The Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, Luke Pollard, has confirmed that the Defence Investment Plan retires two more Type 23 frigates, part of a phased withdrawal of the ageing class running up to 2033 as new ships come into service.

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The Defence Investment Plan commits the UK to building up to twelve next-generation SSN-AUKUS attack submarines, the same boats Australia will build, with steel to be cut on the first at Barrow next year.

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The UK has committed to three floating docks under Programme EUSTON, one more than previously planned, easing the out-of-water maintenance shortage behind the submarine availability crisis.

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The Defence Investment Plan confirms funding to bring the Type 31 frigates into service and arm them with Mk 41 launchers and Norway’s Naval Strike Missile, plus new gun ammunition to defeat drones and surface threats.

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Britain is to build a fleet of warships designed to command uncrewed systems across the air, surface and subsurface, planning at least six new Common Combat Vessels to replace the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers.

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The Royal Navy’s planned Type 83 destroyer has been dropped in favour of six new Common Combat Vessels built to coordinate drones, under the government’s long-delayed Defence Investment Plan, the Sunday Times was first to report.

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Britain is planning new larger Amphibious Transport Ships to support Commando operations, aiming to create a new combined fleet with the Netherlands.

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UK armed forces are now under half their 1980s size, according to the SNP. Westminster leader Dave Doogan says “Westminster is putting Scotland’s safety at risk”.

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The difficulty in keeping Britain’s hunter-killer submarines available for operations has once more left the Royal Navy without a single attack boat at sea, according to open-source tracking.

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