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Plans to replace destroyers scrapped to make way for drone hubs in ‘hybrid Navy’

The Royal Navy will instead procure at least six ‘common combat vessels’, which will act as command hubs for uncrewed systems, officials said.

The Independent UK

Plans to replace ageing destroyers scrapped to make way for drones in ‘hybrid Navy’

Underwater drones will be included in bid to tackle Russian submarine activity in the Atlantic

The Independent UK

Burnham may have to boost defence spending to pass ‘Moscow test’, says ex-military chief

Adm Sir Tony Radakin says UK currenly ‘falls short’ of level required to keep Russian threats at bay

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Plans to replace UK’s ageing destroyers and frigates ‘scrapped in defence plan’

The UK is in the ‘unprecedented’ position of being second from the bottom in a Nato league table

The Independent UK

Plans to replace destroyers and frigates scrapped in defence plan – report

Funding for up to eight Type 83 destroyers and five Type 32 frigates will not appear in the spending blueprint, it has been claimed.

Evening Standard

'Moscow test' for Burnham: Ex-defence chief says next UK PM must act like a 'wartime leader' amid global threats

Andy Burnham will need to apply a "Moscow test" to his policies and govern "almost like a wartime prime minister" if he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer, former Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin has warned.

The Times of India

UK commando forces to receive £500 million weapon investment

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Elite commandos promised £500m in defence spending plan

High-speed boats and strike drones will be committed to the elite force, with a focus on the High North.

Evening Standard

High-speed boats and drones: Commandos promised £500m in defence spending overhaul

The new Defence Secretary, Dan Jarvis, is credited with refocusing the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) since his appointment

The Independent UK

‘Real progress’ made on defence spending plan this week, Jarvis says

The Defence Secretary said he was working ‘very closely’ with colleagues from the Treasury.

Evening Standard

Downing Street fails to rule out any extra funding for defence investment plan

The prime minister will press ahead with publishing the long-delayed plan ahead of the Nato summit after a dispute over funding earlier this month triggered the resignation of two defence ministers

The Independent UK

UK defence secretary promises delayed investment plan before Nato summit

Dan Jarvis, who took the role earlier this month, is said to have secured around one billion pounds more for the plan than his predecessor

The Guardian - UK

Who is likely to be in or out of a Burnham cabinet?

Big hitters such as Miliband, Mahmood and Streeting are seen as in line for the top jobs; others face an abrupt end to their ministerial careers

The Guardian - UK

Pete Hegseth accuses Nato countries of ‘free riding’ in combative address

US defence secretary addresses allies in latest attempt to get Europe to raise military budgets

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Evening Standard

Defence official warns cuts to fund investment plan would be ‘zero game’

UK national armaments director Rupert Pearce said the delay in publishing the defence investment plan was ‘regrettable’.

The Guardian - UK

‘Unbelievable’ waste and inefficiency at MoD, says ex-defence minister Al Carns

Exclusive: Carns, who quit last week, says he was angered by unwillingness to confront sunk costs of legacy programmes

The Independent UK

Indian captain arrested in Russian shadow fleet oil tanker charged with contravening

The captain is scheduled to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

Defence secretary quizzed by MPs over timing of Russian oil tanker seizure

Dan Jarvis says vessel tracked for several days as opposition suggest decision linked to his predecessor’s resignation

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The Independent UK

Changes to UK defence plan ‘will not include more funding’

The government has been under pressure to look again at the plan after John Healey quit

Evening Standard

Indian national arrested after Russian shadow vessel intercepted in Channel

It is understood 24 Georgian and Indian crew members remain on board and are assisting with the investigation.

The Guardian - UK

New defence secretary to ‘reprioritise’ UK plan for military spending, say sources

Starmer ‘can’t sack him or let him resign’, says ally of Dan Jarvis after predecessor’s resignation

Bangkok Post

UK intercepts Russian shadow fleet vessel in Channel

LONDON - British forces on Sunday intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker belonging to Russia's shadow fleet in a dramatic night-time operation hailed by Kyiv as a blow to Moscow’s war machine.

Evening Standard

British forces intercept Russian shadow fleet vessel in Channel

The vessel Smyrtos will be provisionally moved to an anchorage off the south coast of England.

Evening Standard

Departments looking to cut budgets to fund defence, Lisa Nandy says

The Culture Secretary insisted ‘discussions are ongoing’ on finding more cash for the Defence Investment Plan over which two ministers quit.

Radio France Internationale

UK intercepts Russian shadow fleet vessel in Channel: ministry

British forces on Sunday intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker belonging to Russia's shadow fleet in the English Channel, the defence ministry said, in a six-hour operation hailed by Kyiv.

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