By Les Mader, 24 March 2026 The Broadsides Forum post of 18 February 2026 at the link below strongly called into question my suggestion that Canada should consider the United […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 1 September 2022 The US Naval Forces Central Command reported that on the night of 29-30 August it prevented the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy […]
Last week saw Qatar host the second Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX). The event gave companies in the maritime security field the opportunity to show off their […]
Several years ago Canada took the curious approach of rejecting participation in the North American version of Ballistic Missile Defence while supporting NATO having a BMD capability in Europe. It […]
* Moderator’s Note: This commentary was published on Monday, 31 May, as RSIS Commentaries 57/2010. The commentary is reprinted here with the permission of Mushahid Ali, Senior Fellow, RSIS. My […]
On reading reports and scanning the video of the recent U.S. Navy – Iranian Revolutionary Guard incident in the Straits of Hormuz I was struck by how restrained the American […]
I have a very hard time understanding how and why HMS Cornwall, with the task force commander embarked, allowed her boats to be surrounded or cut off from herself. My […]
Controversy has broken out in the media, particularly in the U.K. and the U.S., over the behaviour, while captive, of the British naval personnel who were recently seized by the […]
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