'Silent Night': Britain's Royal Navy handles drone threat

The UK's Navy presents contrasted scenarios of battle threat and carol singing in this thriller-style Christmas 2025 ad. As the campaign description puts it: "Christmas is a time associated with being with family and friends, but every year our people miss nativity plays, decorating the tree, or even speaking with loved ones. Inspired by true events, Silent Night: On the Frontline follows a Royal Navy Type 45 Air Defence Destroyer on active operations on Christmas Eve. This film depicts the real threat of a drone attack, where the ship’s company’s imminent action shoots down the target with their Sea Viper Ballistic Missile system". Britain's Royal Navy was the world's largest and most powerful navy from the 18th century to the end of World War II, serving a key role in securing trade routes and projecting power for the British Empire. Nowadays it is outclassed in terms of numbers by the US, Russian and Chinese fleets. However, it retains a reputation as a highly specialised and technologically advanced force. In 2017, it defined its six principal roles as: Preventing Conflict, Providing Security At Sea, International Partnerships, Maintaining a Readiness To Fight, Protecting the Economy, Providing Humanitarian Aid in response to global catastrophes. What impact does this Christmas campaign have on you: a great job remding us of a great job, unnecessary emotional manipulation, or somewhere in between? It was created using real crew members and filmed by Navy photographers.

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