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Royal Navy abandons Type 83 destroyer for new hybrid warships
Britain has abandoned plans to build a conventional successor to its Type 45 destroyers, instead ordering at least six new warships designed to command networks of autonomous drones across the air, surface, and subsurface, as reported by UK Defence Journal. The new class, called the Common Combat Vessel, will be the Royal Navy’s first hybrid []
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Related coverage for "Royal Navy abandons Type 83 destroyer for new hybrid warships": Splash247 — Seacon buys chemical tanker newbuild pair. Korea Times News — Hanwha Ocean picked as preferred bidder for $5.1 bil. Navy destroyer project. CNN — This is the destroyer that is protecting the USS Abraham Lincoln. The korea Herald News — Hanwha Ocean picked as preferred bidder for W7.8tr Navy destroyer project. KTLA 5 — Stolen Sea Scouts boat recovered in Marina del Rey. NDTV — Unknown 'Projectile' Attacks Cargo Ship In Strait Of Hormuz