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Keir Starmer scraps plan to replace Navy's destroyers for drones as part of defence investment plan

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Keir Starmer scraps plan to replace Navy's destroyers for drones as part of defence investment plan
Sir Keir Starmer has abandoned plans to replace ageing naval vessels, opting instead to prioritise drone technology within Labour's anticipated Defence Investment Plan (Dip). The replacement of 13 ageing Royal Navy warships were to form part of the Dip, but funding for up to eight Type 83 destroyers and five Type 32 frigates is said to have been pulled. The Royal Navy's current Type 45 air defence destroyers had be
28 Jun, 15:37