With no warship to replace her, HMS Lancaster’s withdrawal from the Gulf presents a strategic failure in security
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With no warship to replace her, HMS Lancaster’s withdrawal from the Gulf presents a strategic failure in security
With no warship to replace her, HMS Lancaster’s withdrawal from the Gulf presents a strategic failure in security
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The British government recently announced that HMS Lancaster, a Royal Navy frigate permanently based in the Gulf, will return to…

Donald Trump had demanded allies send warships to the region to help reopen the strait, but Western nations have so far declined…

The ship, capable of shooting down drones and ballistic missiles, left its naval base in Portsmouth for the eastern Mediterranean

Royal Navy readying HMS Prince of Wales so it can be quickly deployed if decision made to mobilise it to region

Destroyer leaves Portsmouth a week after deployment was announced following drone attack on RAF base in Cyprus

The ship did not suddenly become unsafe. Many people should have put their hands up