Royal Navy – Security is not what is should be in the Royal Navy as well as the US Navy, as some retired folks out for a drive penetrated the security of Faslane, where the Royal Navy’s Trident nuclear deterrent is kept.

• Daily Telegraph: Pensioners breach Faslane defences

Royal Navy – 30 Royal Navy ships, 100 RAF aircraft, and Army troops are taking part in a 6 week exercise, Operation Swift Sword, with the armed forces of Oman.

• BBC: British troops to join Gulf war games

Royal Navy – The new Merlin helicopter has been grounded due to a recent crash whose cause is yet to be determined.

• Daily Telegraph: Crash grounds new Navy helicopters