No. 273 November 2017

November 2017

Front cover

With tensions high in Asia-Pacific, the strike carrier USS Ronald Reagan on patrol in the Sea of Japan. Inset: An F/A-18E Super Hornet conducts a high-speed flyby of the carrier. See P3, P5 & P10/11.

Photo by Kenneth Abbate/US Navy.

Contents

NEWS

BLACK SEA IS A MAJOR MIGRANT ROUTE – P2

NAVIES – P4, 6 & P9

  • Multibillion US & UK SSBNs contract
  • Brits to pitch T31e for USN
  • Major Ballistic Missile Defence exercise off UK
  • Russian subs strike Syria
  • New Cypriot OPV launched in Israel
  • Work on second Chinese carrier steams ahead

CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS – P7

AUSTRALIA PROJECTS POWER – P20/21

RAN’s FIRST AWD IS COMMISSIONED – P22

HIGH NORTH PATROL FOR UK & US SHIPS – P30

SUB HUNTER TAKES PIGGYBACK RIDE – P34

EX DYNAMIC MONARCH – P36

 

NORTH KOREAN CRISIS

NAVAL POWER TO EXERT DECISIVE EFFECT – P3

ODIN’s EYE – P5
Can sea soldiers save the world from war?

SUFFOCATING N. KOREA’S SEA TRADE – P10/11
Would an embargo or blockade be a wise move?

 

FEATURES & ANALYSIS

HURRICANE NAVIES IN ACTION – P8 & P12/16
Warships and support sailed to the rescue.

US ALLIES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION – P17/19
The South China Sea cauldron bubbles away.

USN PLANS RECALL OF OLD WARSHIPS – P23
Perry Class frigate proposal gains momentum.

NEW PRINCE OF TIDES – P24/26
The UK’s second super-carrier is named.

ACID TEST FOR GLOBAL UK – P27/29
Starting gun fired on Type 31e frigate programme.

NAVIES FIND COMMON CAUSE – P32/33
Baltic fleets join forces for a major exercise.

ROBOTS WILL RULE THE WAVES – P37/40
The First Sea Lord predicts an unmanned future.

KEEPING UP A GLOBAL WATCH – P41/43
How task group innovation overcame tough times.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – P44

NAVAL HERITAGE – P45/46

BOOK REVIEWS – P47/48