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Back from the depths: A century of submarine rescue
HMS K13, January 1917 The icy waters of Gareloch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, saw one of the world’s first…
26 Mar
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The digital naval shipyard
Over recent years, shipbuilders have been steadily moving away from their legacy production methods and increasingly outdated, and often out-of-sync,…
12 Feb
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Green at sea: can the US Navy cut its vast energy footprint?
According to its Fiscal Year 2016 Operational Energy Annual Report, the Department of Defense (DoD) used almost 86 million barrels…
18 Jan
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Tip of the spear: the global importance of America’s Guam base
When President Trump told the people of Guam that his administration was “with you a thousand percent,” leaving aside the…
16 Nov
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Is the UK naval shipbuilding industry ready for a ‘renaissance’?
On New Year’s Day 2017, UK Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon announced “the start of a new era of maritime…
1 Nov
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Understanding acoustic signatures
With two major naval programmes underway to deliver new, once in a generation frigates and submarines, the Australian government is…
20 Oct
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In a war with cyber attackers, just how vulnerable is Trident?
“Ooops, your files have been encrypted!” With that simple message in May came untold misery for personal users, huge disruption…
11 Sep
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The allure of supercavitating torpedoes
First developed into a workable design for the Soviet navy during the Cold War, the concept of supercavitating torpedoes has…
19 Jun
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Securing the Royal Navy’s future firepower
After more than 30 years, the Harpoon missile is undeniably showing its age. It is not fast, nor manoeuvrable; it…
7 May
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Operation Ocean Shield: mission success?
Since the end of NATO’s Operation Ocean Shield, two ships have been hijacked within two weeks near the cost of…
31 Mar
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