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Admiralty, Addressing Current Reality, Air Power, Armed Forces, Carrier Strike Group, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Communications, Diplomacy, Fleet Air Arm, Geostrategy, Indo-Pacific, Joint Expeditionary Force, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, NATO, Naval Aviation, Naval Platforms, Operational Planning, People, Readiness, Sea Power, United States Navy
3 minutes, 9 seconds

Dispatches from CSG 25 No. 1 – Phase Zero: Preparation

By Lt Cdr Andrew Ward,
08 Apr 25

Ed. Our correspondent aboard HMS Prince of Wales reports on the forthcoming CSG deployment for Operation HIGHMAST. A 5 minute read.

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Air Defence, Air Power, Amphibious Operations, Armed Forces, Blockade, Campaigns, Civil-Military Relations, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Communications, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Falklands War, Fleet Air Arm, From the Archive, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Joint Operations, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Media, Ministry of Defence, Morale, National Defence, NATO, Naval History, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Operational Planning, People, Readiness, Risk Management, Sea Power, Service Culture, Submarines, The Naval Review, Veterans
14 minutes, 43 seconds

Lessons from the Falklands Crisis

By Guy Liardet,
04 Apr 25

Ed. A political-military retrospective on the Falklands War and some lessons for future conflict. Reproduced from the NR’s archives, originally published in October 1982 [70/4, p. 252]. A 15 minute read.

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Campaigns, Armed Forces, Command & Control, Communications, Equipment Capability, Falklands War, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Learning From The Past, National Defence, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, People, Procurement, Risk Management, Sea Power, Service Culture, Submarines, Veterans
6 minutes, 4 seconds

Command in a Short War: The Falklands in 1982

By RAdm Mike Harris, 9th Baron Harris,
01 Apr 25

Ed. The author recounts his experience during the Falklands War as CO of HMS Cardiff. A 5 minute read.

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Amphibious Operations, Blockade, Book Reviews, China, Cold War, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Communications, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Indo-Pacific, Korean War, Maritime Strategy, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, United States Navy
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Latest Book Review, 1 April 2025

01 Apr 25

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers an edited  volume examining combined naval operations in the Korean War.

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Civil-Military Relations, Climate Change, Communications, General, Industrial Revolution, Institutions, Letters, Naval News, Risk Management, The Naval Review, Uncategorized
1 minute, 9 seconds

Letter to the Editor: Endgame

By Guy Liardet,
25 Feb 25

Ed. Our correspondent clarifies a meteorological point in response to Geoffrey Till’s prescient article.

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Admiralty, Air Power, Combined Arms, Communications, Deterrence, Equipment Capability, Geostrategy, Historiography, Japan, Joint Operations, Leadership, Learning From The Past, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Intelligence, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Operational Planning, Operational Research, Professional Military Education, Risk Management, Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Sea Power, Second World War, Submarines, Tactics, The Naval Review
19 minutes, 12 seconds

Some Thoughts on That Battle Off Malaya

By Arthur Nicholson,
30 Jan 25

Ed. The author continues his long-standing investigation [105/2, p. 168] into the Malay oki kaisen, with fresh insights as to those responsible. A 20 minute read.

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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

Ed. The author continues his tour d’horizon appreciation of the Ukraine War a third year in [111/2, p. 18 & 112/1, p. 11], providing a window view into the anarchic world of 2025. A 25 minute read.

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Autonomous Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence, Communications, Equipment Capability, General, National Security, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Procurement, Shaping The Future, Surveillance, Tactics, Technology, Training, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
7 minutes, 7 seconds

The Role of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the Royal Navy

By OC Charlotte Wilkinson,
18 Dec 24

Ed. The author provides an update on RN drone integration and future system developments. A 5 minute read.

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Addressing Current Reality, Black Sea, Civil-Military Relations, Communications, Conflict Resolution, Diplomacy, Europe, First World War, Geopolitics, Language, Leadership, Military History, National Defence, People, Refugees, Risk Management, Russia, Second World War, Ukraine, Veterans
18 minutes, 56 seconds

Ukraine – beware the brutal peace

By SLt William Parker RN,
12 Nov 24

Ed. Based on considerable historical precedent, the author argues that any future settlement in Ukraine will have to take into account divisions in society along media, church and minority lines. A 20 minute read.

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