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20th Century, Age of Sail, Air Defence, Armed Forces, Black Sea, Blockade, Campaigns, Coastal Forces, Cold War, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Dockyards & Ports, Doctrine, Environment, Equipment Capability, First World War, Fleet Air Arm, General, Hybrid Navy, Iran, Italy, Japan, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Learning From The Past, Littoral, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Modernisation, National Defence, National Security, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Operational Planning, Risk Management, Russia, Sea Power, Second World War, Strategy, Supply Chains, Tactics, Technology, Trade Interdiction and Protection, Ukraine, Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), United States Navy, USNI

18 minutes, 54 seconds

Naval Base Strike in the Theory and Practice of Sea Control

By A/Lt Cdr Teddy Bradley RN,

09 Jul 26

Ed. With historical and contemporary examples in mind, the author reconsiders naval strike as an indirect method of pursuing sea control. A 20 minute read.

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Armed Forces, Budgets and Finance, Communications, Defence Reviews, Diversity & Inclusion, Doctrine, Economics, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Fleet Air Arm, General, Hybrid Navy, Institutions, Joint Forces, Leadership, Letters, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, National Defence, NATO, Naval Aviation, Naval Warfare, People, Readiness, Seapower, Service Culture, Strategy, Submarines, The Naval Review, Ukraine, Veterans

3 minutes, 28 seconds

Letter to the Editor: Hybrid Navy

By Jack the Lad,

23 Jun 26

Ed. A letter reflecting on the profound transformation taking place in terms of Defence, and the RN’s role therein.

101

Air Power, Amphibious Operations, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Falklands War, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Royal Air Force

0 minutes, 1 second

Latest Book Review, 16 June 2026

16 Jun 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book setting out to examine the air and sea battles of the Falklands War.

153

20th Century, Amphibious Operations, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Arctic, Armed Forces, Battle of the Atlantic, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Convoy Operations, Fleet Air Arm, Geostrategy, Germany, Indo-Pacific, Italy, Japan, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Seapower, Second World War, Strategic Bombing, Strategy, United States of America, World War Two

0 minutes, 2 seconds

Latest Book Review, 9 June 2026

09 Jun 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book examining the maritime campaigns in the Atlantic and northwestern European waters and contribution to Allied victory in the Second World War.

527

Air Defence, Air Power, Amphibious Operations, Armed Forces, Australia, Budgets and Finance, Carrier Strike Group, Coastal Forces, Cold War, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Doctrine, Equipment Capability, Europe, Fleet Air Arm, Force Structure, France, From the Archive, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Hybrid Navy, Infrastructure, Institutions, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Littoral, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, National Defence, NATO, Naval Architecture, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Power, Procurement, Royal Air Force, Sea Power, Seapower, Service Culture, Shipbuilding, Strategy, Technology, The Naval Review, United States Navy

48 minutes, 24 seconds

Carrier 2000: A Consideration of Naval Aviation in the Millennium

By Cdr D R James RN,

04 Jun 26

Ed. Originally published in two parts in 1999 [87/1, p. 3 & 87/2, p. 105], the author elaborated with particular clarity the strategic, operational and doctrinal rationale for what is now the current RN carrier aviation capability in the Joint Armed Forces post-Cold War environment. A 50 minute read.

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Amphibious Operations, Australia, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Indo-Pacific, Japan, Maritime Strategy, Naval Aviation, Naval Gunfire Support, Naval History, Naval Tactics, Operational Planning, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Sea Power, Second World War, Shipbuilding, United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States of America, World War Two

0 minutes, 2 seconds

Latest Book Review, 26 May 2026

26 May 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers the concluding volume in a four-book series providing an account of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of the Second World War.

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Addressing Current Reality, Air Defence, Amphibious Operations, Anti-Ballistic Missiles, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Armed Forces, AUKUS, Autonomous Vehicles, Baltic, Budgets and Finance, Canada, Coast Guard, Coastal Forces, Defence Industry, Equipment Capability, Europe, Force Structure, France, Geostrategy, Germany, Hybrid Navy, Industry, Italy, Joint Forces, Littoral, Logistics, Maritime Strategy, Mine Countermeasures, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, Modularity, National Defence, NATO, Naval Architecture, Naval Aviation, Naval Platforms, Norway, Nuclear Power, Portugal, Procurement, Project Management, Risk Management, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Swedish Navy, Sea Power, Shipbuilding, Spain, Submarines, Sweden, Technology, Turkey, USNI

14 minutes, 31 seconds

NATO’s Massive Shipbuilding Campaign

By Eric Wertheim,

19 May 26

Ed. The author, looking beyond the United States Navy, provides a survey of NATO’s current ambitious shipbuilding projects. Originally published in the USNI’s Proceedings, May 2026. A 15 minute read.

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Air Power, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Command & Control, Communications, Geostrategy, Indo-Pacific, Japan, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Planning, Sea Power, Second World War, Strategy, Submarines, United States Army, United States Navy, World War Two

0 minutes, 1 second

Latest Book Review, 15 May 2026

15 May 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book providing a detailed case study of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, exploring the rationale for the raid and its execution.

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Armed Forces, Book Reviews, Force Structure, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Hybrid Navy, India, Indo-Pacific, Iran, Japan, Maritime Strategy, Naval Aviation, Naval Platforms, Russia, Seapower, United States Navy

0 minutes, 1 second