CapabilityProtectedShips Radical ship redesign urged By ANI - November 7, 2024 0 112 French submarine FNS Améthyste (S605) moors pier side at Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 16, 2021. The pace of change in maritime warfare requires Western navies to innovate faster and work more intimately with industrial partners to defeat evolving threats, the heads of the French and U.K. navies said, Defense News reports. Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)