Warships 2022/10

NEWS

‘WAR BY ACCIDENT’ RISK GROWS – P2

NAVIES-IN-BRIEF – P3, P4 & P7
• Japanese destroyer visits Solomons.
• Sri Lanka port call creates concern.
• Philippine frigate Wildcat qualified.
• Anglo-French deal looks set to unleash the Kraken.
• Allied navies sharpen their ballistic missile defence skills.
• New maritime policy for Ghana.
• Catamaran for Iranian Guards.

NEW KILO CLASS SUBMARINE PACIFIC-BOUND – P8

UKRAINE NAVAL WAR MOVES – P12

RUSSIANS KEEPING WATCH OFF NATO SHORES – P13

FUTURISTIC WARSHIP DEPLOYS FOR FIRST TIME – P24/25

ITALIAN DESTROYER VISITS ISTANBUL – P26

FAREWELL ‘LUCKY LUBECK’,

HELLO RHEINLAND-PFALZ – P27

CHANGING OF THE GUARD IN THE GULF – P37

VETERAN WARSHIP STILL FIRST IN LINE – P38

FRIGATE’S FLEETING VISIT TO JAPAN – P42

COMMENTARIES

ODIN’S EYE – P5
A poorly aircraft carrier symbolises the UK’s ‘jam tomorrow navy.’

FEATURES

BEIJING WANTS AUKUS SSNS AXED – P5/6
While Russia torpedoes nuclear weapons concensus.

US NAVY TO FIGHT FROM “THE SEABED TO SPACE” – P14/15
The CNO provides insights into today and tomorrow.

APPLEDORE REGENERATES WARSHIP – P16/17
A UK shipyard is back from the dead.

CHINA VOWS TO “RESOLUTELY SMASH” ANY “SEPARATION” ATTEMPT – P18/19
Beijing makes its stance on Taiwan brutally clear.

GLOBAL AMBASSADORS FOR MILESTONE YEAR – P20/21
Indian warships celebrate independence day.

U-TURN AS USN DECIDES TO SUPERSIZE – P22/23
America’s navy puts its faith in large surface combatants.

RUSSIA’S KILLERS OF THE DEEP – P28/31
Moscow’s attack boats are in transition.

GREEK FLEET BOSS INTERVIEW – P32/35
The view from the top of the Hellenic Navy.

SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR NAVY DRONES – P36
Sea power is being shaped by uncrewed systems.

MIGHTY HUNTER OVER THE SOUTH ATLANTIC – P40/41
A Nimrod cockpit perspective on the Falklands War.

OPERATION GREEN SEA – P43/44
Portugal’s 1970s covert invasion of an African country.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – P46

BOOK REVIEWS P47/48