Royal Navy

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Maritime Trade Operations Centre, which is affiliated with Britain’s Royal Navy, on Sunday reported that several ships in the area were damaged after being hit by unidentified projectiles.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tom Sharpe, a former Royal Navy Commander, says Bahrain was likely seen by Iran as a high profile target that has, in the past, had relatively little in the way of air defences.

From BBC

Sharpe says that during his time in the Royal Navy, they conducted war games simulating an Iranian attack on military basses in the Middle East.

From BBC

At the current rate of exchange, ICE’s current budget is slightly larger than the £62 billion budget for the entire British defense establishment, which includes an army of 75,000 troops, a nuclear submarine-equipped Royal Navy, and the Royal Air Force.

From Salon

And the Royal Navy can muster only a handful of frigates, destroyers and nuclear submarines.

From The Wall Street Journal