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Addressing Current Reality, Armed Forces, Autonomous Vehicles, Coast Guard, Coastal Forces, Combined Arms, Communications, Cyberwarfare, Defence Reviews, Doctrine, Environment, Equipment Capability, General, Hybrid Warfare, Institutions, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Leadership, Maritime Security, Mine Countermeasures, Mission Command, Modernisation, National Defence, Naval Platforms, Naval Staff, Naval Tactics, Operational Art, Operational Research, Organisational Theory, People, Readiness, Risk Management, Service Culture, Technology
13 minutes, 17 seconds

Assuring Change: The Evolution of FOST to Support the Frontline

By Lt Cdr Simon Reeves RN and Lt Cdr Baxter-Watt RN,
13 Jan 26

Ed. The authors consider the future of Fleet Operational Standards and Training (FOST) in an operating environment increasingly defined by autonomous and hybrid systems, and provide recommendations for adaptation. A 15 minute read.

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Civil Society, Carrier Strike Group, Command & Control, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Equipment Capability, Europe, Force Structure, General, Geostrategy, Hybrid Warfare, Institutions, Joint Expeditionary Force, Joint Forces, Leadership, Maritime Strategy, Mission Command, National Defence, Naval Aviation, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Operational Research, Organisational Theory, Risk Management, Rules of Engagement, Sea Power, Shipbuilding, Strategy, Submarines, Uncategorized
16 minutes, 27 seconds

Beyond the threshold: The Royal Navy’s role in intra-war deterrence.

By Carl Hines,
08 Jan 26

Ed. The author argues against the prevailing binary view of deterrence, favouring instead a grey zone or limited conflict model that places the RN as escalation manager, with nuclear Continuous At-Sea Deterrent (CASD) playing a vital deterrent role. A 15 minute read.

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Addressing Current Reality, Admiralty, Air Power, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Campaigns, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Defence Industry, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Dockyards & Ports, Doctrine, Economics, Environment, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Europe, First World War, Force Structure, France, Geostrategy, Germany, Hybrid Warfare, Industry, Institutions, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Leadership, Logistics, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, National Defence, NATO, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Operational Art, Operational Planning, Procurement, Readiness, Red Sea, Risk Management, Russia, Sanctions, Sea Power, Strategy, Technology, Trade Interdiction and Protection, Ukraine, Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
31 minutes, 53 seconds

Living with the Ukraine War and its Consequences

By Prof Geoffrey Till,
06 Jan 26

Ed. The expert author continues his ongoing survey [113/1, p. 61] of the Ukraine War, providing updates on the conflict’s military, economic, and geopolitical developments, with the resulting implications for the Royal Navy. A 30 minute read.

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19th Century, Amphibious Operations, Book Reviews, Naval History, Naval Warfare, Royal Marines, Seapower
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Latest Book Review, 13 January 2026

13 Jan 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book which “presents a careful, methodologically restrained study of how Britain thought about, prepared for, and practised amphibious operations in the three decades before the First World War.”

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Naval Bulletin 012

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Addressing Current Reality, Air Power, Amphibious Operations, Armed Forces, Budgets and Finance, Civil-Military Relations, Coast Guard, Combined Arms, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Doctrine, Energy, Environment, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Force Structure, General, Hybrid Warfare, Joint Forces, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, National Security, Naval Platforms, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Readiness, Risk Management, Sea Power, Submarines, Uncategorized
7 minutes, 35 seconds

Anchoring Britain’s Defence: A Critical Examination of the Royal Navy’s National Security role

By Deckhand Scholar,
01 Jan 26

Ed. The author examines how the Royal Navy contributes to Britain’s national security by balancing deterrence, economic protection, global influence, and homeland defence against the challenges of limited resources, technological change, and evolving threats. A 10 minute read.

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Arms Control, Command & Control, Deterrence, Doctrine, Escalation, Hypersonics, Letters, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Readiness, Risk Management, Technology, The Naval Review
2 minutes, 17 seconds

Letter to the Editor: Tactical nuclear weapons in a hypersonic world

By Rob Forsyth,
30 Dec 25

Ed. As flash-to-bang time decreases in the hypersonic era, our correspondent questions if nuclear deterrence remains viable.

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Addressing Current Reality, Amphibious Operations, Armed Forces, Budgets and Finance, Carrier Strike Group, China, Deterrence, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Force Structure, General, Geostrategy, Indo-Pacific, Institutions, Japan, Joint Forces, Leadership, Maritime Strategy, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, Naval Platforms, Operational Planning, Organisational Theory, People, Procurement, Royal Marines, Sea Power, Taiwan, Ukraine, United States Navy
8 minutes, 46 seconds

‘Global, Modern, and Ready’, or ‘Atlantic, Modernising, Inert’? Is the Royal Navy able to offer anything meaningful to secure the Indo-Pacific?

By SLt Dan Rogers RN,
25 Dec 25

Ed. The author considers the Navy’s global commitments, and questions if the RN can, in fact, develop the real fleet capacity necessary for deterrence in a potentially contested region. A 10 minute read.

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Air Power, Afghanistan, Armed Forces, AUKUS, Australia, Budgets and Finance, Campaigns, Carrier Strike Group, China, Defence Industry, Defence Reviews, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Equipment Capability, Europe, Fleet Air Arm, Force Structure, Geostrategy, Global War On Terror, Hybrid Warfare, Indo-Pacific, Industry, Institutions, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Leadership, Letters, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Staff, People, Procurement, Readiness, Risk Management, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Sea Power, Service Culture, Shipbuilding, Strategy, Technology, United States Navy
6 minutes, 39 seconds

Letter to the Editor: Did we neglect Sea Control in the counterinsurgency era of defence reviews?

By Lt Cdr Jonathan Bannister RN (rtd),
23 Dec 25

Ed. Our correspondent provides an appreciation of Royal Navy leadership maintaining strategic direction during the COIN era.

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