Over the past half century, the British army has been extraordinarily busy. During the Cold War, it was deployed in West Germany, Northern Ireland, and, in response to an Argentine invasion in 1982, the Falkland Islands.

More than 1,400 British soldiers have boarded a chartered civilian passenger ferry to travel to a major military exercise in Germany, the first time the British Army has used civilian sea transport on this scale in over two decades.

British troops are getting missiles produced by a UK-based startup as top militaries seek a cost-effective defense against attack drones.

The British military said a ship caught fire Sunday after being hit by an unknown projectile off the coast of Qatar.The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said the attack caused a small fire on the bulk carrier,

The British Army’s new Challenger 3 main battle tank just began its first live-fire trials—the first new MBT for the United Kingdom in more than three decades. But there’s a brutal catch: the British Army will only field 148 Challenger 3 tanks by 2030,

British military officials reported that a bulk carrier was attacked Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz. Here's what we know so far about the incident. (AP Photo)