Richard Thomas

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PREMIUM: Black Scorpion mini torpedo in qualification phase

The Black Scorpion mini torpedo is currently undergoing a qualification phase ahead of introduction into the market, although officials from manufacturer Leonardo do not anticipate ...

PREMIUM: Waiting game continues for Fleet Solid Support

Seemingly stuck in a state of suspended animation, the UK’s Future Solid Support (FSS) ship programme is intended to deliver up to three key logistics ...

PREMIUM: More than 90% of first RN Type 26 is under construction

After nearly three years and four UK Secretaries of State for Defence, progress on the first-in-class Type 26 frigate destined for the RN offers a ...

PREMIUM: NATO should 'take to the field’ in countering hybrid operations

Amid a return to Great Power competition between NATO, Russia and an emergent China, a former Supreme Allied Commander Europe has called for the alliance ...

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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.