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Royal Navy submarine HMS Vigilant has recently returned to her home on the Clyde in Scotland following a multi-million pound, three-year overhaul.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Boris Johnson called on UN Member States to guide North Korea's leaders towards a peaceful settlement.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The UK will begin urgent consultations with Security Council partners calling for a robust response to this latest development.
Allies will discuss future of NATO at Madrid Summit, as the Alliance seeks to agree a plan for a new decade of growing threats and great power competition.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech at the Munich Security Conference 2022.
The Royal Navy's contribution to the alliance has been praised as it approaches 45 years of continuous submarine nuclear deterrent patrols.
US and Europe played a leading role in designing the international system that has held sway since WWII – NATO, UN, WTO and Bretton Woods.
Prime Minister David Cameron's speech and Q&A at Moscow State University, Russia, 12 September 2011.
HMS Dauntless was formally commissioned into the fleet today, Thursday 3 June 2010.
The first submarine-hunting Poseidon MRA1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) has been delivered to the Royal Air Force.
UK endorses calls by Yemeni Government for an investigation by the UN Iran sanctions committee into weapons shipment to Yemen
Prime Minister Theresa May today spoke with President Trump to discuss North Korea’s most recent missile tests.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has today announced the start of a new nuclear replacement warhead programme in Parliament.
Speech by First Sea Lord Admiral Sir George Zambellas.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Two Royal Navy nuclear deterrent submarines have reached key programme milestones.
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew was in Washington today to discuss the enduring UK-US defence present and future relationship and met with some of the biggest players in the US defence industry.
Prime Minister Theresa May gives a statement on Syria.
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced the first fuel tanks supporting the UK’s new fleet of submarine hunting aircraft have rolled off the line in Cambridge.
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth left Plymouth yesterday on a seven-month maritime security deployment to the Gulf.
The RAF's newest C-17 aircraft has completed its first operational mission to Afghanistan, delivering essential supplies to the front line.
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