Key Points and Summary – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth–class carriers launched with sky-high promise—and early stumbles. -Cost overruns, mechanical faults, and a thin F-35B fleet...
Key Points and Summary – A comparison between the UK’s Astute-class and the U.S. Virginia-class Block IV nuclear attack submarines reveals two highly capable...
Key Points and Summary – The UK’s two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, the nation’s most valuable naval assets, have been plagued by significant and...
Key Points and Summary – The UK’s two Queen Elizabeth-class carriers have overcome early maintenance issues to become successfully deployed power projection platforms. At...
Key Points and Summary – This essay profiles five battleship classes—Iowa, Yamato, South Dakota, King George V, and North Carolina—as strategic answers to the...
Key Points and Summary – Britain’s HMS Vanguard and France’s Le Triomphant—both ballistic-missile submarines—accidentally collided while submerged on 3–4 February 2009. -Operating quietly on...
Key Points and Summary – In 2015, HMS Talent—a Trafalgar-class attack sub—struck floating ice while tracking Russian submarines, ripping a six-foot hole in her...