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Here for Ukraine 1st Love Tea Main Bastard Arsenal fan Green Energy And kind of interested in aircraft, ships, and things that go Bang.
Leys hope for some common sense, use our own suppliers and no selling UK space industry out and sending our jobs in Stevenage out news.sky.com/story/pm-rev...
PM reviewing decision to give UK military satellite system contract to US firm
Four industry sources said the PM is reviewing a decision - thought to have been taken by the Ministry of Defence - to award the £2.4bn Skynet contract to a US defence firm.
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UK has stated that it retains design authority for the SSN-AUKUS submarine, despite extensive US industrial and technical support Good clarification 👍 www.naval-technology.com/news/uk-says...
UK says it retains SSN-AUKUS design authority, despite US aid
The UK has said it retains design authority for the future SSN-AUKUS submarines, despite significant US assistance across multiple areas.
naval-technology.com
View from the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth Her sister ship HMS Valiant in the centre-right and the French Battleship Richelieu, right
While Washington talks of “meaningful progress”, Ukraine is still fighting a war. Ukrainian drones reportedly set fire to Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery overnight. It’s one of Russia’s largest, capable of processing 15 million tonnes of crude a year. 🇺🇦
2/2 The 2,580 dead or dying Russians in the last 24 hours is the second highest daily total. Now, all the top 9 days of Russian losses have come in the last 3 weeks and the Top 7 days all in November. The daily mean this month is 2,391 and already almost 24,000 casualties.
Germany must be able to move 800,000 allied soldiers from its western to its eastern borders within 30 days ukdefencejournal.org.uk/germany-must...
Germany must get allied troops east within a month
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“The new package of measures includes hitting oil company Slavneft with penalties, alongside 11 ships illicitly transporting oil. Downing Street added that the UK is now the first country to sanction ALL of Moscow’s 10 major oil producers” www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Andy Burnham slaps 'stinging' sanctions on Russia to starve Putin's war machine
The UK government said the new package of sanctions includes hitting Russian oil company Slavneft with penalties, alongside 11 shadow fleet ships illicitly transporting oil
mirror.co.uk
Taiwan's Navy plans to spend a new drone base at the Hongchailin military base in Yilan County, the defense ministry said in a budget report. Construction would begin next year and finish in 2030. The base would include a runway, a large operations apron and a drone assembly and testing plant
Good morning with good news: "Australia is headed for its biggest year of rooftop solar growth ever!" Rooftop solar installs surged 41% for January–October 2026, compared to same period in 2025! ~37% of Australia's homes or 4.3 million have solar. reneweconomy.com.au/australia-is... #energysky
They have no honour, no pride and no dignity, they’re accessories to murder, all for a lame-duck president.
Norway wants its Type 26 frigates to be interchangeable with the Royal Navy's All identical infrastructure and kit May even include the Merlin helicopter www.navylookout.com/norway-wants...
Norway wants its Type 26 frigates to be interchangeable with the Royal Navy’s - Navy Lookout
Speaking at the Atlantic Future Forum aboard HMS Prince of Wales in Oslo, Norway’s foreign minister, Espen Barth Eide, warned against letting national requirements undermine the common design of the T...
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HMS RENOWN underway off Scapa Flow during her work-up period prior to sailing for the Far East.
UK defence chiefs invest nearly half a billion pounds to strengthen security at sensitive military and #nuclear infrastructure across the country. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Marines in 'ring of steel' around top secret bases amid terror threat
Commandos are forming a ring of steel around sensitive UK military and nuclear bases amid threats of Iranian sabotage, the Mail can reveal.
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World heading for ‘irrevocable overshoot’ of global temperature thresholds. Failure to cut emissions will ‘consign humanity to disasters they are unable to adapt to’. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World heading for ‘irrevocable overshoot’ of global temperature thresholds, analysis warns
Failure to cut emissions will ‘consign humanity to disasters they are unable to adapt to’, report says
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"Russia today is a fascist dictatorship that is committing crimes against humanity. Russia must pay for this. It is crucial to punish war criminals... and there should be no compromise on this" - Garry Kasparov ...... Thank you for your approach and suppor, Respect 🫡
Witkoff & Kushner leave Moscow gifted with russian Olympic merch. Just for those at the back that still think politics and sport aren’t linked in russia *
Images captured in November 2025 show aircraft conducting take-offs from China’s new Fujian aircraft carrier
HMS London photographed around the late 1940s
Pictured during routine sortie, WJ874 painted to represent prototype Canberra, VN799, when it flew for the first time 13 May 1949 at Warton airfield, where it had been built.
SSU says that the Buyan-M-class missile corvette Naro-Fominsk was struck during the November 11 operation against Russia’s Ust-Luga port in Leningrad Oblast. The vessel was launched in 2022 and is capable of carrying Kalibr cruise missiles. The extent of the damage remains unclear.
ROK Navy announced plans to acquire an aircraft carrier of 38,000 tons This represents a revision of the previously shelved aircraft carrier program, shifting toward a multi-purpose medium carrier centered on the operation of UAV/UCAVs The program aims a start in early 2030s, delivered early 2040s
France orders new satellites for €1.7bn breakingdefense.com/2026/11/fran...
France awards $1.7 billion contract to Airbus-Thales team for new military satellites - Breaking Defense
The IRIS orbiters will replace three current satellites in use, known as the Optical Space Component, with better technology to deliver clearer images and faster access to captured imagery.
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The sequencing of Ukraine-Russia talks is important. The priority should be securing a ceasefire, followed by a peace agreement, and only then can there be discussions on Europe's wider security architecture.
Taiwan lawmakers unfroze 74 items in the MND's 2026 budget Covers US$1.69 billion for coastal attack & recon drones & 1 way unmanned surface vessels Also covers 7 Hai Kun class subs, that stay frozen until the Hai Kun passes tests Read it here: taiwansecuritymonitor.substack.com/p/weekly-arms-…
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🇯🇵Japan could join the nuclear submarine club Tokyo is considering acquiring nuclear powered subs as part of its defence strategy 3 could cost $25 billion The proposal is expected to be examined in Japan's defence policy review by December 2026 No decision has been made Source: Japan Times
It’s happening again. Hegseth says it is Musk, Musk says it is Hegseth. Where the hell is Congress?
3 new ships by 2031 for RN Mother's hips for mine hunting www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/no...
Royal Navy agrees export deal for new mine-hunting motherships
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