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@DefenceHQ Very strange. As a minimum, the type 45 would have picked this up 250 miles away. Why was it allowed to get so close to the carrier when there are x24 F35s onboard able to escort it away at a much further distance.

While operating in the Norwegian Sea on Operation FIRECREST, the UK's Carrier Strike Group was approached repeatedly by a Russian 'Bear-F' maritime patrol aircraft. The aircraft flew unnecessarily close to HMS Prince of Wales, dropped multiple sonobuoys nearby, and failed to respond on international safety frequencies. This activity was unsafe and unprofessional. Two UK F-35s from HMS Prince of Wales intercepted and escorted the aircraft until it left the area. The Carrier Strike Group continues to operate with @NATO allies in the High North, reinforcing security across the Arctic and North Atlantic.

@UkrReview The days of needing missiles that cost millions of pounds per shot are behind us. You need various types of missiles on mass. The UK has 4 or 5 different types of missile development programs running to deliver just that. Storm shadow is nearly 30 years old at this point.

🇬🇧🚀 The UK Air Force will retire its Storm Shadow cruise missiles. The decision is enshrined in the Defence Investment Plan, which was approved by the British government and provides funding of 298 billion pounds (about 395 billion dollars) over four years, - Defense Express Having studied the experience of Ukraine, we are now moving to the next generation of low-cost cruise missiles, which means we will receive significantly more missiles at a lower overall cost. In addition, it was announced that 300 million pounds (about 398 million dollars) will go "to use the lessons and technological developments of Ukraine to create new, cheaper cruise missiles, initially air-based, but with the study of further land and sea-based options."

@GazzettaFerrari @Motorsport_IT Why bother letting these teams make these cars at this point. I mean what's the point. If your going to ban this and ban that and change this and change that, what's the point. Just do the indy thing and be done with it. You've all but killed the sport already, just finish it off

🚨 | FIA bans Ferrari’s FTM concept, exhaust wing to be prohibited from 2027. 📰 @Motorsport_IT

@HardwareSteam I'm on the waiting list, despite picking all the packages as soon as it became available to do. Absolute joke

Did you get in the Steam Machine reservation queue or the waitlist?

@UtdPlug Cool, really looking forward to seeing construction progress of the new stadium. Saying that, the team desperately needs a bunch of very very good football players, and I'm not seeing any progress made there

🚨BREAKING: Manchester United has secured the majority of the land required to build a new 100,000-seater stadium. #MUFC

@NATO_MARCOM Also a sight seeing one of these at sea. Great ship and crew. Just wish we had more of them and better infrastructure back home to support these ships and crews.

Congratulations & greetings to our Allies and friends in 🇬🇧. #UnitedKingdom celebrating their National Day. #WeAreNATO

@HazzadorGamin Oh dear, they start putting ads into everything that will all but kill off Xbox. Tell me you don't understand the gaming industry without telling me you don't understand the gaming industry......

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Xbox "We've invested a lot for the last 25 years. We have to turn this into a sustainable business. The challenge we have is, we've not been monetizing that entertainment. In fact, we've been subsidizing that entertainment."

@GlobalMktObserv Yep and it's been completely planned and engineered by bosses in charge of the biggest tech firms. This isn't just a case of, oh there's alot of data centres being built. There's more money in an ongoing subscription than this is in a one off purchase.

🔴Memory squeeze is accelerating across global DRAM markets: DDR4 and DDR5 prices have surged +250% to +300% YoY in 2026, marking one of the largest pricing spikes on record. The move is being driven by surging AI data center demand absorbing supply, with manufacturers deliberately shifting production capacity away from consumer memory toward higher-margin server-grade and high-bandwidth memory chips used in AI accelerators. Memory prices surged up to +80% to +90% quarter-over-quarter from Q4 2025 into Q1 2026 alone, according to Counterpoint Research, compounding what was already a severe multi-quarter price escalation. In Asia, 32GB DDR5 desktop kits surged from $220 to $280 in Q4 2025 to $420 to $510 by February 2026. The global chip shortage is truly unprecedented.

@DefenceHQ @DanJarvisMBE Can someone explain to me that the purpose of this heli is? They've taken what looks like a normal helicopter, and removed the ability for it to carry people. It doesn't look like an attack heli, far too big and costly for a surveillance piece. What does it do?

As drones reshape conflicts from Ukraine to the Middle East, we are focused on innovating faster. Defence Secretary @DanJarvisMBE opened the new Uncrewed Systems Centre at DroneTEX, Europe’s largest drone testing facility, designed to develop and field capabilities at pace.

@DefenceHQ @DanJarvisMBE Theres no denying the fact drones and uncrewed platforms will shape any modern warfare. Our capabilities in that area are lacking so good to see. But, let's not kid ourselves, Healy quit because Starmer refuses to provide the military the money it needs. This doesn't change that

@Wario64 Can't believe they want me to buy this again after already buying the cloud versions. I really feel like Nintendo should step in. We had alot of crap lazy upgrades that have cost money, and now this shit

KINGDOM HEARTS - Nintendo Switch Cloud Versions are delisting today. Players who own the versions can play until June 9, 2027. Players who own Cloud Versions can purchase Switch 2 versions at a discounted price support.na.square-enix.com/news.php?id=18…

@PlayStation Money grabbing wankers.

Starting May 20, PlayStation Plus prices for new customers will increase in select regions. Due to ongoing market conditions, prices will start at $10.99 USD / €9.99 EUR / £7.99 GBP for 1-month subscriptions and $27.99 USD / €27.99 EUR / £21.99 GBP for 3-month subscriptions. This price change does not apply to current subscribers (except in Turkey and India) unless the existing subscription changes or lapses.

@ModernNavy @Telegraph Not true. It seems to be incorrectly assuming less due to Norway's order. The UK will be getting 8, at least while labour is in charge. If the conservatives, green party or reform come in though expect it to be cut to 6 or 4 as they have said they will make cuts to the military

Reports have emerged that the MoD is cutting the order of Type 26 frigates from 8 to 6 – a deal to give 2 to Norway – while there are persistent rumours that a programme to replace the Type 45 destroyers will be pushed back, writes Matt Oliver @Telegraph archive.is/2026.04.12-055…

@DefenceHQ Don't start copying trumps pathetic use of social media. What, so a 100 million pound typhoon jet took down a cheap Iranian drone.... It's hardly worth shouting about. If I was the pilot I'd be embarrassed at this. Should be able to do that in its sleep for god sake

Today, a Royal Air Force Typhoon operating from Qatar as part of the joint UK–Qatar Typhoon Squadron, successfully took out an Iranian drone heading towards Qatar.

@lastmansta24223 @Mylovanov Your president, amongst other things like being part of a pedophile ring that you are all covering up, likes to depict black people as monkeys, on official white house social media. Sick to monkeys and children, we'll do the real work as we have done from the begining

@Mylovanov The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS WORKING ON A PEACE PROCESS, BUT HERE IN EUROPE, THEY'RE WORKING ON WEAPON SUPPLY. WHAT KIND OF CONTINENT IS EUROPE? The war EU can not handle without America 😆 🤣 😂

Britain wins access to €90B EU loan for Ukraine. UK defence companies can now bid for military contracts to arm Kyiv. Germany and Netherlands pushed the deal through. France tried to block it — Financial Times. 1/

@wccftech Why do those fins look all jacked up? That looks crap

ASUS’s new ‘ProArt’ GeForce RTX 5090 is surprisingly one of the smallest yet, borrowing elements from the Founders Edition 🔗 wccf.tech/1jgnf Features just a 2.5-slot design, with a double-vented backplate like the FE model.

@smurf131313 @DefenceHQ We're spending billions on a 6th gen fighter program and also spending billions on f35s. I don't think spending more billions on new 4th gen aircraft makes much sense right now

@DefenceHQ How about ordering 140 for the RAF?

This year’s deal to build and sell new Typhoon jets will support 20,000 British jobs and strengthen NATO even further.

@MarcoTrain63734 @DefenceHQ Your suggesting the United Kingdom, one of the founding fathers of nuclear weapons, and a country that's never used one to kill people, actually gives over it's nukes to Mr Trump and America?

@ziontree The sun isn't a giant fusion reactor in the sky. It's a star 100 million miles away! He tries to say things that sound smart, quite often actually, but just ends up sounding like a dumb tit

Hard disagree. Nuclear’s energy density delivers massive power from minimal fuel. While dust envelops solar panels on Mars, nuclear functions where sunlight fails. In a world dependent on reliable, large-scale power, nuclear reactors power civilisation & help us reach the stars.

@Stalker2News Please fix the poltergeist being able to throw things at you through walls!

Patch 1.7.1 has been released.