NEWS

RUSSIAN LEADER WARNS THE WEST – P2

US NAVY’S EXPERIMENT IN LETHALITY – P3

NAVIES-IN-BRIEF – P4, P6, P8 & P34
• UK carrier to launch strikes in the Middle East.
• Type 31 frigate programme builds a head of steam.
• China commissions two warships & submarine.
• Drone strike on tanker off Syria.
• US patrol vessel fires on Iranian craft.
• Indonesian submarine lost with all hands.
• New German frigate design to be tested.

AUSTRALIAN NAVAL NEWS – P16/17

FIRST TYPE 26 FRIGATE EMERGES – P32/33

LATVIA’S LEGACY OF WAR TACKLED – P36

COMMENTARIES

ODIN’s EYE – P5
When fiction fails to match the perils of the real world.

AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE IS DEAD…

LONG LIVE AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE! – P18/20
How the future for UK amphibious forces needs to shape up following the recent defence review.

FAVOURING LAND OVER NAVAL – P21
The ground forces focus of France could be an error.

BISMARCK ACTION 80

EVEN THE MISSION COMMANDER THOUGHT BATTLESHIP WOULD NOT RETURN – P39/41

‘BEYOND THE CAPACITY OF THEIR MINDS’ – P42/43

MIGHTY HOOD RULED THE WAVES – P44

FEATURES

PRESSURE GROWS TO CALL TIME ON LCS – P7
A problematic class of USN warships.

PUTIN’S ‘RED LINE’ SIGNALS MOSCOW’S DETERMINATION – P9/10
Russia fancies making the Black Sea ‘Mare Nostrum’.

TODAY UKRAINE, TOMORROW THE WORLD – P11/13
Moscow’s ‘asymmetric’ naval forces are developing global strike power.

CALGARY’S OCEAN-SPANNING MISSION – P14/15
The long-range deployment of a Canadian frigate.

USA SENDS AN ARG INTO CELTIC SEA – P22/23
USN amphib ships make their presence felt off UK.

BRITISH & ALLIED FORCES PREPARE – P24/26
The UK Carrier Strike Group deploys.

THE STORY BEYOND THE STORY – P28/29
The overarching significance of the RN’s global carrier mission.

TINY ISLANDS OF HUGE IMPORTANCE – P30/31
A Micronesian island nation asks for a visit.

THE NAVAL OFFICER PRINCE – P37/38
The Duke of Edinburgh’s RN career.

FROM SAIL TO NUCLEAR POWER – P46
The history behind the name HMS Dreadnought.