In 1906 the British Royal Navy commissioned HMS Dreadnought, a battleship that changed how surface warships were designed and sparked a naval arms race. Armed with five turrets bearing twin 12-inch ...
"Like the original Dreadnought it would make all competitors obsolete. That's precisely the sort of new thinking we must encourage." -- Michael Fallon, UK Secretary of State for Defence HMS ...
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The British Royal Navy is building a new class of nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines. The British subs will have the same missile compartment as the US Navy's new missile subs. The name of ...