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Key FactsRAF drone tracked Russian vessels in the Channel

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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: inews.co.uk

The Ministry of Defence said this was the first operational deployment of an RAF remotely piloted aircraft in the Channel.

The drone tracked a Russian warship for more than 10 hours and conducted intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

Between late September and mid-October, the drone and Navy units monitored Russian activity in the Channel, North Sea and waters west of Scotland.

Royal Navy monitoring of Russian movements rose 25 percent in the first seven months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025.

“But the Navy is still in a pretty dire state, this doesn’t change that.”— Sam Cranny-Evans, an associate fellow at the defence think-tank RUSI, on the limits of the new drone surveillance.

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