People were quick to point out Prince Harry’s absence from the Armed Forces Day post from the Royal Family, which mentioned the service of several other royals. Prince Harry (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) Prince Harry seems to have been overlooked by the Royal Family, being omitted from a significant …
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When you stand across the line from this UK spot, you have one foot in the east and one in the west A person walking past the Prime Meridian on the grounds of the Greenwich Observatory(Image: Newscast/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Posting a letter might seem a thing of …
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The country will commemorate VE Day’s momentous anniversary next week with a display of characteristic pageantry as a procession and flypast takes place in London A crowd in front of Buckingham Palace on the anniversary of VE Day in 1995 watches a Red Arrows flypast.(Image: Tim Graham Photo Library via …
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Fire safety fears caused staff building a Royal Navy vessel in one of Scotland’s major shipyards to down tools, the Sunday Mail can reveal. HMS Glasgow is the first of eight Type 26 anti-submarine warfare frigates being fitted out at Scotstoun on the Clyde as part of a £4.2billion contract …
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Prof Mariarosaria Taddeo, an Oxford University academic specialising in the ethics of defence technologies, told Politico: “It’s not a problem if AI is used to support decision-making, but the question is if it is used to support decision-making or if the AI is adopted without any critical thinking.” She added: …
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A Royal Navy drone squadron has marked its fifth anniversary with the addition of a new craft. The 700X Naval Air Squadron – which marks the milestone next month – is preparing to introduce the Peregrine helicopter into service, the latest addition to the specialist unit’s growing fleet of crewless …
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Yet defenders of the F-35 say it is a highly capable aircraft that is proving doubters wrong, with orders flooding in from Nato countries such as Germany, Canada, Finland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Greece in recent years. Deployments of F-35s in Syria against Islamic State and on Eastern Europe’s …
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A Royal Navy battleship which hunts enemy Russian submarines was spotted on a secret operation in one of Scotland’s biggest lochs. HMS Richmond, stationed 40 miles inland on Loch Fyne in Argyll and Bute for three days last week, uses underwater listening devices to detect enemy subs. Sightings of the …
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The Type 23 does have the Magazine Torpedo Launch System, which enabled me to lob a torpedo straight into the water next to the ship. That’s a lot, lot better than nothing (as many warships have) and I found it a comfort. But I’m a big fan of ASROC and …
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Specialist divers are involved in a multinational explosive ordnance disposal – EOD – exercise hosted by Latvia, operating closely alongside the hosts and teams of experts from Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, Belgium, Canada and the United States. Delta Squadron of the Diving and Threat Exploitation Group safely recovered two ground mines …
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