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...
Category : Sea
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...
Should British Battlefield Helicopters be Operated by a Single Service?
Time for a Change? This year’s Defence Command Paper revealed that the 4 medium-sized helicopters currently operated by the 3 Services would be replaced by...
Un-crewed Underwater Technologies in the Arctic
The substantial overlap between military, academic, and economic applications and the furtive nature of deployed uninhabited underwater technologies in the Arctic have contributed to instability...
Britain’s strategic failure: Suez Canal 1854–1882
By the time the Ever Given, a 1,300-foot-long cargo vessel, had been dislodged from its horizontal grounding on a bank of the Suez Canal in...
#WavellReviews “First In, Last Out: The Post-War Organisation, Employment and Training of Royal Marine Commandos” by Paul Winter (editor)
His fundamental argument - that the RM need to separate themselves from the pack by carving a distinct defence niche and identity with a bespoke...
Clausewitz and the Strategic Deficit
Carl von Clausewitz’ seminal work On War remains as relevant today as it has been since the day it was written. Some may see its...
Changing Course? Reconsidering the Education for Seapower Strategy
A New Beginning for PME? Just six months after the release of the heralded Education for Seapower Strategy, the United States Navy (USN) was labelled...