Opinion: Royal Navy sailing to stronger waters?
In late 2017 the UK Royal Navy (RN) seemed to be in a difficult place. Wracked by funding challenges threatening enormous cuts, and unable to keep a single major warship deployed over the Christmas period outside of home waters, the public perception seemed to be that of a navy in terminal decline.
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