NEWS

RUSSIAN WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION TO BE EXPANDED AND ACCELERATED – P2

NAVIES-IN-BRIEF – P3, P6/7
• British and American SSBNs meet up.
• French frigate shadows spy ship.
• Former ‘pingers’ sent to Ukraine.
• Finland’s largest ever naval exercise.
• Sino-Russian combat training.
• Gulf of Guinea cocaine bust.
• Thai warship lost in heavy seas.
• New British SSBN milestone.
• Containerised missile system for Indian Navy.
• Taiwan frigate class to be upgraded.

GERMAN NAVY NEWS – P8/10

RN’S 10,000 HOURS IN NATO OPS – P18

USN & JMSDF SADDLE UP FOR ASW – P19

WARSAW BOOSTS ITS NAVY – P20

SECOND SEA BASE SHIP FOR PERU – P21

TURKISH NAVY NEWS – P22

NAVIES NEWS IN FOCUS – P32/33

PROTECTOR TO THE RESCUE – P40

RECORD-BREAKING HMS SCOTT – P41

TROOPS STORM ASHORE – P42

USS NAUTILUS STILL IN HARNESS – P46

COMMENTARY

ODIN’S EYE – P5
Quadruple Threat Challenges the Free World.

FEATURES

ADVENT OF CETUS AND GHOST SHARK – P11
The UK and Australia unveil robot submarines.

TWO IN, ONE OUT – P12/13
A busy Devonport as Albion and Montrose come home and the last of the Trafalgar Class SSN leaves refit.

US NAVY ASSISTS NASA MISSION – P14/15
The American fleet recovers a space capsule.

AUKUS SUMMIT IN THE USA – P16/17
The way ahead for the defence alliance is charted.

SPECTACULAR PORTRAITS – P24/26
Naval vessels off the UK’s Jurassic Coast.

THE UK’S SURFACE FLEET SHAPES UP – P27/31
A survey of various new warship programmes.

LIFE AT SEA IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC – P34/37
Part three of our voyage into the High North.

DRESS REHEARSAL FOR ANTARCTIC MISSION – P38/39
How the Argentine Navy’s icebreaker prepared for the vessel’s latest ‘campaign’.

TIDE TURNS FOR A SPECIAL KING’S SHIP – P44/45
A big effort to raise and restore a RN veteran.

BOOK REVIEWS – P47/48