Russian naval activity near UK jumps 41% as 'beer-drinking nations' build drone fleet
Russian naval activity around the UK rose 41% in the first nine months of the year, a British defence minister says. The Royal Navy is answering by scaling up a 10-country maritime effort that would let sea drones plug into allied warships. Luke Pollard calls the group "the alliance of beer-drinking nations."
- Original source: theguardian.com.
- The source published it on Nov 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM.
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Russian naval activity around the UK climbed 41% in the first nine months of this year, and Britain is answering with drones. Defence readiness minister Luke Pollard called the jump a
a huge increase
and used it to sell a bigger push behind the Northern Navies Initiative, a 10-country maritime effort he nicknamed
TopicsLuke Pollard · Royal Navy · Northern Navies Initiative · Yantar · Valerii Zaluzhnyi · Prince of Wales · John Healey · Smyrtos
Source: theguardian.com
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