NEWS

MOSCOW WARNS NATO TO STAY OUT – P2

THE SHARP TEETH OF RUSSIA – P3

NAVIES-IN-BRIEF – P4, P6/7, P8/9 & P28
• Exercise Steadfast Defender 21.
• Formidable AI edge honed in missile exercise.
• Australian frigate visits Japan.
• Polish frigate competition launched.
• Colombian Navy to replace 1970s subs by 2041.
• Ukraine gets more Turkish drones.
• Call for action against pirates off West Africa.
• Russian submarine Kazan enters service.

US CUTTER IN BLACK SEA PATROL – P19

GERMAN NAVY NEWS FOCUS – P20/21

NIGHT DEPARTURE FOR UK CARRIER P22/23

FINAL REHEARSALS, SISTERLY R/V & THE MED – P24/25

ANGLO-AMERICAN BATTLE CAMPS – P26

COMMENTARIES

ODIN’s EYE – P5
UK sends new navy strike power away while a threat grows in home waters.

FEATURES

SUPER-SIZED SSNS ON THE HORIZON – P10/11
The US Navy gears up for big submarine investment.

MASSIVE FISHING FLEET HEADACHE – P12/14
Latin America’s illegal fishing problem.

TURKEY’S AIRCRAFT CARRIER DREAM – P16/18
There is more than one way to a fixed-wing ship.

RCN HAMMERS INDIAN OCEAN DRUG TRADE – P27
A Canadian frigate scores a series of busts.

FLYING THE F-35B ITALIAN NAVY STYLE – P29/33
A cockpit perspective on the new strike jet.

KIWI CANTERBURY TALES – P34/36
A profile of New Zealand’s multi-talented warship.

CRUISER PIPES VISITORS ABOARD – P37
The famous HMS Belfast re-opens new & improved.

“BISMARCK HAD TO BE STOPPED”- P38/42
The finale of our WW2 80 series on the pursuit and sinking of the famous German battleship. Also a look at the impact of the event in Hamburg.

SSN DARED TO GO WHERE PRECIOUS FEW HAD EVER BEEN – P43
A Cold War submarine prepares to go under ice.

OBITUARY – P44

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – P46

BOOK REVIEWS – P47/48