Defence Secretary Says UK Entering ‘Golden Age of Shipbuilding’

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has hailed a “new golden age of shipbuilding” as he unveiled plans to build up to six drone-carrying craft designed to drop Royal Marine commandos on land. He said the multi-role support ships (MRSS) would help the Royal Navy learn some of the lessons from the Ukraine war and would also assist in combating Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea. Mr. Shapps told the BBC, “Interestingly, we’re learning from what’s happened in the Black Sea in Ukraine and learning what’s happening in the Red Sea currently to make much more flexible ships capable of carrying out a lot of different types of tasks.”...