By the Editor: The author, a Chilean Navy veteran and now Vice Chairman of the Chilean strategic think tank Athena Lab, reminds us of the enduring Chilean-Royal Navy links and proffers thoughts on how that two century old relationship might continue to develop. Fig 1: VAdm Lord Thomas Cochrane (www.armada.cl) The Chilean Navy and the Royal Navy have a relationship that is more than 200 years old. It started when Thomas Cochrane arrived in Chile in 1818 to command the recently created fleet and lead it successfully to a victorious start that still governs the culture and ethos of the Chilean Na…
