Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The French army intercepted five drones spotted flying over a nuclear submarine base on its north Atlantic ...

Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Pennsylvania arrives at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor following routine operations at sea, Oct. 27, 2025. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Riley/U.S.

In 1941, the German submarine U-570 was on its first patrol with an inexperienced crew when the captain made a fatal blunder, surfacing illegally near Iceland. It was spotted by a single, aging ...