Dr Lee Willett, independent naval analyst, writing, discussing, and sharing naval stuff
London, England
Joined October 2023
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At a REPMUS 26 serial, Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Bartolomeu Dias was deployed to patrol a NATO maritime exclusion zone, escorted by up to 30 USVs and UAVs. The frigate was attacked by a force numbering more than 60 USVs and UAVs. @YellowandBlueSM
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Vice Adm Rob Gaucher – the US Navy’s Director, Submarine Programs – has set out a four-pillar strategy for accelerating the navy’s submarine-building output. This process is designed to reflect and underpin the CNO’s testimony that a raised production rate will be in place by 2032 🇺🇸
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@HMSQNLZ is trailling a new way of providing food to her crew. Personnel can eat at a time to suit them during the working day rather than at specified eating times giving maximum flexibility to the Ship's Company and aligning to modern feeding preferences. #RNChefs #RNLogistics
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The UK Royal Navy has revealed its ships recently spent 72 hours tracking Russian naval and cargo vessels in and around UK waters. The activity reflects the response to a pattern of significantly increased Russian presence since 2024.
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The Royal Netherlands Navy has successfully demonstrated its new IDUS software, seamlessly integrating air, surface, and sub-surface uncrewed systems with its fleet combat management system during the MUST trials 🇳🇱
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In the icy waters of the Arctic Circle, off Jan Mayen Island, HMS Prince of Wales proves that no environment is beyond reach. Ready to operate anywhere, anytime for the UK and our allies.
#WeAreNATO #ArcticSentry
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Operation Firecrest: HMS Prince of Wales Demonstrates Royal Navy’s ‘Hybrid’ Shift 🇬🇧
👉 Onboard @HMSPWLS during Operation Firecrest: Discover how the UK @RoyalNavy is accelerating its transition to a 'hybrid' crewed/uncrewed force.
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Speaking at CNE 2026, COMSUBFOR Vice Admiral Richard Seif revealed the US Navy is deploying offensive and defensive capabilities to secure "seabed superiority." 🇺🇸
#SeaBedWarfare
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The UK has conducted boarding operations against a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship for the first time. The vessel, the crude oil tanker Smyrtos, was interdicted in the English Channel in the early hours of 14 June 🇬🇧 🇷🇺
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Australia’s latest National Defence Strategy (NDS) has underlined the country’s need to secure critical undersea infrastructure (CUI). To meet this seabed warfare mission quickly, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is looking to the commercial underwater industry to provide the required capability 🇦🇺
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The UK’s new Defence Investment Plan (DIP) has detailed four platform types to be introduced into Royal Navy (RN) service, as central elements of the RN’s new ‘hybrid’ force structure and the spine of its ‘Atlantic Fleet’ operational concept series 🇬🇧
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The UK’s ability to tackle ‘real-world’ threats at sea would be significantly enhanced by expanding maritime uncrewed system (MUS) numbers as a substantial proportion of what could grow to be a ‘1,000-ship navy’, UK defence minister has said at the Combined Naval Event 2026 conference 🇬🇧
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The @RoyalNavy support ship RFA Lyme Bay is continuing preparations to support potential requirements to deploy to the Middle East, in the event of an international maritime security mission being established to ensure safe shipping and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz 🇬🇧
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The UK @RoyalNavy Type 45 air-defence destroyer HMS Dragon has integrated into the @MarineNationale’s FS Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group (CSG), as the @French_CSG operates in the Gulf of Aden/Horn of Africa region. Both the CSG and Dragon have deployed to the region to provide pre-positioned capability, should regional security conditions potentially permit international efforts to re-open the Strait of Hormuz and secure freedom of navigation, following the recent US/Israel versus Iran war 🇬🇧🇫🇷
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The French Navy (@MarineNationale) is maximising frigate availability through developing its approach to maintenance and operations, the service has told Naval News 🇫🇷
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The UK’s outfitting of its Bay-class auxiliary vessel RFA Lyme Bay as a naval mine warfare (NMW) ‘mothership’ carrying uncrewed systems for the mine-hunting role illustrates how the Royal Navy’s (RN’s) ‘hybrid navy’ approach can provide flexibility to respond to events like the current Middle East crisis, the UK’s navy chief told a conference in London 🇬🇧
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The UK @RoyalNavy Chief @GenGJenkinsRM has announced plans for a new naval collaboration construct designed to build combat power and conventional deterrence around Northern European countries’ northern maritime border, with Russia 🇬🇧
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Thales has launched a new mission capability package designed to help navies in their respective transitions towards delivering ‘hybrid’, crewed/uncrewed, mine warfare operational outputs
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The @MarineNationale is assessing how to prepare its strategic thinking and operational outputs across the short, medium, and longer terms, as it responds to major shifts in the threat landscape, understands how to manage strategic shocks that may occur, and considers how to shape its future force structure, Vice Admiral Alban Lapointe, the service’s deputy chief told the @IFRI_ Paris Naval Conference in early February 🇫🇷
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NATO navies must build capability and capacity to master the use of data, alongside enhancing platforms, sensors, and weapons, in order to dominate the modern naval battlespace, a UK Royal Navy (RN) information warfare expert told the Paris Naval Conference in early February 🇬🇧
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