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Royal Air Force participates in operation targeting Houthi military facilities in Yemen.
![An RAF Typhoon fighter jet departs to conduct its mission](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6658f24a0c8f88e868d33413/s712_Aircraft_Takeoffs-0601.jpg)
The Type 45 destroyed sailed from Portsmouth today to relieve her sister ship, HMS Diamond
![HMS Duncan departs from Portsmouth](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6654c76edc15efdddf1a842b/s465_FRPUE-20240527-XE0158-009.jpg)
30 children visited 10 Downing Street and HMS Belfast for the ultimate D-Day history lesson, transported on a Second World War-era red London bus.
![Children at heart of D-Day 80 with ultimate history lesson](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/664df4c4ae748c43d379405f/s465_Children_at_heart_of_D-Day_80_with_ultimate_history_lesson.jpg)
New Golden Age of shipbuilding as new UK-built warships boost Navy building programme to up to 28 ships and submarines
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With up to 28 warships and submarines in the pipeline, backed by defence spending rising to 2.5% of GDP, Britain is seeing a new Golden Age of shipbuilding.
![New Golden Age of shipbuilding as new UK-built warships boost Navy building programme to up to 28 ships and submarines](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6644704bb7249a4c6e9d344a/s465_New_Golden_Age_of_shipbuilding_as_new_UK-built_warships_boost_Navy_building_programme_to_up_to_28_ships_and_submarines.jpeg)
Thousands of Armed Forces personnel and members of the public will take part in events in Normandy and Portsmouth this June.
![The British Normandy Memorial, site of D-Day 80 commemorations in June](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6645ada1993111924d9d3606/s465_IMG_2008.jpeg)
A new game-changing weapon that uses radio waves to disable enemy electronics and take down multiple drones at once is under development for the UK’s armed forces.
![Cutting-edge drone killer radio wave weapon developing at pace](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6645c8c7f34f9b5a56adc8e4/s465_Cutting-edge_drone_killer_radio_wave_weapon_developing_at_pace.jpeg)
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