the end of 2026.

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Only around GBP 1 million has been spent on platform-specific design work for the Royal Navy’s planned Type 83 destroyer over the past three financial years.

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Babcock has set out an expanding international maritime portfolio anchored by its Arrowhead 140 frigate design and submarine support work.

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HMS Sutherland has successfully fired her 4.5-inch Mk8 main gun during capability trials at sea, a milestone in the Type 23 frigate’s regeneration.

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Programme Euston will be one of the most significant and sustained government investments in Scotland over the coming decades, the MoD has said.

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US Marines have carried out a live-fire drill defending the USS Portland in the South China Sea, as the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group operates in contested Indo-Pacific waters.

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F-35B stealth jets have embarked on HMS Prince of Wales as the carrier conducts NATO’s Arctic Sentry vigilance in the North Atlantic, alongside HMS Duncan and RFA Tidespring.

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Ferguson Marine has moved the dual-fuel ferry MV Glen Rosa into its second dry dock at Greenock for hull inspections, remedial work and painting, in what it calls a major step towards delivering the CalMac vessel by the final quarter of 2026.

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The retired British couple whose yacht had warning shots fired near it by a Russian frigate in the Channel have rejected Moscow’s claim they were on a “dangerous course”, telling BBC Newsnight the Russian account is “simply not true”.

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