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In The Current Issue of WARSHIPS Magazine

  • (published December 30)

    • HOW TO DEAL WITH PIRACY’S VIOLENT TWIST?
    • RETURN OF THE WARRIOR
    • ROYAL NAVY & ‘THE HAGUE DOCTRINE’
    • BIG E: 50th BIRTHDAY
    • EUROPEAN CARRIER STRIKE
    • FOCUS ON GERMAN NAVY
    • THE NAVAL ROOTS OF BRITAIN’S SPOOKS Pt2
    • CANADA’S BOLD NEW NAVAL HORIZONS
    • ATTACK ON PEARL & LOSS OF FORCE Z
    • FAREWELL HMAS Kanimbla
    • DOES KENYA’S SOMALI ADVENTURE ENABLE ISRAEL TO DETER IRAN?
    • ARE US MARINES READY FOR FUTURE WARS?

     

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“THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF” PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 21 December 2011 15:08

Commentary - Odin’s Eye

Franklin D. Roosevelt had been elected 32nd President of the United States of America and during his inaugural speech to the people of his nation, in March 1933, at the lowest point in the catastrophic global economic collapse known as the Great Depression, he laid out a vision that was extremely brave. Listened to by millions of citizens tuned in on their radios, and speaking standing below a portico of the Capitol building, under a grey sky with shafts of sunlight breaking the gloom, Roosevelt sought to douse Americans in an invigorating bucket of reality.

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News Digest from the January 2012 Edition PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 21 December 2011 14:18

Reports by Usman Ansari

 

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News Digest December 2011 PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 18 November 2011 16:01

Reports by Usman Ansari

 

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CONCEPT OF A COMMONWEALTH OF NAVIES IS PERFECT FIT FOR TODAY’S WORLD PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 18 November 2011 15:38

Commentary – Odin’s Eye

Commonwealth Navies

Missing from the hastily completed and deservedly much-criticised Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) was any proper mention of one of the greatest British geo-political advantages, which Britain enjoys with half the world. It is an advantage that Conservative Prime Minister Winston Churchill referred to when he said: “Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour!’“

Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2011 15:44
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CHINA’S SHI LANG IS PRETENDER TO THE THRONE PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 20 September 2011 15:22

COMMENTARY - Odin’s Eye

Pictured: The Varyag passing through the Bosphorus on her way to China in 2001. Photo: Cem Devrim Yaylali.

China means business in the world of carriers and naval aviation, and the surest sign is the revelation that nine top Chinese naval captains have been under training for the task for more than 20 years. They are now to take command in turn of the newly refurbished ex-Soviet Varyag, which is China’s first aircraft carrier and sailed for sea trials last month (Aug).

Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2011 15:53
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  • A spell in the cockpit
    Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose demonstrates how 824 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) trains aircrew and engineers for the Merlin helicopter fleet.
  • Partnership pays off for submarine upgrades
    Two of the Royal Navy's Trafalgar Class submarines are reaping the benefits of major upgrades to their combat systems following their latest maintenance periods.
  • HMS Protector arrives in Antarctica
    HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's new ice patrol ship, has arrived in Antarctica for the first time after her long sail south from Portsmouth.
  • Olympic security training continues with military aviation exercise
    Royal Air Force and Royal Navy aircraft are in operation over the skies of Yorkshire as part of a major training exercise to prepare for this year's Olympic Games.
  • Leave the landing light on
    The deck of the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers may be the size of four football pitches and supported by the best part of 65,000 tonnes of steel but, from three miles (5km) out, when viewed through the BAE Systems simulator at Warton, it's tiny and the target area for landing looks even smaller. Report by Steve Moore.
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