South Korean SLBM Tests: An Arms Race Heating Up?
Welcome To The Club In early July 2021, YTN News carried a low-profile but significant report, describing South Korea’s joining of an exclusive club of...
Category : Sea
Uncrewed Drones in Naval Warfare: A Force Multiplier?
Uncrewed drones: better kit, cheaper costs and more useful than ever In recent years the idea of leveraging on uncrewed drone technologies for use in...
Tilting at windmills? UK Defence and the Indo-Pacific
Far from presenting a binary choice between European and Indo-Pacific theatres, UK Defence’s Integrated Review refresh should seek to harmonise these seemingly divergent approaches. Understanding...
Mine Warfare in Asia-Pacific Naval Theatre: A Clear and Present Danger
In contemporary academic and military strategic discourse about the future of naval warfare and balance in the Asia-Pacific, discussion and debate is often drawn to...
The raid on Sevastopol Bay
On Saturday 29 October, at 4.30 am Moscow time, air defences at the Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol Bay were alerted to what appeared...
Russian Maritime Doctrine (RMD) – A Pocket Primer
привет моряк ! On the 6th August 2022, just a few months after the high-profile sinking of the Russian warship Moskva during the ongoing Ukraine conflict,...
The Constant Struggle At Sea: Attacking And Protecting Shipping
The large-scale land warfare and aerial bombardment we are currently seeing in Ukraine is fortunately rare, but the other part of the current war, attacks...
Building Royal Navy 2035 Means Rebuilding the UK Defence Industrial Base
On 10th February 2022 the First Sea Lord (1SL), Admiral Sir Ben Key, delivered a speech outlining his bold vision for the Royal Navy in...
The Disintegrated Review? Britain and the Ukraine Crisis
The more pessimistic strategic planners and security wonks in the UK could, if they were so inclined, play a depressing game of bingo around the...
The Submarine Affair: An American Strategic Paradox
Introduction The recent and still ongoing Franco-American crisis surrounding the AUKUS agreement is undoubtedly the most serious one since 2003, when France had refused to...