Inside the operations room of a £1.4bn Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer

HMS Diamond has been battling Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, taking out multiple drones using several on-board weapons.

Meanwhile, in Portsmouth, her sister ship, HMS Duncan, has been taking on a training exercise to recreate the Type 45 destroyer's response to a potential aerial attack.

Commander Ben Martin, Commanding Officer of HMS Duncan, said it is "routine business" to make sure the ship is prepared "as the very high readiness destroyer".

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