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Type 45 news only in this topic please.

Who doesn't like a bit of BRRRT:

https://i.imgur.com/PvVZU23.jpg https://i.imgur.com/K3UDAH4.jpg The first of Britain’s new fleet of nine maritime patrol aircraft has taken to the skies. The flight of the Poseidon MRA Mk1 was completed successfully at the hands of Boeing test pilots. Following this first test flight the aircraft, ...

Iranian boats 'tried to intercept British tanker' Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf - before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship, the Ministry of Defence has said. HMS Montrose, a British frigate shadowing the tanker British Heritage, was forced to move between the ...

https://i.imgur.com/xC37Ojo.png https://i.imgur.com/Tqo6ghh.png https://i.imgur.com/9itpYIX.png https://i.imgur.com/VATSJLS.png RAF F-35 Lightning aircraft from 617 Squadron “The Dambusters” operating today with their Aeronautica Militare counterparts. Italy and the UK were the first European opera...

Moved the Luftwaffe Typhoon news to the German Armed Forces topic:
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Apaches join HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time: https://www.facebook.com/HMNBPortsmouth/posts/2477976088899291?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAZOtQZSh6SfPjKUOYdDxZc3RiIN6RhzcFGP_www644qw3Bo7SnwOYIGNgoB1lxKT3Ssyj4UMmlfoCxclOJ7hd2_SK79shvkoK1Ed_a0unP1WjFbyV21Mnd4InOCZN3jZetoI2SqIzZTbj-0UbI2iclCWba5j-s9kfk6Z...

Found some good shots of them at work with RFA Fort Victoria on Twitter:

Made a GIF out of the Rheinmetall CR2 upgrade clips featured in this video.

ALBION testing her Phalanx:

QE reunited with POW:



Photo credit: Matt Warwick <https://twitter.com/mpwarwick/status/1113549549157613569>

Moved to Joint since it's not strictly related to the Royal Navy.

Spotted this on Twitter:



Rheinmetall's Challenger 2 LEP technology demonstrator

Veering a little too off-topic here. Can we get back to Puma, please.

I feel we're straying too far away from news-related discussion here guys. Take it to the escorts thread please:
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