NAVAL NEWS

FOREIGN WARSHIPS ATTEND
RUSSIAN SHOW – P2 & P17/18
RN & USN WERE READY FOR NEW WAR – P3
UKRAINE WAR – P3
• Sea trials for Ukrainian corvette.
• Novorossiysk attack.
NAVIES NEWS IN FOCUS – P4
• French ships train in UK waters.
• HMS Triumph offloads TLAM at the Rock.
• New carrier on the Aden station.
ITALY’S CARRIER AIR POWER GOES GLOBAL – P7/9
FRENCH LATIN AMERICAN MISSION – P10/12
SIX DECADES OF COMBAT SWIMMING – P20
TRAINING FOR TONGA-BOUND TRIO – P21

COMMENTARY

ODIN’S EYE – P5/6
UK defence review must kick the fantasy fleet habit.

SEAPOWER AND ITS IMPORTANCE – P36/37
The new British government needs a naval education.

FEATURES

STRATEGIC DETERRENT CANNOT BE DONE ON THE CHEAP – P13/16
A look at the relevance and means of delivering the UK’s protection against existential threats.

SURFACE SHIP SUPPORT AT DEVONPORT – P22/23
The future of the Plymouth dockyard and naval base.

RIMPAC WENT LIKE A ROCKET – P24/28
Missiles flew and ships were sunk off Hawaii.

FEARS OF SABOTAGE OR DRONE STRIKES – P30/31
Russia is forced to scale back its Navy Day parade.

RIVER CLASS DESTROYER BUILD STARTS – P32/34
First steel is cut for major Canadian warships.

RUSSIAN INTERLOPERS – P38/39
Snoopers cannot spoil Kiel Week 2024.

RULE BRITANNIA! – P42/43
The mystery of a million-pound model.

THROUGH A STORM OF FIRE – P44/47
How the heavy cruiser HMS London tried to rescue HMS Amethyst during the famous Yangtze Incident.

MOVIE REVIEW – P48
Sailors on a raucous run ashore in ‘Remembrance’.