Naval Warfare

PREMIUM: ‘Extraordinarily expensive’ outcome for USN as USS Bonhomme Richard to be decommissioned

The USN has declared a second major naval platform loss due to fire damage in less than a decade, after the decision was taken to decommission the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard

Defence Notes

PREMIUM: As rhetoric continues, are NATO-EU defence differences too great to be resolved?

With the EU looking to move ever-closer towards the creation of its own de facto military alliance, the role of NATO in European security has been consistently questioned amid internal disputes and a shift in balance of power in light of Brexit.

Naval Warfare

PREMIUM: Interest confirmed in former Royal Navy minesweeper HMS Atherstone

​Tied up in an unseen corner of Portsmouth Naval Base, the former UK RN mine countermeasure vessel HMS Atherstone is nearing its end, stripped for parts and machinery to maintain the diminishing Hunt class fleet.

Naval Warfare

PREMIUM: UK continues to tease on Type 32 details

UK Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace says work on the new platform would not begin until the mid-2020s, as he provided a potential timeline that broadly aligns with the new RN MCM requirement
Richard Thomas

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Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas is the Senior Editor, Naval at Shephard Media. Richard joined the company in 2015 as editor of Unmanned Vehicles and International Maritime and Port Security (now Naval Warfare International), and he subsequently served as Editor-in-Chief.

Richard returned the UK in 2014 after five and a half years in the Sultanate of Oman working on the Muscat Daily newspaper, where he initially ran the diplomatic and maritime security beats before taking up the Deputy News Editor position in his final couple of years. 

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