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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.

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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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20th Century, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Book Reviews, Cold War, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Royal Navy, Submarines

0 minutes, 1 second

Latest Book Review, 17 July 2026

17 Jul 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book exploring the history of the Royal Navy’s submarine forces during the Cold War.

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19th Century, 20th Century, Admiralty, Age of Sail, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Armed Forces, Campaigns, Carrier Strike Group, Civil-Military Relations, Cold War, Combined Arms, Communications, Defence Industry, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Early Modern, Europe, First World War, France, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Hybrid Navy, Institutions, Iran, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Leadership, Learning From The Past, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, Morale, Napoleonic Wars, National Defence, National Security, NATO, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Staff, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Organisational Theory, People, Readiness, Red Sea, Royal Navy, Sea Power, Second World War, Service Culture, Strategy, United States of America

16 minutes, 41 seconds

What the 400th anniversary of the French Navy highlights for Franco-British naval relations

By Cdr Thibault Vallery-Radot MN,

14 Jul 26

Ed. For Bastille Day, the author considers the past and future of the relationship between the Marine Nationale and the Royal Navy, a vital pillar in the European defence architecture. With a foreword by the First Sea Lord. A 20 minute read.

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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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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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Arctic, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Budgets and Finance, Canada, Civilian Vessels, Climate Change, Coast Guard, Coastal Forces, Defence Reviews, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Environment, Equipment Capability, Europe, Force Structure, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Hydrographic Survey, Joint Expeditionary Force, Joint Forces, Law, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Ministry of Defence, NATO, Naval Platforms, Nuclear Power, Procurement, Risk Management, Royal Canadian Navy, Russia, Sea Power, Shaping The Future, Uncategorized, United States of America

33 minutes, 39 seconds

Looking North and South: The Future of Royal Navy Ice Patrol

By Capt Hugh Harris RN,

05 May 26

Ed. The author examines the state-of-the-art with regard to Polar icebreaker investment and development, and considers the relative cost for future RN procurement in increasingly competitive theatres. A 30 minute read.

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Anti-Piracy, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Blockade, Budgets and Finance, Campaigns, Coastal Forces, Command & Control, Conflict Resolution, Convoy Operations, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Dockyards & Ports, Environment, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Europe, Force Structure, From the Archive, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Historiography, Infrastructure, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Littoral, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Middle East, National Security, Naval History, Naval Intelligence, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Oil & Gas, Operational Planning, Operational Research, Persian Gulf, Piracy, Red Sea, Risk Management, Sanctions, Sea Power, Strategy, Submarines, Syria, Tanker War, The Naval Review, Trade Interdiction and Protection, United States Navy, United States of America

22 minutes, 52 seconds

A Middle East Close to Chaos: Syria; Iran; Israel, the US and the West

By Richard Little,

25 Mar 26

Ed. Originally published in November 2012 [100/4, p. 363], members may find this article from the NR’s archive instructive as to how geostrategic developments in the Persian Gulf have changed (or not) over the past decade and a half. A 25 minute read.

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Armed Forces, Civil Society, Climate Change, Cold War, Defence Industry, Economics, Energy, Environment, Europe, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Industrial Revolution, Industry, Learning From The Past, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Modernisation, National Security, NATO, Nuclear Power, Oil & Gas, Persian Gulf, Professional Military Education, Risk Management, Seapower, Strategy, Technology, United States of America, Virtual Reality

27 minutes, 52 seconds