NEWS

US DENIES ITS FORCES BLEW UP BALTIC PIPELINES – P2

NAVIES-IN-BRIEF – P3, P4
• Ukraine marines will train in the UK.
• Battle for control of the River Dnieper.
• Russian Navy makes drone attack.
• Mine explodes off Turkey.
• Legendary Warspite rises again as first steel cut.
• Chinese use laser in Spratlys dispute.
• Iranians not welcome in Rio.
• Spanish submarine to be delivered.
• Lebanon rebuilds Beirut naval base.

NAVIES ON MISSION OF MERCY IN TURKEY- P6

SENDING IRANIAN ARMS TO UKRAINE CONSIDERED – P7

BATTLE AGAINST BLACK SEA MINES CONTINUES – P8

NO SHOW FOR RUSSIAN MISSILE FIRING – P9

HUNTERS OF THE HIGH NORTH – P14/15

SEVASTOPOL DRONE RAID A HARBINGER – P19

COMBAT TRAINING DOUBLE ACT – P32

COMMENTARY

ODIN’S EYE – P5
Russia may pay Iran and North Korea for arms and weaponry with submarine technology assistance.

UK RETREAT FROM INDO PACIFIC – P20/23
Arguments for and against a withdrawal.

SUBMARINE TYPE DECISION TIME – P28
A consideration of AUKUS submarine choices.

CHINA’S FALKLANDS GAMBIT – P34/37
A UK and an Argentine perspective on Beijing’s involvement in an unresolved dispute

FEATURES

REARMING ON THE MOVE TO COUNTER CHINA – P10/11
Replenishing missile silos at sea plan for US Navy.

INTERCEPTING & KILLING HYPERSONIC MISSILES – P12/13
How Western navies might neutralise a formidable threat.

RUSSIAN NAVAL DEEP STRIKE PROVEN – P16/18
Even so, it’s been a hard war for the Black Sea Fleet.

LATEST UK ATTACK SUBMARINE DELIVERED – P24/26
News picture special on HMS Anson’s Barrow departure.

US NAVY RECOVERS ‘SPY BALLOON’ – P30/31
Partial success in hunt for answers on aerial intruders.

RUSSIAN SUBMARINE BOWS OUT – P38/39
Russia’s biggest SSBN was made famous by Tom Clancy but now is finally history.

IN THE CALM LEE OF THE COLD WAR’S END – P40/42
As we mark 25 years, the first of an occasional snapshot look at naval developments since 1998.

SAILORS FROM DOWN UNDER FOUGHT U-BOATS – P43/45
The Australians who served in the Atlantic during WW2.

PERFECT STORM SEES MUSEUM BEACHED – P46
Plans for a major Devonport Cold War attraction falter.

NAVAL HISTORY & HERITAGE – P47/48