News, Articles and Comment

Ed. The author provides a command account of HMS Cattistock’s shadowing of the Russian intelligence ship Yantar in November 2024. A 10 minute read.

Ed. Our correspondent from BRNC’s Pellew Division reflects on the influence and ethics of social media on the Armed Forces with regard to recruitment, civil-military relations and politics. A 10 minute read.

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.

Ed. Our correspondent reflects on the recent SDR, national priorities, and what they mean for the Naval Service.

Ed. The author challenges the use of ‘seablindness’ in the sea power lexicon as negative and ineffectual, proposing instead that the RN should engage with an ‘ocean literacy’ framework to promote an understanding and awareness of why the seas are important. A 10 minute read.

Ed. In this second place Hooper Prize article, the author argues that information warfare versus conventional forces represents a false dichotomy, as both bring associated risks and rewards for long term deterrence. A 10 minute read.