Royal Navy to transform how it operates over the next few years

Frank GardnerSecurity correspondent Ukraine is already deploying naval drones in its war with Russia The Royal Navy is to transform the way it operates over the next few years. Britain's six Type 45 destroyers, designed for air defence, will no longer be replaced by the planned Type 83 versions. Instead, the Navy is to get several cheaper ships called common combat vessels that will act as hubs controlling a fleet of uncrewed vessels or drones. The change is part of the long-delayed but now upda