Daily Telegraph – The First Sea Lord yesterday made veiled threats that he would resign from his post if the Government failed to deliver a Fleet that would be “serious player” on the High Seas.
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Daily Telegraph – A new book claims that a French trawler was dragged down by a Royal Navy submarine during “war games” off the Cornish coast in 2004.
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Daily Telegraph – Fears are growing among Royal Navy chiefs that the Ministry of Defence’s delay in signing a contract for two major aircraft carriers could signal the project’s demise.
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Daily Telegraph – Promotion for Royal Navy officers is to be frozen for five years in a cost-cutting measure that has caused fury in the Fleet.

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Daily Telegraph – Royal Navy commanders were in uproar after it was revealed that almost half of the Fleet’s 44 warships are to be mothballed as part of a cost-cutting measure.

Daily Telegraph – Cuts are a severe blow to officers’ ambitions
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The Times – Half of the Royal Navy is to be ìmothballedî as it bears the brunt of cuts imposed after a series of expensive procurement projects and the hidden costs of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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BBC – Work on designing a new generation of nuclear submarines to maintain Britainís independent deterrent will get under way next spring

The Times – Blair keeps the £20bn nuclear option for threats yet to emerge

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The Times – New Trident submarines might not be built in Britain, the governmentís long-awaited white paper on replacing the countryís nuclear deterrent will say tomorrow.
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The Times – The government will signal within the next two to three weeks that it wants to continue with the submarine-based Trident missile system as the UKís nuclear deterrent.
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The Scotsman – The Royal Navy has warned merchant ships in the Gulf to be on their guard after an al-Qaeda threat to target oil terminals in the area.
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Daily Telegraph – The UN is considering a naval blockade of North Korea, the Royal Navy is too weak to contribute.

Daily Telegraph – Navy taskforce will be forced to rely on France and America
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The Scotsman – More on HMS Ark Royal’s refit.
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BBC – A series of futuristic-looking, remote-controlled water vehicles could be added to the Royal Navy’s arsenal.
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The Times – The Royal Navyís biggest warship, HMS Ark Royal, heads out into the North Sea for trials after a £25 million refit to transform her into the serviceís only combined troop and aircraft carrier.
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BBC – Scotland’s religious leaders are joining campaigners on a march for peace from Faslane naval base to the Scottish Parliament.
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Daily Telegraph – The Royal Navy is selling its trademark White Ensign logo to appear on products ranging from clothes to computer games in what it says is an attempt market its “quality brand” to potential young recruits.
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Christian Science Monitor – Argentina is stepping up efforts to reclaim the islands over which it lost a 1982 war to Britain.
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Daily Telegraph – If the first Britons to be evacuated from Lebanon by sea were meant to be grateful for the efforts of the Government then nobody told 30-year-old Maya Kaaki.
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BBC – The Royal Navy begins assisting evacuations off of Lebanon.
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BBC – Two Royal Navy vessels have been dispatched to Lebanon, where they may be called into action to rescue stranded Britons. What are their capabilities?

Daily Telegraph – HMS Illustrious sent to Lebanon as Britons told: get ready to flee.
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BBC – Gordon Brown has signalled that he wants to keep and renew Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent???The Trident missile system and the Vanguard submarines which carry them need replacing by 2024 and a decision is set to be taken in the next year.

Daily Telegraph – Brown in favour of updating Trident.
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Daily Telegraph – For the first time since the 1982 Falklands conflict the number of warships at Portsmouth naval base on active service has dropped below the number decommissioned and awaiting disposal.
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The Times – Four decades after they were evicted from their island homes by British colonial authorities, the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands (including Diego Garcia) came a step closer to realising their dream of returning home yesterday after the High Court issued a landmark judgment in their favour.

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The Times – A new remote-controlled unmanned British submarine could transform the way in which the Royal Navyís Special Boat Service spies out beaches and landing zones.
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Daily Telegraph – The Royal Navy’s Sea Harrier jump-jets, which played a vital role in the Falklands conflict 24 years ago, made their final flight yesterday.
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