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Royal Navy Deep Sea Drone Fires Torpedo for the First Time

  • Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived in New York on Monday for the United Nations General Assembly, where he is expected to meet President Donald Trump on Tuesday for the first time.
  • The meeting faces scrutiny as the UK-US relationship has deteriorated over tariffs and the war in Iran, while Trump has previously dismissed Burnham as 'the mayor of a town' and 'liberal'.
  • Britain and the United States last week conducted a historic live firing of a heavyweight torpedo from an uncrewed, underwater drone named Excalibur, hailed as a 'significant breakthrough' for NATO undersea capabilities.
  • Burnham will use his 24 hours in the US to advocate for international cooperation on artificial intelligence, a 'just and lasting peace' in Ukraine, and renewed efforts to end the Middle East conflict.
  • The Prime Minister will confirm that Manchester will host the G20 leaders' summit next November, bringing together the world's major economies to address pressing global challenges.
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In the framework of the Aukus alliance, which includes Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, London and Washington fired a torpedo from an unmanned submarine ship last week in British waters. A "significant breach for Euro-Atlantic security", vivait the British government on Monday.

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Britain first released a heavy torpedo from an unmanned submarine last week in territorial waters, launched from a 12-metre U.S. Navy submarine known as Excalibur. "These weapons, developed jointly by the United States and Australia, are designed to drown ships and deep-sea submarines. The project is being implemented by Britain and the U.S. as part of a landmark defense partnership between AUKUS and Australia, which is developing a new generati…

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Britain and the United States last week test-fired a torpedo from an unmanned submarine for the first time.

·Copenhagen, Denmark
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Britain and the United States last week test-fired a torpedo from an unmanned underwater vehicle for the first time.

·Borås, Sweden
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iNews broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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