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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …