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Artificial Intelligence, Admiralty, BRNC, Cadets, Civil-Military Relations, Communications, General, Leadership, Letters, People, Psychology, Service Culture, The Naval Review, Training, Veterans
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Letter to the Editor: The AIB
By Jock Gardner,
02 Jun 26
Ed. Our correspondent suggests a radical modification concerning the future of the Admiralty Interview Board.
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Admiralty, Armed Forces, Budgets and Finance, Civil-Military Relations, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Defence Reviews, Dockyards & Ports, Fleet Reviews, General, Institutions, Leadership, Letters, Maritime Strategy, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, Morale, Naval Platforms, Naval Staff, Organisational Theory, People, Political Science, Readiness, Sea Power, Seapower, Service Culture, Training
6 minutes, 54 seconds
Letters to the Editor: Attention to Port, The Power Station; Defence Select Committee
By Tearless; Ric Cheadle,
13 May 26
Ed. Two letters highlighting institutional learning, whether for better in the service of ceremonial fleet reviews or for worse in terms of political-bureaucratic stagnation.
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Admiralty, Armed Forces, Civil-Military Relations, Command & Control, Communications, Defence Reviews, Doctrine, Education, Escalation, Europe, General, Geostrategy, Institutions, Iran, Leadership, Letters, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Morale, National Defence, People, Professional Military Education, Readiness, Royal Air Force, Sea Power, Seapower, Second World War, Service Culture, The Naval Review, Training, United States of America, Veterans
5 minutes, 58 seconds
Letters to the Editor: State of the RN; The AIB
By Dr James W E Smith; Lt Cdr David Collins RN,
24 Mar 26
Ed. Two letters responding to recent RN developments and advocating for reform.
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Communications, Dockyards & Ports, Engineering, Equipment Capability, General, Letters, Naval Platforms, Navigation, People, Readiness, Seapower, Service Culture, Tactics, The Naval Review
2 minutes, 31 seconds
Letter to the Editor: Yantar Banter
By David Frost,
18 Mar 26
Ed. Our correspondent comments on the question of Pompey Revs.
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Admiralty, Armed Forces, Civil-Military Relations, Civilian Vessels, Coastal Forces, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Communications, General, Institutions, Leadership, Letters, Maritime Reserves, Mission Command, Morale, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, People, Readiness, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Service Culture, Training, Veterans
1 minute, 27 seconds
Letter to the Editor: The Admiralty Interview Board
By David Frost,
20 Feb 26
Ed. Our correspondent comments on NR 114/1’s report on the current status of the Admiralty Interview Board (AIB).
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Admiralty, Air Defence, Armed Forces, Campaigns, Civil-Military Relations, Cold War, Combined Arms, Communications, Defence Reviews, Doctrine, Engineering, Equipment Capability, Falklands War, Force Structure, General, Institutions, Letters, Modernisation, Naval Architecture, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Procurement, Risk Management, Service Culture, Shipbuilding, Technology
2 minutes, 57 seconds
Letter to the Editor: ‘Sail-to-Steam’
By David Giles,
19 Feb 26
Ed. Our correspondent reflects on the development of the Type 45’s shipborne air defence as a hull form problem.
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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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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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Air Defence, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Artificial Intelligence, Civil-Military Relations, Cold War, Command & Control, Communications, Deterrence, Doctrine, Education, Engineering, Environment, Escalation, Ethics, Europe, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Leadership, Letters, Media, Military History, Mission Command, National Defence, NATO, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, People, Readiness, Risk Management, Rules of Engagement, Russia, Service Culture, Soviet Union, Strategic Bombing, Technology, The Naval Review
4 minutes, 31 seconds
Letter to the Editor: Stanislav Petrov and saving the world
By Bruce Pascoe,
17 Dec 25
Ed. With critical decision-making in mind, our correspondent notes an illustrative case from the late Cold War, having had the potential for nuclear escalation.
