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Historical Proceedings
The Ukraine War One Year In: A Retrospective
Thinking About Seapower:
Navies, the Academy & Strategic Choice Prof Andrew Lambert By the Editor – In this article Professor Lambert considers Corbett’s […]
Did You Know, There’s a Submarine Under The Park?
LT Tom Kemp RN By the Editor – The author demonstrates, with laudable clarity, the fascinating connections between place and […]
Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Making IN THE ROYAL NAVY TODAY
Captain Dr Kevin Rowlands RN By the Editor – The author demonstrates the centrality of history and geography to the […]
The Armed Forces, the Civil-Military Gap and Civilian Support: the Impact of 21st Century Cultural Flux and Criminal Behaviour by Armed Forces Personnel
The author is a serving Officer and member of the Naval Review By the Editor – The author sets out […]
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THE TONKIN GULF YACHT CLUB: NAVAL AVIATION IN THE VIETNAM WAR
Naval aviation is in vogue: our Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers are in the news (for reasons good and bad) and […]
by LT CDR ANDREW WARD
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Climate Change and The Royal Navy – Part Three
‘Thursday Jaw’ Zoom meeting. Hosted by the fellow of the RNSSC reflecting on the COP26 and 2049 vs 2050. The […]
Latest edition: Volume 110. Number 4. Autumn 2022
Defence and Naval Rearmament
ADM SIR BEN KEY FIRST SEA LORD & CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF “We face an increasingly unstable global picture […]
Marine and Oceans
ADM PIERRE VANDIER CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE FRENCH NAVY “The hypothesis of naval combat is thus back on the […]
Fifty Years of the Principal Warfare Officer Course, 1972–2022
CDR ANDREW LIVSEY RN DIRECTOR, ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION, JSCSC By the Editor – This edition has several articles on the […]
From the Archive
The Royal Marines in the War
Far too little has hitherto been heard of the doings of the Royal Marines in this war. Many members must […]
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