US Edition"Secret weapon" being developed for Royal Navy to hunt Russian submarines
- The UK is developing a new capability to detect and track Russian submarines near its waters amid increasing Russian military activity in 2025.
- This effort arises after the UK’s defence cuts over the past decade reduced conventional forces and surveillance assets, forcing reliance on US monitoring support.
- Notably, delays and cancellation of the Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft created a 'big hole' in UK anti-submarine coverage, while Russian forces overfly key areas near Scotland and the Atlantic.
- Senior military leaders criticized defence decisions, with Bernie Hamilton calling it a decision to break up £5bn of world-class equipment and labeling it as a major blunder.
- The UK’s low conventional defence levels and uncertain nuclear deterrent reliance suggest increased vulnerability, highlighting a need to restore robust monitoring of Russian naval movements.
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The 2025 defence review is expected to deliver its recommendations sometime in the Autumn-The review team is being led by Lord George Robertson. I expressed my views and asked GROK to analyse them
The UK cannot rely on a nuclear defence – Scrap Trident and increase conventional forces There has been an increasing frequency of Russian spy planes overflying the North Sea and Atlantic ocean not that far off the coast of Scotland. Response from the UK has been patchy, often interception and close monitoring has been, “just in time” by the RAF. This makes a nonsense of recent changes to UK defences which included removal of many planes from Sc…
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