'Live fire' exercise reveals Royal Navy warship's capabilities as it prepares for troubled waters

Royal Navy warship launches live-firing drills

The Royal Navy warship HMS Dauntless uses live rounds to take out an incoming drone from a distance, during an exercise used to prepare for a major deployment to Asia in the coming weeks. Armed Forces minister Luke Pollard says, “we will defend ourselves, and will defend our allies”. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Royal Navy destroyer tracks Russian vessels in Channel

A Royal Navy destroyer has been tracking Russian vessels in the English Channel that are suspected of supplying munitions to Syria. Commander David Armstrong, Captain of HMS Iron Duke, says that although the ships do not pose a specific threat, "it is not enough for the UK just to hope that non-allied warships passing through our waters won't impact our national security". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn