Double the speed, stealthier and uncrewed: Future Royal Marines multi-purpose landing craft
New concepts suggest tomorrow's beach landing craft will be expected to do much more than ferry troops from ship to shore
Stuart joined BFBS in 2010, producing the flagship news programme British Forces News, covering Op Herrick in Afghanistan. As Output Editor and now Senior Video Editor, he works closely with BFBS reporters and content producers to shine a light into the Forces world and the evolution of warfare. His special interest is the war in Ukraine and advances in military technology across land, sea, air, space and cyber, as well as geopolitics.
New concepts suggest tomorrow's beach landing craft will be expected to do much more than ferry troops from ship to shore
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