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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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The Coastal Forces Heritage Trust
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10/04/2026
As the Pentagon purges some minorities and women from high-ranking positions, the message being sent to lower-ranking officers is that “they will be assessed on the basis of their gender, race, or politics, rather than their abilities,” Adam Serwer writes:
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Pete Hegseth Is Trying to Resegregate the Military
“Color-blind and merit-based” now seems to be anything but.
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Inaugural Lord Fisher Lecture on Sea Power & Naval Transformation
The inaugural Lord Fisher Lecture will be delivered by General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, Royal Navy.
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Prepare the Marine Corps for a Protracted War - The Naval Review
The opening days of the war in the Pacific were as brutal as forecast. Electronic attacks and cyber operations blinded command centres and sowed confusion.
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Depression and Recession - The Naval Review
In the final article of his series, the author reflects on the results of his research and concludes that the fundamental cause of the seeming shrinkage in
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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Editorial: Naval Review 114/1 - The Naval Review
The world has usually been shaped by seismic events over millennia, but there have been days, weeks, and months, where things happened extremely quickly and
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Mussolini's Navy: A Reference Guide to the Regia Marina 1930-1945 - The Naval Review
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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Scapa Ferry - The Naval Review
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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The Development of British Amphibious Operations, 1882-1914 - The Naval Review
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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What does the French ‘Jeune Ecole’ theory teach us to help set up a winning Hybrid Navy? - The Naval Review
The Jeune École (‘Young’ or ‘New School’) was a late 19th-century French naval strategy that challenged traditional naval doctrines, mainly elaborated by
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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Tragedy and Revenge: The Battles of Coronel and the Falklands 1914 - The Naval Review
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
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Lead With Courage: Learning to Lead From Those Who Have Gone Before - The Naval Review
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Congratulations to the following Naval Review members who have been granted honours in The King’s New Year’s Honours 2026: CB          Rear Admiral James Parkin CBE GCB       Admiral Sir Antony Radakin KCB CBE        Commodore Sharon Malkin ADC CBE        Commodore Roger Readwin
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
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Hercules: The Inside Story of an RAF Legend - The Naval Review
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21/12/2025
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France will build new aircraft carrier, Macron tells troops
France will build a new aircraft carrier to boost its capacities as a maritime power, President Emmanuel Macron told French troops gathered at a military base in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
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Naval News @handle.invalid · 20/12/2025
The Hellenic Navy has received the first of four Defense and Intervention Frigates (FDI HN) built by Naval Group. Naval News was on site to cover this landmark event 🇬🇷 🇫🇷 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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Hellenic Navy Receives Its First FDI Frigate Built by Naval Group - Naval News
Hellenic Navy receives its first of the total four Defense and Intervention Frigate (FDI HN) built by Naval Group.
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Mer et Marine @meretmarine.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Flotte fantôme russe : le Conseil de l’Union européenne sanctionne 41 navires de plus | Mer et Marine ➡️ go.meretmarine.com/Whw
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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Britain Needs Admiralty not a Ministry of War.
Restoration of national strategy hand-in-hand with fundamental defence organisational change is the key to the successful defence of Britain & its interests.
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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Manila Bay 1898: Dawn of an American Empire - The Naval Review
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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Unsung Hero of the Falklands War: The Life and Career of Commodore Michael Clapp CB - The Naval Review
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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Kriegsmarine North Sea Command 1939-1942: Germany's Coastal Naval Campaign - The Naval Review
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Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment has just released a report on strengthening the resilience of the power grid, with some recommended actions and priorities. www.ffi.no/aktuelt/nyhe...
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FFI-rapport foreslår styrking av kraftsikkerhet og beredskap
På oppdrag fra NVE og Statnett har FFI nå utarbeidet rapporten «Styrket sikkerhet og beredskap i kraftforsyningen – tiltak og prioriteringer». Rapporten gir et viktig grunnlag for videre arbeid med øk...
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Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The upgraded HMS Halland Gotland class submarine has been delivered to the Swedish Navy. Many of the systems upgraded are now at A26 future sub class standard, giving important experience with those as the actual A26 class is being developed. www.fmv.se/aktuellt--pr...
HMS Halland at sea.
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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 19/12/2025
A warship of the Royal Netherlands Navy has successfully shot down aerial and surface drone threats during a live-fire exercise off the Welsh coast. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/warship-shoo...
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Warship shoots down drone swarm off UK coast
A warship of the Royal Netherlands Navy has successfully shot down aerial and surface drone threats during a live-fire exercise off the Welsh coast.
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 18/12/2025
#FR #France investigating suspected #Malware on #IT #Italy #Ferry #Fantastic ( #GNV #MSC) Foreign power and control of vessel mentioned. #GCaptain gcaptain.com/france-launc...
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France Launches Foreign Interference Probe After Malware Discovered on Mediterranean Ferry
Remote-access malware discovered aboard an Italian-operated ferry in Sète has prompted arrests, an intelligence-led investigation, and fears of state-backed interference.
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Mer et Marine @meretmarine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
L’US Navy prend livraison d’un SNA et d’un pétrolier-ravitailleur | Mer et Marine ➡️ go.meretmarine.com/N82
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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 18/12/2025
Britain's flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, will sail soon for the Arctic Circle to support a secret multinational cargo mission at the North Pole, the UK Defence Journal has learned. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-aircraft-...
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UK aircraft carrier to sail to Arctic for top secret mission
Britain's flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, will sail soon for the Arctic Circle to support a secret multinational cargo mission at the North Pole, the UK Defence Journal has learned.
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
For Remembrance Day, the author provides narratives of two RN submarine patrols, highlighting the versatility and steadfastness of British submariners during ‘the offensive’ as Stephen Roskill phrased it. A 15 minute read. www.naval-review.com/news-views/h...
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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 20/11/2025
Calvin Bailey MP has issued one of the bluntest public assessments yet of the security situation facing the UK, arguing that Europe is not living through a pre-war moment but “already in the early stages of a prolonged hybrid conflict with Russia”. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-in-early-...
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UK in ‘early hybrid conflict’ with Russia, Bailey warns
Calvin Bailey MP has issued one of the bluntest public assessments yet of the security situation facing the UK, arguing that Europe is not living through a pre-war moment but “already in the early stages of a prolonged hybrid conflict with Russia”.
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Naval News @handle.invalid · 20/11/2025
The Russian spy ship, designated Yantar, has been spotted by British authorities loitering near Scotland after entering British water intermittently over the previous weeks 🇷🇺 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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Royal Navy Responds to Russian Spy Ship Entering British Waters - Naval News
The Russian spy ship, designated Yantar, has been spotted by British authorities loitering near Scotland after entering British water
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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Why Lord Nelson matters in 2025
Lord Nelson has much insight to offer to this day, ranging from the role of navies, the future of war––from seabed to space––and leadership in defence organisation.
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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Dr James W.E. Smith (@jameswesmith)
A quick note about 250 years of American ambition on the oceans.
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Alex Luck @alxluck.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The decision aligns the German Navy with the development path for USN hulls. Notably, it will also set the service apart from other recent international customers for AEGIS/SPY, with Spain and Japan using Lockheed Martin's SPY-7 on current efforts. www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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Germany selects Raytheon's SPY-6(V)1 for its F127 frigates - Naval News
Raytheon has been selected by the German government to provide the Raytheon-built SPY-6(V)1 radar for installation on eight of its F127 frigates
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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Conventional Submarines Would Bring Affordable Lethality
The Navy should augment its submarine force with conventionally powered boats capable of launching cruise missiles.
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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Current Issue – Canadian Naval Review
Volume 21, Number 1, 2025 Download Vol.21.1 in PDF format (subscribers only, unless supported by a link to a free access article) Subscribers can access the full issue of CNR. Non-subscribers can acce...
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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 07/10/2025
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Japan Holds Minelaying Drills Around Strategic Islands Near Taiwan - USNI News
Japan’s largest minelayer practiced defending a chain of strategic islands near Taiwan last week in what Tokyo described as a demonstration of “determination not to allow unilateral changes to the sta...
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
“🇯🇵 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) minesweeper tender JS Uraga (MST-463) and destroyer JS Sawagiri (DD-157) held a series of tactical exercises Friday near the #Sakishima Islands, the country’s southwestern most territories located 100 kilometers from Taiwan.” 🔱
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Breaking Defense @breakingdefense.com · 07/10/2025
Navy may select next-gen fighter design as soon as this week: Sources breakingdefense.com/2025/10/navy-fi…
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Navy may select next-gen fighter design as soon as this week: Sources
The competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman is the most highly anticipated contract outside the service's shipbuilding portfolio.
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Ready Aye Ready - Royal Canadian Navy #RCN @ready-aye-ready.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Drum Major HMCS CORNWALLIS, 1960. (LAC e010777681-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History
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Mer et Marine @meretmarine.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Communiqué de Dassault Aviation, 07/10/25 #maritime
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Communiqué de Dassault Aviation, 07/10/25
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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 07/10/2025
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🇨🇳 Chinese ‘fishing vessels’ now posing as warships off 🇹🇼 Taiwan: “On Sept. 17, a fishing boat, Minshiyu 07792 (閩獅漁07792), transmitted a fake signal of Russian Warship 532 in Taiwan’s northern exclusive economic zone.” #maritimemilitia
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Miska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
related to how cutting sub-sea cables in international waters can be difficult to prosecute (and thus almost legal for the perpetrators). tricky given the amount of subsea cables for energy and data…
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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Dictionary of Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ships from 1905 - The Naval Review
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Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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First Sea Lord General Sir Gwyn Jenkins Speech at DSEI 2025 - The Naval Review
Good afternoon,
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Navy Lookout @navylookout.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Commander UK Carrier Strike Group, Cdre James Blackmore, hosted aboard Indian aircraft carrier 🇮🇳INS Vikrant by RAdm Vivek Dahiya at the start of exercise Konkan 2025 in the Western Indian Ocean. #CSG25
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Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC) @cimsec.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Notes to the New CNO Series Concludes on CIMSEC For the past two weeks, CIMSEC featured short notes submitted to our Call for Notes to the New CNO. Featured articles and authors are listed at the link below, and we thank them for their contributions. cimsec.org/notes-to-the...
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Notes to the New CNO Series Concludes on CIMSEC | Center for International Maritime Security
By Dmitry Filipoff For the past two weeks, CIMSEC featured short notes submitted to our Call for Notes to the New CNO. In this special series, authors conveyed their thoughts on what they believe are ...
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
“🇩🇰Denmark is tightening controls on oil tankers passing through its waters amid European efforts to curb Russia's so-called " #shadowfleet ," the Danish government announced on Oct. 6. The 🇩🇰 Maritime Administration, with the Environmental Protection Agency, will increase environmental inspections.”
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Denmark tightens controls on oil tankers to counter Russia's 'shadow fleet'
"We are using all tools," Danish Industry and Trade Minister Morten Bodskov said.
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