U.K. Orders First Four Production F-35Bs
The U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) has placed an order with Lockheed Martin for the first four production F-35B Lighting…
Royal Navy Faced With Tough Sub Choices If Scotland Leaves U.K.
The heart of the United Kingdom’s nuclear submarine enterprise could be cut out if Scotland leaves the U.K. in Thursday’s…
Essay: A Brief History of Punk Rock in the Cold War
Punk rock is no stranger violent politics. From decrying statist militarism to embracing revolutionary upheaval to reveling in the nihilistic…
U.K. MoD Releases First Images of Royal Navy’s New Boomers
The U.K. Ministry of Defense has published the first images of it’s next-generation nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) — Successor-class…
BAE Systems to Close One of World’s Oldest Shipyards
BAE Systems will close its shipyard operations in Portsmouth, U.K. in 2014 ending a tradition of 500 years of shipbuilding…
Royal Navy Admiral John “Sandy” Woodward: A Tribute
The death of Admiral John “Sandy” Woodward, Royal Navy, at age 81 on 4 August 2013 witnessed the passing of…
Combat Fleets: USS Enterprise
Proceedings, December 2012 In early November the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) returned home to Norfolk, Virginia, to prepare for her December…
World Naval Developments: Royal Navy’s Type 26: One Ship, Many Missions
Proceedings, Oct. 2012 In August, the Royal Navy released details of its next surface combatant, the Type 26, a modular…
30 Years Later: U.S. and the Falklands War
Reagan Readied U.S. Warship for ’82 Falklands War While publicly claiming neutrality between Argentina and the U.K. during the 1982…