Contents
- DOES USN ‘STAR WARS’ LASER CUT IT?
- SINGLE WARSHIP YARD INVITES RISKS
- MEET THE ‘NEW’ FRIGATE
- LATIN AMERICA NEWS
- KREMLIN’S HYBRID WARFARE GAMBIT
- TO SERVE THE NATION
- LOW KEY PROGRESS
- AUSTRALIAN FLEET WINS ITS SPURS
- ‘MINOR’ VESSEL OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE
DOES USN ‘STAR WARS’ LASER CUT IT?
Dr Dave Sloggett reports on deployment of the first Directed Energy Weapon system aboard a US Navy warship. He analyses whether or not it offers an operational capability against threats lurking in the waters of the Middle East.
Photo: US Navy.
SINGLE WARSHIP YARD INVITES RISKS
Peter Sandeman ponders the gamble being taken by the British in maintaining only one centre of naval surface ship construction. He suggests that even now the UK could broaden its portfolio of warship builders.
Photo: Jonathan Eastland/AJAX
MEET THE ‘NEW’ FRIGATE
Special Correspondent David Axe reports on the US Navy’s decision to invest in a new generation of frigates to ensure it can handle all likely future threats.
Photo: US Navy.
LATIN AMERICA NEWS
Reports and images focus Latin America, including: Brazil’s decision to modernise its current carrier rather than construct a new one; a warning that Uruguay’s fleet needs an “urgent renovation”; the return to service of the Argentinean ice patrol ship ARA Almirante Irizar and Peru’s acquisition of a new oceanographic polar research vessel.
Photo: Construciones Navales P. Freire S.A.
KREMLIN’S HYBRID WARFARE GAMBIT
Dr Dave Sloggett & Charles Strathdee survey Russia’s risky pursuit of overt and covert military aggression wielded under the cloak of Kremlin deniability and defiance.
Photo: Royal Navy.
TO SERVE THE NATION
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has received a quantum leap in capability with the commissioning into service of the new assault carrier HMAS Canberra at Fleet Base East, Sydney. Words and photographs on the ceremonial induction.
Photo: RAN
LOW KEY PROGRESS
Chief Analyst Usman Ansari reports from the International Defence Exhibition And Seminar (IDEAS), revealing how the host nation’s navy is quietly proceeding with modernisation.
Photo: RAN.
AUSTRALIAN FLEET WINS ITS SPURS
In the first part of his account of how the Royal Australian Navy pursued and destroyed the German raider Emden in WW1, David Stevens set the scene for what would become a legendary fight. Now he brings the tale to its bloody conclusion.
Photo: RAN.
‘MINOR’ VESSEL OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE
Editor-at-Large Jonathan Eastland visits a remarkable British project to restore a century-old steel warship to her WW1 condition for the anniversary of the ill-fated attempt by Britain and her allies to force their way through the Dardanelles. He begins by outlining the service life of the ship.
Photo: Jonathan Eastland/AJAX
