Warships International Fleet Review | August 2026
ODIN’S EYE: The long-awaited Defence Investment Plan delivers drones and jam tomorrow for the UK fleet.
BEHIND THE SMOKESCREEN: THE ‘HYBRID NAVY’: With autonomous vessels on the rise in the Royal Navy a writer suggests it hides seapower failure.
BRITAIN’S FLEET LOOKS TO THE ATLANTIC: And yet Russian eyes are elsewhere as the old foe watches the Royal Navy decline with mixed feelings.
CARRIERS BECOMING WORN OUT: Wars are driving the US Navy’s big ships hard..
RUSSIANS IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL A tanker boarding and gunfire off the coast as the Royal Navy safeguards UK interests in home waters.
C’EST LA VIE! PLANNED INDO-PACIFIC DEPLOYMENT ENDS UP IN THE ATLANTIC: A French training group calls at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
HECTIC IN THE HIGH NORTH: HMS Prince of Wales and her group get busy..
KRONSTADT RAID PROVES RUSSIAN NAVY IS NOT SAFE: Aftermath and implications of a Baltic drone strike..
PROUD DESTROYER FLEET: The keel laying of a future HMCS Fraser.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Warships International Fleet Review August 2026.