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Home / Posts tagged Royal Fleet Auxilliary
CVF or LHD

CVF or LHD

If you remember from my previous post I suggested that a fleet consisting of 13 frigates, 3 CVL, 5-6 tankers, and 4 RFA operated assault ships struggles to …

June 4, 2013 | Analysis and Proposal | 141 Comments

Heavy RAS – Royal Navy

A few pictures of the Royal Navy’s new Heavy Replenishment at Sea (RAS) rig during testing and development at HMS Raleigh. Navy News had a great article …

May 31, 2013 | News and Information | 27 Comments

ICMX 2013

The recent International Mine Counter-Measures Exercise 2013 was held in the Gulf of Arabia and included representation from over 40 nations and private …

May 26, 2013 | News and Information | 3 Comments

Ambush and Dilligence

Sounds like a seventies crimefighting duo! Royal Navy Astute class submarine HMS Ambush is pictured alongside the forward support vessel RFA Diligence in …

May 26, 2013 | News and Information | 2 Comments
If you had to save £20million a year

If you had to save £20million a year

If you absolutely had to save £20 million per year and you were casting your eye over the surface fleet which would you choose for the chopping block? A Bay …

November 25, 2010 | News and Information | 51 Comments

Maritime Security Operations and the ‘myth’ of piracy

I want to borrow the catch line of the Canadian American Strategic Review (CASR) web site and make some “modest proposals” about maritime security …

November 14, 2010 | Analysis and Proposal | 102 Comments

FDR – Naval Logistics #1

I am going to conclude the maritime section of the Think Defence Future Defence Review series of posts with a look at maritime logistics. This is a timely …

January 28, 2010 | Analysis and Proposal | 10 Comments

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