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'WARSHIPS IFR'S GUIDE TO THE ROYAL NAVY 2008'

SPECIAL REPORT

OF THE MAJOR POWERS, BRITAIN ALONE FAILS TO BUILD UP ITS NAVY ADEQUATELY

Political Correspondent Francis Beaufort reports on a damning indictment of the UK Government’s defence incompetence.

The RN destroyer HMS Manchester on front line operations this year.

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STATE OF THE US NAVY 2007

Part One of a profile on where the US Navy stands as we head out of 2007 and into the uncertainties of 2008. This instalment includes:

ROYAL NAVY COMMENTARY

Odin's Eye Commentary

The continuing folly of the current UK Government’s cuts to the Royal Navy becomes more and more apparent as each day goes by, with the tectonic plates of global rivalries shifting now that Russia is once more resurgent and keen to establish Warsaw Pact 2.

SPECIAL COMMENTARY

BRAVO FRANCE!

The French Navy and counter-terrorist forces take swift and dynamic action to bring pirates to justice off the Horn of Africa, while the British Foreign Office puts pirates’ human rights before safeguarding lives at sea & protecting trade. Here ‘Odin’ makes some trenchant criticism of the British government’s position while praising France’s stance

State of the US Navy 07