Overview
- RAF Lossiemouth maintains 24/7 Quick Reaction Alert Typhoons and Poseidon patrols to secure UK airspace and surrounding seas.
- HM Naval Base Clyde sustains the continuous nuclear deterrent under Operation Relentless, with one submarine currently on patrol.
- About 7,400 personnel are deployed overseas on 58 operations in 49 countries, including NATO missions in Estonia and Poland and UN peacekeeping in Cyprus.
- UK forces continue global tasks from Royal Navy patrols, counter-narcotics seizures in the Gulf and Indian Ocean, and Indo-Pacific operations by HMS Spey and HMS Tamar to home-water monitoring of increased Russian activity.
- Cyber specialists remain on duty to protect defence networks, while expanded travel funding announced this month helps roughly 30,000 personnel reunite with families.