Contents
NEWS
USA WON’T BACK DOWN AT SEA – P2
JAPAN WEIGHS UP MORE ABM DESTROYERS – P3
USN CARRIER, SSGNS & CRUISERS TO BE RETIRED – P4
NAVIES-IN-BRIEF – P6
• French chief and SSN visit Indo-Pacific.
• Kiev to order Turkish corvettes.
• Tanker attacked at Jeddah.
• Russian Pac Fleet SSBN test fires Bulava salvo.
DAWN OF THE UK’S ‘FRIGATE FACTORY’ – P7
MISSILES FLY AS AUSTRALIAN TRIO MEETS – P12
HMS SOMERSET LATEST ‘DUKE’ IN ‘THE SHED’ – P23
COMMENTARIES
ODIN’s EYE – P5
A deadly serious game in which rules are erased.
FEATURES & ANALYSIS
PARIS PICKS A NUCLEAR-POWERED CARRIER – P8/9
The French Navy outlines its future flagship.
ROCKETS MAY BE DAMP SQUIBS – P10/11
Doubts arise over the validity of Russian tests.
TRUMP’S FINAL GESTURE – P14/15
USN shipbuilding plan unveiled late in the day.
WORLD WIDE INTERNET VULNERABILITY – P16/18
Undersea cables, a top target in a future war.
FLAGSHIP OF ‘GLOBAL BRITAIN’ PREPARES – P20/21
Indo-Asia-Pacific beckons for the RN’s carrier group.
NEW FRIGATE A VARIATION ON A THEME – P22
Canada’s future warship compared to the UK’s and Australia’s.
REALITY BEHIND ‘BREXIT GUNBOATS’ – P24/27
The true state of the RN’s patrol ships flotilla.
NO TIME TO WASTE WITH THE TYPE 32 – P28/30
The UK must not dawdle in building frigates.
NEW ZEALAND’S LARGEST SHIP – P40/41
A chat with the CO of the RNZN’s new support vessel.
ODYSSEY OF AN ITALIAN BATTLESHIP – P42/43
The life of a battlewagon named after Julius Caesar.
BOOKS & BOOK REVIEWS – P44/48
Two authors on spies who feature in their latest works and also our look at naval intelligence works.
SUBMARINES FOCUS
NEWS-IN-BRIEF – P31, P32 & P39
• Power display by USN in Hormuz Strait.
• China close to biggest submarine force.
• France to bring back fire-stricken SSN.
• Japan launches first ‘big whale’.
• New Indian SSK enters the water.
MOSCOW’S KILOS CAN STRIKE HARD – P33/35
How Russia’s conventional craft project power.
NEW HMS ANSON DEBUT – P36/38
The fifth Astute Class SSN is named at Barrow while progress is made with Dreadnought.
