UK Defence Investment Plan
The UK’s new Defence Investment Plan (DIP) has detailed four platform types to be introduced into Royal Navy (RN) service, as central elements of...
Hormuz: Merchant ships could go uncrewed
Reportedly, approximately 20,000 seafarers on board some 2,000 ships, including tankers, bulk carriers, cargo ships, and cruise ships, were stranded in the Persian Gulf...
Making public case for naval strategy
Today the US may have the political conditions necessary to build a larger Navy, but it lacks a publicly articulated maritime strategy, argues naval...
Naval Historical Society essay competition
The Naval Historical Society is pleased to announce the launch of an essay competition named in honour of John Jeremy, the society's long-standing Vice...
Russian faults in yacht near-miss incident
By Tom Sharpe*
The Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich firing warning shots across the bow of the British yacht Bright Future on June 16 was not...
The military learning deficit in the West
Technological advances will not change the essential nature of war. Fighting will never be an antiseptic engineering exercise. It will always be a bloody...
UK Defence Chief’s warning on funding
The UK Chief of the Defence Staff has said the Armed Forces will have to dial back operations and exercises if they don't get...
How long can Australia last without ships
By Steven Camilleri*
Australia’s prosperity runs on systems that look permanent but depend on inputs arriving from beyond its shores. While the ships keep coming,...
RN operational readiness lost
The Royal Navy is facing multiple operational readiness issues, which are impacting capability across what remains of a fleet much reduced in size, The...
UK Defence and Armed Services Ministers resign
Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns have resigned from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's government.
In a letter to the prime...