Maritime control strategy: is it there, is it not there, or will it be there?
Is it even possible today to talk about any kind of control over maritime spaces, and what does the future hold for the world?
The Unlucky Devils, or Admiral Raeder's Mistake
Germany's Project 1934 destroyers were the beginning of a short but interesting journey....
Between the plane and the ship - and behind both
The debate over ekranoplans is reminiscent of a medieval debate about demons on the head of a pin—equally emotional and detached from reality. Participants are debating the merits of a technology that has been...
Is it normal for submariners to have experience on the land battlefield?
How submarine commanders think in underwater spatial uncertainty, and how their experience applies to modern land conflict.
Artillery of the armored cruiser Bayan
Is she as weak as we are accustomed to thinking?...
China is pushing into the World Ocean
China will launch the world's largest naval support ship, with a displacement of over 60,000 tons....
How to profit from the Russian threat
Following the strange choice of Swedish admirals to buy a French corvette...
Armored cruiser Bayan. Construction and testing. When speed matters.
Let's talk about the speed of the Bayan in comparison with Japanese armored cruisers....
Argentine submarines in the Falklands conflict. The ARA San Luis attacks the enemy.
During the Falklands conflict, the Argentine submarine San Luis carried out several unsuccessful torpedo attacks on British ships...
Argentine submarines in the Falklands conflict
One of the little-known chapters of the naval war is the actions of Argentine submarines (and British ones as well) in the Falklands conflict of 1982. Various publications are highly contradictory....
Armored cruiser Bayan. Selection of performance characteristics and design
An article about how the performance characteristics of the armored cruiser Bayan and the project under which it will be built were determined....
From Gold to Platinum
The Trump-class battleships will be nuclear-powered, which is clear... But what does that even mean?
More on Trump's battleships: a correction of mistakes or a fatal error?
Trump-class nuclear-powered battleships will correct one of the Navy's "biggest mistakes," according to the new US Navy chief.
The armored cruiser Bayan. In search of a prototype.
The beginning of a series dedicated to the armored cruiser Bayan...
Warships. Destroyers. The Last Page of the Imperial Navy
The Yugumo-class destroyers were the last Japanese destroyers built during World War II.
Fast, strong, toothy… And still needed
From the editors: In concluding our discussion of the Lun ekranoplan, let's examine why this "flying ship" turned out to be not an expensive whim of the designers, but rather excellent in terms of seaworthiness, survivability, and combat...
Warships. Destroyers of Japan. The Saga of True Samurai. Kagero-class Destroyers
The Kagero-class destroyers were a series of nineteen 1st-class destroyers that served in the Pacific War, during which all but one were lost....
Why a ship's close-range cannon loses to a drone swarm
The attacks by Ukrainian drones and unmanned boats on the Project 22460 PSKR revealed a problem common to all naval close-in self-defense systems worldwide: the CIWS class, developed in the 1970s for single-purpose...
A strange turn of events for the Sarychi
In the Russian Navy, Project 956 destroyers are becoming history, while in the Chinese Navy they continue to serve...
The Navy has formed counter-UAV companies.
The Russian Navy has expanded its fleet with specialized units to combat enemy UAVs. Using a variety of means and weapons, they are tasked with protecting ships and infrastructure from potential attacks.
Duties of officers and lower ranks of plutongs and other ranks of artillery specialty in 1903–1907.
Having examined the duties of the senior artillery officer and the personnel of the observation posts, we move on to the guns...
And since the drinking has started...
Trump proposes a massive $65,8 billion modernization of the "Golden Fleet"... Despite historical examples....
Warships. Destroyers of Japan. The Saga of True Samurai
The Kagero-class destroyers were a series of nineteen 1st-class destroyers that served in the Pacific War, during which all but one were lost....
The RCMP Schooner "St. Roch" – An Arctic Worker. The Birth of a Vessel
This tiny vessel has forever gone down in history, having been the first to navigate the Northwest Passage from west to east, the second in the opposite direction (and the first in a single navigation) and is the only...