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News 2010
29/07/2010
Submarine part moved through Cumbrian town
Traffic came to a standstill as an 800-tonne section of submarine was moved along a street in a Cumbrian town.
The Astute class vessel Audacious is being built at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow.
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28/07/2010
Shipbuilding resumes at Birkenhead's Cammell Laird
Ship building has returned to the banks of the River Mersey, as work begins on an aircraft carrier at Cammell Laird.
More than 350 people are working on the HMS Queen Elizabeth, at the Birkenhead ship yard. It secured the £44m Ministry of Defence contract in January.
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21/07/2010
Farnborough International Air Show
Speech delivered by Secretary of State for Defence at the Farnborough International Air Show on Tuesday, 20 July 2010.
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19/07/2010
Britain's biggest warship uncovered
A wide-angle lens can barely do justice to the scale of latest aircraft carriers being built in Glasgow.
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19/07/2010
University Partnerships Engineer Future Maritime Success
Glasgow, United Kingdom: BAE Systems has today announced its intention to establish four new university partnerships in the field of maritime engineering, worth at least £5 million over the next five years, as part of its research and development investment in the maritime sector. Marking the official launch of the scheme, the company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Heriot-Watt University, with a further three university partners to be named over the next 12 months.
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19/07/2010
Alan Johnston speech to RUSI Maritime Conference
How are the UK's National Strategic Interests Managed within the Evolving International Security Context?
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19/07/2010
Cuts could play 'fast and loose' with national security
George Osborne has been warned not to play ‘fast and loose’ with national security by including Britain’s nuclear deterrent in his programme of public sector spending cuts.
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19/07/2010
Treasury and MoD battle over Trident replacement
Defence secretary Liam Fox goes public with row over who funds £20bn nuclear missile system
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14/07/2010
UK military must keep war-fighting edge
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has argued for the UK having "robust and well-equipped armed forces, capable of intervening abroad whenever necessary".
In a speech to the Chatham House policy think tank in London, he said the military needed a "war-fighting edge".
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07/07/2010
Perspective on First Sea Lord's address:7 july 2010 Maritime Conference
Main points –
• Afghanistan remains the priority for Defence.
• maritime capabilities are not a luxury - they are a necessity
• In Defending our air /sea space, we have to deliver the capabilities best assessed will be needed to protect our interests in the future.
• We also need to pursue enhanced inter-operability with allies and partners, particularly the US, but also with France and the many other maritime forces with whom we operate and exercise, regularly and easily
• The nuclear deterrent is of course fundamental to our ability to deter the most destructive forms of aggression. But we must also remember the powerful deterrent effect of our conventional forces.'
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