NEWS

DEFENCE REALITY CHECK FOR UK GOVT – P2

NAVIES-IN-BRIEF – P3, P6/7
• Putin’s nuclear war threats push world closer to Doomsday.
• Admiral issues European security warning.
• Russia produces first batch of Poseidon torpedoes.
• Moscow’s maritime spies.
• British special mission auxiliaries arrive.
• Russian hypersonic missile warship deployed.
• U-boat back from Med patrol.
• UK Govt denies it will axe T32 frigate.
• Pakistan makes big drug bust.
• AUKUS under fire in the USA.
• New Peruvian vessels authorised.

STEEL CUT FOR SECOND TYPE 31 FRIGATE – P4

FRENCH CARRIER & INDIAN FORCES IN BIG EX – P22/23

HOMEWARD-BOUND HMS DARING – P24/25

ROYAL NAVY SAILS TO THE RESCUE – P30

IRANIAN ARMS-SMUGGLING ATTEMPT FOILED – P31/32

QATAR AMPHIBIOUS SHIP WITH BMD ROLE – P33

COMMENTARY

ODIN’S EYE – P5
UK Govt failing the Nation and the Navy.

RADICAL SOLUTIONS NEEDED FOR AUSSIE SSN – P14/15
A look at some thorny issues that need to be grasped.

FRANCE MAY YET HAVE AN AUKUS ROLE – P16
Creating civil energy infrastructure offers a way forward.

FEATURES

USA’S ‘BIG STICK’ BROKEN IN SIMULATED WAR – P8/10
But its submarines fare better in simulated Taiwan clash.

FLEET BOSS SLAMS DEFENCE INDUSTRY – P12/13
Blunt talk from a USN admiral about supply problems.

MARATHON REFIT RISKS UK SEA-BASED NUCLEAR DETERRENT COMING UNSTUCK- P17
The prolonged overhaul of the SSBN HMS Vanguard.

THE WAY AHEAD FOR DANISH FLEET – P18/21
How the RDN has coped with the Russians, a pandemic and more while planning for the future.

CARIBBEAN PATROL WITH HMS MEDWAY – P26/29
An inside perspective on a busy commitment.

RUSSIAN ASSAULT SHIPS NOW SAIL IN FEAR – P34/35
They once scared Black Sea states, but no more.

THE HYPERSONIC MISSILE CHALLENGE – P36/37
Both Russia and China are making a bid to dominate the world via a terrifying new weapon.

JOURNEY’S END ABOARD PATROL SHIP – P38/41
The finale of our series on HMCS Margaret Brooke.

UNLIKELY FRIGATE DEAL FOR TURKEY SURFACES – P42/43
And a suggestion of U-boats for Ukraine lacks buoyancy.

OBITUARY – P44 • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – P46

NEW AND NOTABLE BOOKS – P47/48