Red Sea missile war: Navy helicopters are making air-to-air kills like fighters
Door gun not Topgun, in the new world of slow drones
 
	Door gun not Topgun, in the new world of slow drones
 
	American ones, of course
 
	As a former Royal Navy icebreaker captain, I’m one of just a few who have been there
 
	A case of do what you can, not what you should
 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	The Government must be clear and concise about what happened... the credibility of our most important defence asset depends on it
 
	Perhaps at last the 'aircraft carriers are obsolete' mantra will cease
 
	US carrier Eisenhower was a day later than expected, too. Everyone just calm down
 
	The Houthis will presently have missiles again if they don’t already
 
	This is why you don't just have one
 
	HMS Queen Elizabeth is on standby. The Houthi threat is real – it's time to let go of our peacetime mindset
 
	A massive coalition of military stakeholders desperate to keep the shipping route secure are nonetheless politically divided
 
	There's no way to decribe our current situation as anything other than a disaster
 
	Our embattled forces are out of sight, out of mind
 
	Ship handling can be a tricky business, even with twin screws and bow thruster
 
	You have to admire the USMC's political savvy
 
	The UK and even more the US have delivered telling blows, but this isn't over
