British Military Current Events

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Royal Navy could finally be sunk by drastic budget cuts …. Pretty depressing times for the RN.

(Nice image of the proposed Type 83, which will likely never be built…)

Ministers could delay shipbuilding in £10bn MoD budget cut

Major Royal Navy programmes face years of delays as the departments attempts to plug a multibillion-pound gap in its spending plans

www.thetimes.com

 

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My first thought was 'only 175?'

Nearly 200 sailors serving in Britain’s nuclear submarine force caught doing hard drugs from ecstasy to cocaine​

A total of 175 submariners tested positive for narcotics between 2018 and 2024, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and obtained by the Telegraph.

The random testing caught out 52 people who were serving on a submarine at the time.

Some also tested positive for steroids, a banned substance, and benzodiazepine, which includes drugs like Xanax and Valium.

The figures have sparked fears of the security on Britain’s ultra-important nuclear submarines, and the chance of blackmail of their crews.

Nearly 200 sailors serving in UK's nuke submarine force caught doing hard drugs

NEARLY 200 sailors serving in Britain’s elite nuclear submarine force have been caught using hard drugs over the past seven years. Royal Navy crew members tested positive for an array of ille…

www.thesun.co.uk