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

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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 been scheduled for retirement by the late 2030s, with Type 83 vessels intended as their successors.Meanwhile, Type 32 frigates remain at the conceptual stage and were designed to serve as platforms for deploying mine-hunting and anti-submarine drones.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Under the revised strategy, drone technology and autonomous vehicles will receive funding instead, as ministers seek to modernise Britain's military capabilities in response to escalating threats from Russia.Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge condemned the move, telling the Daily Express:...

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