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Armed Forces, Arms Control, BRNC, Command & Control, Communications, Deterrence, General, Geopolitics, Institutions, Joint Forces, Leadership, Letters, Ministry of Defence, National Security, Naval Staff, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Organisational Theory, People, Risk Management, Service Culture, Strategy, The Naval Review
4 minutes, 6 seconds
Letters to the Editor: Intelligent Disobedience; Nuclear Weapons
By Malcolm Farrow, David Childs,
16 Sep 25
Ed. Our correspondents elaborate on the meaning of intelligent disobedience in the context of staff work, and reconsider a long-held position on nuclear deterrence.
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Amphibious Operations, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Blockade, Campaigns, Caribbean, Carrier Strike Group, Civil-Military Relations, Coast Guard, Cold War, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Communications, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Europe, Falklands War, Fleet Air Arm, From the Archive, Geopolitics, Global War On Terror, Globalisation, Information Operations, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Leadership, Middle East, Military History, Ministry of Defence, Mission Command, Modernisation, National Defence, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Staff, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Operational Planning, Readiness, Sea Power, Second World War, Service Culture, Surveillance, Tactics, Technology, The Naval Review, Veterans
31 minutes, 6 seconds
Naval Intelligence: Delivering Power from the Sea II
By Dr Dave Sloggett,
18 Jul 25
Ed. This article, the second in a trilogy, focuses on the development of situational assessment by naval commanders, utilising then recent historical examples to demonstrate the synergistic properties of intelligence in modern warfare. Reproduced from the NR‘s Archive, originally published in August 2007 [95/3, p. 245]. A 30 minute read.
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Addressing Current Reality, American Revolution, Arctic, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Baltic, Budgets and Finance, China, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Climate Change, Cold War, Command & Control, Defence Industry, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Environment, Equipment Capability, Escalation, First World War, General, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Hybrid Warfare, Institutions, Joint Forces, Law, Maritime Strategy, National Defence, NATO, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Political Science, Readiness, Risk Management, Second World War, Strategy, Ukraine
16 minutes, 11 seconds
‘Orange Man’
By Tearless,
23 Apr 25
Ed. The author provides a tour d’horizon of the strategic history of the last century, and the implications for understanding the US’s role in the multipolar world. A 15 minute read.
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Air Defence, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Baltic, Black Sea, Campaigns, Combined Arms, Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems, Defence Industry, Doctrine, Equipment Capability, Force Structure, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Hybrid Warfare, Iran, Littoral, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Modernisation, National Security, Naval Engineering, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Russia, Sea Power, Seabed, Shaping The Future, Strategy, Tactics, Technology, Ukraine, Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs)
13 minutes, 33 seconds
The autonomous navy: Sea drones and the future of maritime conflict
By Kamil Kaminski, Alan Bury, Fred Bezombes and Abdul Khalique,
16 Apr 25
Ed. The authors survey recent drone developments, theorising an emerging global drone arms race with geostrategic implications. Originally published in Seaways magazine, April 2025. A 15 minute read.
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Addressing Current Reality, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Cold War, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Equipment Capability, Europe, France, Geopolitics, Joint Forces, Maritime Security, Modernisation, National Defence, National Security, NATO, Naval Architecture, Naval Platforms, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Procurement, Risk Management, Russia, Sea Power, Submarines, Technology
6 minutes, 7 seconds
New era demands a different deterrent mindset
By Rob Forsyth,
25 Mar 25
Ed. The author suggests an alternative pathway forward for UK strategic defence. Article originally published by Warships IFR magazine. A 5 minute read.
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Armed Forces, Arms Control, Budgets and Finance, Command & Control, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Doctrine, Equipment Capability, Europe, Force Structure, France, General, Geopolitics, Joint Forces, Letters, Ministry of Defence, National Defence, National Security, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Procurement, Readiness, Risk Management, Submarines, Technology, The Naval Review, United States Navy
2 minutes, 52 seconds
Letter to the Editor: ‘Once in a generation moment’ to make big defence decisions
By Rob Forsyth,
20 Feb 25
Ed. Our correspondent proposes leaving European nuclear deterrence to France as a component of a radical reappraisal of the UK’s role with respect to continental defence.
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Addressing Current Reality, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Baltic, Budgets and Finance, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Command & Control, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Doctrine, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Europe, Force Structure, Geostrategy, Hybrid Warfare, Joint Forces, Know your Enemy, Leadership, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, National Defence, National Security, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Operational Planning, People, Procurement, Readiness, Russia, Strategy, Submarines, Ukraine
8 minutes, 53 seconds
Nuclear Deterrent or Nuclear Bluff?
By Lt Gen Robert Fry,
28 Jan 25
Ed. In the tradition of Herman Kahn, and with the Strategic Defence Review in mind, the author ‘thinks the unthinkable’ on the subject of Russian expansionism, US retrenchment, and the future of NATO. Originally published in The Article. A 10 minute read.
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2 minutes, 57 seconds
Editorial: Naval Review 113/1
By Mike Beardall,
22 Jan 25
Ed. Picture from HMS Scott‘s multi beam side scan sonar.
Following the Tsunami on Boxing Day 2005, HMS Chatham and RFA Diligence together with a number of sub units were deployed to assist as best they could. The Survey ship, HMS Scott, embarked British Marine Geologists and sailed to discover the cause of the subsea earthquake whose tidal wave was to take so many lives. The Indian Ocean plate is shown in purple and blue and disappears under the green and yellow of the Burma plate under normal conditions only several centimeters a year. The shift in 2005 was believed to be in the region of 20 meters causing the second largest earthquake ever recorded of 9.3 on the Richter scale. As the area had not been surveyed using modern techniques before an easy comparison was not available but it was clear that there has been much recent activity on the sea bed. The results of the analysis have helped oceanographers determine the best positions to site early warning systems.
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Addressing Current Reality, Air Power, Anti-Ballistic Missiles, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Artificial Intelligence, Australia, Black Sea, Blockade, Budgets and Finance, China, Civil-Military Relations, Command & Control, Communications, Defence Industry, Defence Reviews, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Environment, Europe, First World War, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Hybrid Warfare, Indo-Pacific, Iran, Japan, Law, Leadership, Maritime Strategy, National Defence, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Risk Management, Sanctions, Second World War, Service Culture, Strategy, Ukraine, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
22 minutes, 48 seconds
Endgame: Navigating the Ukraine War in a Turbulent World
By Prof Geoffrey Till,
02 Jan 25
