Costs a tenner a shot instead of £1M per anti-aircraft missile Britain's Royal Navy ships will be fitted with the DragonFire laser weapon by 2027 – five years earlier than planned – following recent successful trials involving fast-moving drones.

The ship is the 19th and final Independence-class littoral combat ship, and the second to last of the troubled ships to enter Navy service.

A UK patrol ship has intercepted a Russian corvette and a tanker after shadowing them through the English Channel, the Defense Ministry said Sunday, adding that Russian naval activity around UK waters had increased by 30% over the past two years.

The Times identified nearly 100 locations traversed by naval vessels across a two-and-a-half-month period to determine what the military pressure campaign against Venezuela looks like at sea.

The Royal Canadian Navy is considering expanding its training-ship operations to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, a move that would enable it to assist in patrolling the maritime border between Canada and the United States.

INS Mahe, India's inaugural indigenous Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, strengthens the Indian Navy's coastal defence. Built by Cochin Shipyard Limited with over 80% indigenous content, it features advanced sonar and surveillance.

The U.S. is building 12 Columbia-class submarines armed with ballistic missiles to serve as its sea-based nuclear deterrent force.

Japan is positioning its hypersonic electromagnetic railgun development as a strategic centerpiece, aiming to deter Chinese naval threats.

The Mexican naval training ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in May, leaving two crew members dead, returned home on Sunday to official fanfare in the port of Veracruz.

Ma, father of the carrier's electromagnetic launch system, is among a select few at the vessel's commissioning ceremony

INS Mahe, built by Cochin Shipyard in Kochi, joins the Indian Navy fleet, showcasing Kerala’s maritime legacy and boosting India’s coastal defence with indigenous technology.