{"id":766725,"date":"2026-06-29T00:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/766725\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T00:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:40:09","slug":"navy-to-build-drone-equipped-warships-instead-of-replacing-ageing-destroyers-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/766725\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy to build drone-equipped warships instead of replacing ageing destroyers &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBiWlNmMmJvR1RqYm5WcmZpRko5MjNqZnhjNDVzTHpuUjJzcm5hOTF4VGQ3dmZqdm9taEIyU2VnVDNFXy1qZWRwV3BDNVg3TVZqRzBXUTNEbk5ZUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Navy to build drone-equipped warships instead of replacing ageing destroyers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4gFBVV95cUxNVjhxbHFrNERUSGFBQTUwMEkwd2hFSUtLMU1BZFhQdHZmbDZaRUY0Z1RjdjRIZndBNjhyTTF2WlFjeDJXTFM5MnM1Y3hNZ3gzWnFOdWlMdjMza3ZTSXpiMTVMX1M1MERkY2pvSUQ5dzd2a1g1dDFleVdCNEFIR3d3aFl2ODdqellsM0FtZTB5UUN5ZGJ1enN2TFhhYlZqWTBzSnI0RXZVNVA5SEExUU1YSFBVOXBnTlBoTl80TXowZWpQNTU3aFdiSDZmQ2Zuam03WFV6cTZHZzdkYXNLQWEyRURB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Destroyers out, drones in under UK\u2019s new defence plan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOWWFEVXNRU2N4M01JZERCbWQ0RjJ4cmFyZDgzdXFxQWJkZ1pWNUxiY1hGQXJpUURDZzZLWGlJVjB6WmhhbGt3RDBZTmVaLS11ZFVKT0x2N0JZbFN6eGkxZm01ZjRFc1UxemhHN3hHUG9jY3g0NjZ5MFZCNVU0T3pLU3JVVWlTUnN1M2M1enJUdXpxaklp?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK to replace fleet of destroyers with &#8216;budget warships&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPYWl5dzN1TXdyMDktMXB4ak9RNjFQa2ZuZlNoMU9jYVY1WVR3cy1TcnQ2NE5YSjFIT1Z5YmZ2RlpMcF9RTzJWamhjb3F5cVExc3JEem1GdEJfM2ZucWo5Zm1NTmhWQ01pa3E3X0RNX0ZHb241T2dKN0JYd2YxamhabW83OXF5aEhmLW4xdGdsNzdsaGFQNkNWdGxtWVRsZS1aOGoyX19hTTFhZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drones in, destroyers out of Keir Starmer\u2019s defence investment plan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNWnhVa1hGNzVtbHBuYlpzTjFNRGJnNmNqN3JlNGY4ZHZBMGRBWnpndHJxRm9rUXBjLU1ZdjJubGZrWUxiaS1TZFNuQmFZRXhPZVk0bzhUZmN5VTdYZzFCazhTQ2p2R05UN0ZqeTBBdWtrUmRQM1pTUG1uX0J4NXRhRjhZeFdrX3ZoTnJ2T1RPLXU5ZEZGWTRJS1g4Mnl1N0ZmQ0FDMWlMSEozSU1PdkdHU3RIZGFyNUk5WnlhVjRR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">High-speed boats and new drones for elite Commando Force under Defence Investment Plan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GOV.UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Navy to build drone-equipped warships instead of replacing ageing destroyers&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCDestroyers out, drones in under UK\u2019s new defence plan&nbsp;&nbsp;The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-766725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}