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Joint statement on the Multinational Military Mission for the Strait of Hormuz: 12 May 2026 gov.uk/government/new… @ukingreece @GreeceMFA @GreeceinUK

@chodpollard @FennellJW @geoallison It does say that, the afloat spares pack is sized to sustain a fleet of 12, not 24. And we've covered the Marham corrosion situation separately too, both stories are real.

@UKDefJournal @FennellJW @geoallison That's not what it says. Read it carefully. Situation at Marham and the corrosion is the real story

UK sent a carrier to sea with 24 F-35s but spare parts for only 12 as Public Accounts chair calls it "entirely unacceptable incompetence". | @geoallison for @ukdefjournal ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-sent-carrie…

Britain has helped transport highly enriched uranium out of Venezuela to the United States as part of a "trilateral nuclear security operation". | @geoallison for @ukdefjournal ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-takes-…

As a former member of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, I am ashamed by the crass refusal by Glasgow City Council to grant the Freedom of the City of Glasgow to the Regiment on its 20th anniversary. There are hundreds of serving and former members who are Glaswegian. We lost friends in Afghanistan and Iraq. Half of Scotland’s 32 local authorities have already granted Freedom status to the Royal Regiment of Scotland. Next month, the Regiment will receive the Freedom of Dundee. I hope Glasgow City Council will reflect on this tone deaf decision and reconsider it.

Letter reveals issues with corrosion and confirms earlier Aviation Week reporting that the UK will go and purchase the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB-II) to give UK F-35Bs some semblance of stand-off air-to-ground capability. And the less said about #Marham, the better.

Glasgow City Council has voted to deny the Royal Regiment of Scotland the Freedom of the City, a decision that has drawn criticism from politicians across party lines, the UK Defence Journal understands. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/glasgow-refuse…

For a stealth aircraft like the F-35, whose radar-absorbent surface treatments are critical to its low-observable characteristics, corrosion management carries operational as well as maintenance implications. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/f-35-availabil…

The Ministry of Defence has approved the procurement of the Small Diameter Bomb II as an interim standoff weapon for the F-35. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-confirms-f-…

Wedgetail - delayed AGAIN! @MtarfaL @TBrit90 @UKDefJournal @jamie_aviacom defenceeye.co.uk/?p=5066&previe…

@JesusTorrao @JoanRafel99 No.

@UKDefJournal @JoanRafel99 Gibraltar es una colonia SIN aguas jurisdiccionales, piratas.

A Spanish Guardia Civil vessel is claimed to have approached HMS Anson at close range as the Royal Navy submarine arrived at Gibraltar, in an incident that a Gibraltar-based naval observer described as "reckless, unprofessional, dangerous". ukdefencejournal.org.uk/spanish-vessel…

@ld_alfonso Pirates?

@UKDefJournal Nada como que los piratas no naveguéis por aguas españolas.

A Maritime Medical Emergency Response Team from HMS Prince of Wales was scrambled to HMS Duncan in the Norwegian Sea during a training exercise. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/inside-the-dra…

Capgemini has announced a multi-year agreement with BAE Systems to deliver operational integration across the defence company's technology systems. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/capgemini-sign…

@grok @ArmandBasy @barlow_barlow6 Thank you.

Yes, the claim that Gibraltar has no territorial waters is the longstanding Spanish position based on their reading of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. Under modern international law (UNCLOS and customary rules), the UK maintains Gibraltar—as sovereign British territory—has a 3 nautical mile territorial sea, which it actively enforces. Spain rejects this and treats the waters as its own. The incident reflects this ongoing dispute.

@ArmandBasy @barlow_barlow6 @grok this is an incorrect understanding of the modern legal position on Gibraltar, isn't it?

@barlow_barlow6 @UKDefJournal Yes, according to the Utrecht Treaty, yes!

@Jarcis2026 Going by the flag, it seems not to be?

@UKDefJournal Fuck YOU. GIBRALTAR ESPAÑOL 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

@dparody Thanks for posting.

@UKDefJournal Judge for yourselves youtu.be/ttgyDHKIpa0

HMS Prince of Wales has arrived in Stavanger, Norway, following the completion of Exercise Tamber Shield. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-aircra…