.@HMSDiamond ships' company in action shooting down a Houthi ballistic missile yesterday morning.

The CO, Cdr Evans and SLt James look at the smoke trail in the sky.

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Today Greek 🇬🇷Frigate HS Hydra, while providing protection to a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden, engaged 2 Houthi attack drones, shooting down one, while the other changed course.

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Littoral Response Group (South) RFA Argus and RFA LYME BAY participate in Maritime Partnership Exercise with 🇮🇳Indian frigate INS Sahyadri.

Practising tactical manoeuvres, boarding ops, surface engagement against simulated asymmetric threats, cross-deck visits & cross-deck helo

BREAKING:

HMS Diamond makes first Sea Viper anti-ballistic missile kill in action in the Red Sea

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CENTCOM reports unnamed coalition warship successfully engaged one anti-ship ballistic missile launched by Houthis over the Gulf of Aden last night.

4 airborne UAVs also destroyed by coalition forces over Yemen.

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80 Squadron stood up in 🇺🇸US. Joint 🇬🇧RN, RAF and 🇦🇺RAAF unit

Known as the Australia, Canada & UK Reprogramming Laboratory (ACURL) the unit will develop electronic warfare capabilities, software and data enabled-weapons systems for the F-35

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.QinetiQ Group achieves UK’s first jet-to-autonomous jet teaming between aircraft and modified Banshee Jet 80 drone.

Airborne Command and Control for Swarm Interoperable Missions (ACCSIOM) technology allows UAVs to communicate with crewed aircraft using same messaging format as NATO

Spot on. Any 'new' funding for defence must prioritise recruitment, and above all retention, of Armed Forces personnel.

That means:
✅Significant pay rises
✅Further retention bonuses
✅Improve pension offer
✅Investment in accommodation (and reforming its management)
✅Reform

MoD RoRo AW Ship Management MV Hartland Point inbound to Devonport this morning - passing 🇳🇱HNLMS De Ruyter at anchor.

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More details emerge about 🇹🇷Turkey's plan to build 60,000 tonne STOBAR aircraft carrier.

CODAG propulsion, Ski ramp capable of operating 50 aircraft, including Hurjet (small jet) and Anka-3 & Kızılelma (UCAVs) and Bayraktar TB3 (MALE).

H/t Tugay Er

Golden hour...

RFA Proteus at anchor in Plymouth Sound yesterday evening

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Defence Minister James Cartlidge MP 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 refuses to confirm if HMS Westminster and HMS Argyll will ever go back to sea Luke Pollard MP

'I am committed to looking at the future of the Surface Fleet in the round and making tough but necessary decisions to ensure this transition is a success.'

.RFA Proteus outbound from Devonport this evening with HMS St Albans at anchor in Plymouth Sound and HMS Cattistock south of the Breakwater.

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.Babcock International awarded contract to manage the Type 23 class frigate Refit Support Group so the company takes end-to-end responsibility for vessel upkeep and regeneration - releasing RN personnel.

This model already used to deliver HMS St Albans to sea three months ahead of

We've been busy working with our partners from Ministry of Fisheries, Fiji, Republic of Fiji Navy and Royal NZ Navy to help counter Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing 🐟

Having boarded more than 20 vessels since beginning this type of tasking, our presence is already widely felt in the area 🇬🇧 🇫🇯 🇳🇿