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20th Century, 19th Century, Air Defence, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Armed Forces, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Black Sea, Blockade, Campaigns, CASD, Civil-Military Relations, Coastal Forces, Cold War, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Deterrence, Doctrine, Equipment Capability, Fleet Air Arm, Game Theory, General, Geostrategy, Industry, Information Operations, Infrastructure, Institutions, Joint Forces, Leadership, Logistics, Maritime Strategy, Mine Warfare, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, National Defence, Naval Aviation, Naval Engineering, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Organisational Theory, People, Procurement, Royal Navy, Russia, Sea Control, Sea Power, Service Culture, Strategy, Submarines, Supply Chains, Tactics, Technology, The Naval Review, Ukraine, Uncategorized, Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), United Nations, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, USNI

28 minutes, 51 seconds

From Mahan to Machine: Autonomous Systems, Sea Control and the Future Maritime Battlespace

By Jonathan Bannister,

01 Oct 26

Ed. By situating the contemporary naval transformation in terms of strategic continuity, the author argues that the Hybrid Navy concept will require organisational transformation and leadership as much as technological innovation. A 30 minute read.

238

Air Power, Armed Forces, Black Sea, Carrier Strike Group, China, Civilian Vessels, Cold War, Doctrine, Engineering, Force Structure, Geostrategy, Learning From The Past, Maritime Strategy, Modernisation, Naval Architecture, Naval Aviation, Naval Engineering, Naval Platforms, PLAN, Procurement, Project Management, Russia, Sea Power, Shipbuilding, Soviet Union, Technology, Training, Ukraine

16 minutes, 51 seconds

Casino to Carrier: How China Turned an Unfinished Soviet Hull into Its First Aircraft Carrier

By Haseeb Aziz,

16 Sep 26

Ed. The author, a former Bangladesh Army officer currently serving as Research Coordinator at the Osmani Centre for Peace and Security Studies (OCPASS), chronicles the Varyag’s Macau casino story and 15,200-nautical-mile odyssey that became the opening chapter of China’s modern carrier programme. A 15 minute read.

306

Armed Forces, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Dockyards & Ports, Engineering, Equipment Capability, General, Letters, Ministry of Defence, Naval Engineering, Naval Platforms, Nuclear Power, Political Theory, Project Management, Readiness, Risk Management, Royal Navy, Service Culture, Submarines, Technology, United States Navy

3 minutes, 36 seconds

Letter to the Editor: The Impact of Draconian Nuclear Regulations

By Dan Conley,

20 Aug 26

Ed. Our correspondent points to excessive regulation of the nuclear submarine force as a contributor to operational limitations.

414

Air Power, Budgets and Finance, China, Civilian Vessels, Combined Arms, Defence Industry, Dockyards & Ports, Doctrine, Economics, Engineering, Equipment Capability, Europe, Force Structure, Hybrid Navy, Industry, Joint Forces, Maritime Strategy, Merchant Navy, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, National Defence, NATO, Naval Architecture, Naval Engineering, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Procurement, Project Management, Risk Management, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Sea Power, Service Culture, Shaping The Future, Technology, Turkey, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

30 minutes, 20 seconds

The Case for a Flat-Top Amphibious Transport Ship

By Lt Cdr Peter Weaver RN,

18 Aug 26

Ed. With the precedent of HMS Ocean in mind, the author argues that the RN’s future Amphibious Transport Ships (ATS) should be through-deck and built to a mixed standard. A 30 minute read.

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20th Century, Addressing Current Reality, Baltic, Black Sea, Briefing Room, Cold War, Dockyards & Ports, Europe, Force Structure, General, Institutions, Know your Enemy, Logistics, National Defence, National Security, Naval Engineering, Naval Intelligence, Naval Platforms, Norway, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Operational Research, Procurement, Russia, Sea Power, Soviet Union, Strategy, Submarines, The Naval Review, Ukraine, Uncategorized

32 minutes, 45 seconds

Russian Navy Submarine Force in 2026

By Dr Achille Castrogiovanni,

12 Aug 26

Ed. The independent researcher provides a unique and comprehensive, based on open-source intelligence and source-audited, order of battle and assessment of deployability for the Russian Submarine Service. Now available in the NR‘s Briefing Room.

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19th Century, 20th Century, Admiralty, Armed Forces, AUKUS, Campaigns, China, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Cold War, Defence Industry, Deterrence, Dockyards & Ports, Escalation, Europe, First World War, Geostrategy, Indo-Pacific, Institutions, Joint Forces, Learning From The Past, Logistics, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Merchant Marine, Merchant Navy, Mobilisation, National Defence, Naval Architecture, Naval Engineering, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Organisational Theory, People, Procurement, Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, Royal Navy, Sea Power, Seapower, Second World War, Shipbuilding, Strategy, Supply Chains, Technology, United States Navy, United States of America, USNI

16 minutes, 8 seconds

A Tale of Two Declines: The Collapse of British and American Shipbuilding

By MIDN C2C Eva Berry USNR,

06 Aug 26

Ed. Britain’s maritime rise and fall holds urgent lessons for a United States losing ground to China at sea and in the shipyard. Originally published in the USNI’s Proceedings, August 2026. A 15 minute read.

462

Addressing Current Reality, Admiralty, Air Defence, Armed Forces, AUKUS, Australia, Budgets and Finance, Canada, Coastal Forces, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Cyberwarfare, Defence Industry, Deterrence, Doctrine, Economics, Engineering, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Europe, Force Structure, General, Hybrid Navy, Industry, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Modernisation, Modularity, National Defence, NATO, Naval Engineering, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Procurement, Project Management, Sea Power, Shipbuilding, Technology

6 minutes, 54 seconds

Britannia Still Rules the Waves – By Design

By Tim Neild,

19 Mar 26

Ed. The expert author, BMT’s Head of Business Development in the UK and Europe, provides a pathway for actualising the hybrid navy – and modernising RN warship procurement. A 5 minute read.

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Admiralty, AI, Armed Forces, Civil-Military Relations, Cold War, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Defence Reviews, Doctrine, Economics, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Force Structure, Geostrategy, Hybrid Navy, Hybrid Warfare, Institutions, Joint Forces, Leadership, Maritime Security, Modernisation, National Defence, National Security, Naval Engineering, Naval Platforms, Naval Staff, Naval Warfare, People, Procurement, Readiness, Risk Management, Russia, Sea Power, Shaping The Future, Technology, Training, Uncategorized

7 minutes, 52 seconds

From Peace Dividend to Security Premium (Hybrid is not Enough)

By Ironclad Luddite,

17 Mar 26

Ed. The author argues that the RN’s shift toward a ‘hybrid’ model of crewed and autonomous systems is necessary but insufficient. As ministers warn of a worsening strategic environment and the need to be ready to fight, the Royal Navy faces an uncomfortable arithmetic: ambition exceeds resources. A 10 minute read.

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Addressing Current Reality, Civil-Military Relations, Communications, Defence Industry, Education, Engineering, General, Industry, Institutions, Leadership, Maritime Strategy, National Security, Naval Engineering, Organisational Theory, People, Procurement, Project Management, Readiness, Risk Management, Royal Canadian Navy, Sea Power, Service Culture, Submarines

5 minutes, 40 seconds