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COMMENTARY SPECIAL

BRITAIN'S RUDDERLESS FOREIGN POLICY

Hard on the heels of Odin’s cri de coeur in the last edition, over the world’s navies’ softly, softly response to piracy in the Indian Ocean - and its potentially serious consequences - comes news that two British-flagged ships have been captured.

SPECIAL REPORT

TEN YEARS OF NAVAL ACTION

INTRODUCTION
By Iain Ballantyne, Editor Warships
IFR 1998 - Today

The Royal Navy’s White Ensign: A solid gold standard of British diplomacy and force for good in the world that the UK government needs to start believing in again. Photo: Nigel Andrews.

Night operations on the flight-deck of the USS Enterprise become a ballet of lights as the aircraft carrier launches

SPECIAL SECTION

WAR ON TERROR

AFGHAN WAR IS NOT 'SLIPPING THROUGH USA'S FINGERS'

Just days before the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist assault on the USA, the civilian head of the US Armed Forces said that his country’s military must remain committed to the fight in Afghanistan to prevent it from being used as a base for launching such attacks.

NEWS EXTRA

BRITAIN'S RUDDERLESS FOREIGN POLCIY

Hard on the heels of Odin’s cri de coeur in the last edition, over the world’s navies’ softly, softly response to piracy in the Indian Ocean - and its potentially serious consequences - comes news that two British-flagged ships have been captured.

UK Royal Marines crewing a machine-gun in action against the Taliban. Photo: NATO.