The Challenge of Building Out a Naval Industrial Base Ready to Support Sustained Conflict
With the shift from the land wars to higher tempo operations involved peer competitors, the industrial…
Read More »Building a New Allied Frigate: The Case of the Type 26
The origin of the Type 26 ship design began in 1998 with the UK’s Future Surface…
Read More »India and Shipbuilding: Shaping a Naval Eco-System
India can be a hub for warships production and repair for friendly countries Shipbuilding can contribute…
Read More »Indian Navy Air Acquisitions: Looking Ahead
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Admiral Ashok Kumar told India Strategic on the sidelines of a…
Read More »Romanian Defense Modernization: Frigate Upgrades
Paris – Romania has picked for contract talks Naval Group (NG) and its local partner to…
Read More »Operation Relentless: 50 Years of Nuclear Deterrence at Sea
Known as Operation Relentless, at least one Royal Navy ballistic submarine has been patrolling the world’s…
Read More »The ANZAC Frigates: The Challenge of Operating an Older Fleet
As I discussed in part 2 of this series, the Anzacs are high-quality frigates. They will likely age…
Read More »Can the Anzac Frigates Remain Relevant?
In part 1, I discussed how the Anzac class of frigates is only halfway through its service…
Read More »Shaping the Future of the Royal Australian Navy: The Impact of Frigates
The Royal Australian Navy is being rebuilt as part of a transformed Australian Defence Force. Recently,…
Read More »The Royal Navy’s New Offshore Patrol Vessels: Enhancing the Size of the Royal Navy
In a recent story published on the UK Ministry of Defence website, the naming of the…
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