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Major Star Destroyer vibes from this incredible shot of the Ford posted by CENTCOM:

@LukePollard Stay there and freeze. You don't know defence at all.

I’m in Norway to deepen our defence relationship. Some really good progress today. With continuing Russian threats to NATO’s northern flank and the high north, the UK and Norway are training together, buying together and working more closely together. 🇬🇧🇳🇴

@ModernNavy @RoyalNavy Nothing cut.

@ModernNavy @RoyalNavy USN Minehunters are replaced by the LCS modules.

Familiar story - US Navy retired its last 4 dedicated minesweepers from the Persian Gulf in September 2025. @RoyalNavy’s MCM presence is no better. London maintained a continuous mine countermeasures deployment in the Gulf from 2003 until early 2026 smry.ai/quwa.org/middl…

Please no more private capital in defence... if capita and recruitment wasn't bad enough, we have the privatisation of the support systems, the Voyager tankers... it always sounds good in theory, in practice every time "this time we'll be different" turns into "it wasn't"

Republic of Singapore Navy Formidable-class frigate RSS Supreme (73) in the Singapore Strait - March 24, 2026 SRC: INST- straitssights

Planning For Army’s New MV-75 Tiltrotor Already Part Of Officer Training, General Says With the Army putting its MV-75 tiltrotor on a blazingly fast track, troops are already getting experience on the aircraft before the first one is even delivered. twz.com/air/planning-f…

@TomCotterillX @TomSharpe134

@ModernNavy @Independent Cause the UK depends on the RAF for air defence and BMD.

UAE government released an infographic over the weekend showing the country had been targeted by 1,800 drones and 352 ballistic missiles – the UK doesn’t even have 352 Aster SAMs in its arsenal writes expert Francis Tusa @Independent @ModernNavy #IranWar archive.is/2026.03.24-081…

@MilitaryBanter forcesnews.com/services/army/… General blames Ajax troops for not trialling under parameters. Facepalm. cc @TomCotterillX

‘Bleeding cash’: UK investment plan delay hurting key suppliers, industry groups warn breakingdefense.com/2026/03/bleedi…

@TomCotterillX I thought they gifted the Stomers away.

Britain has deployed additional Stormer HVM air defence vehicles to Cyprus to bolster the island's fortifications. The kit is operated by Gunners from 12 Regiment, Royal Artillery, who are based on Thorney Island near Portsmouth.

BREAKING: It’s understood that HMS Dragon, a British Type 45 destroyer, was not involved in shooting down a missile over Beirut earlier today. There’s no suggestion the weapon was targeting RAF Akrotiri, on Cyprus, I’ve been told.

@ModernNavy I think if ASAP, all the top ranking people will take the money and do less on recruitment and retention.

Opposition day defence motion, that this House recs: - Defence Investment Plan be published asap as delay has frozen procurement - NI anti-soldier bills not proceed - Diego Garcia treaty not be ratified - 20,000 more troops - UK spends 3% GDP on defence hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-0…

@AC_NavalHistory More policy and working on internal institutional demands not fixed rules which could not work within certain countries. Slowly, they worked with international partners but played a different game.

@ForcesReviewUK to me it doesn't matter ideology, they worked through this and most of the ideology about it came later anyway... especially in the 1990s when governments were using it as a justification for not needing to spend money on defence & security

The "Rules Based Order" that some keep talking about in international relations, was based upon collective ability and will to enforce the order... unfortunately many successive governments in many countries have neither invested in the ability, nor had the will, to do so...

@AC_NavalHistory I'm not a realist, I've seen how that was adverse effects.

@ForcesReviewUK now whilst I realise some hold it to a theory of all nations signing up to a common ideology, I'm a realist, my view is that it's nations primarily seeking to work through the instutions the system created, e.g. UN, World Bank, International Monetry Fund & World Trade Organisatio

@AC_NavalHistory I was stating about development and economic policy. Yes they signed up to the UN, but both development and political growth was different not uniform. There were rules, but not nations followed.

@ForcesReviewUK Ok, so this has been puzzling me, because whilst countries have dabbled in the grey, pretty much everyone signed up to the United Nations(including all you mentioned), most are part of the various agreements of the sea... so I think your & my definitions might be different

US commentator examines the tactical hurdles facing the HMS PRINCE OF WALES including critical escort shortages and inadequate point defences @19_forty_five @ModernNavy @RoyalNavy @DefenceHQ @CommonsDefence 19fortyfive.com/2026/03/aircra…