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Coverage extends to maritime aviation and boarding operations, undersea and submarine strategy, drones and emerging autonomous trends, and wider Atlantic and Indo-Pacific posture, supported by analysis, commentary, and photo-led reporting across multiple sections.","DRONES AND JAM TOMORROW FOR UK FLEET  \nUS CARRIERS WORN OUT BY WARS RUSSIANSIN THE  \nENGLISH CHANNEL  \nCANADA’S FUTURE DESTROYER  \nTURKEY’S FIREPOWER DISPLAY  \nROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY IN JAPAN  \nDRAMA IN IN THE CHANNEL  \nA Merlin Mk4 of the UK’s Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) hovers over the Russian‘shadow fleet’ tanker CMRSmyrtos sailing under a false Cameroonian flag. A boarding team from 42 Commando Royal Marines (42 Cdo RMs) was inserted onto the vessel, in waters off the south coast of England last month (June) via the rapid roping method. Officers of the National Crime Agency (NCA) supported the RMs team aboard the vessel. The operation lasted six hours and also involved Chinook (RAF) and Wildcat helicopters (Royal Navy) a P-8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (also of the RAF) in addition to the frigate HMS Sutherland and mine-hunter HMS Ledbury.  \nFor more, see P12/13.  \nPhoto: LPhot  \nHutchins/Royal Navy  \nAbove: Royal Navy personnel conduct live firing training while RFA Lyme Bay makes her way to Arabian waters. See P2. Photo: LPhot Connor Kilbride, Royal Navy. Below: during Exercise Efes 2026 Karayel RHIB boats are used by the  \nTurkish military. See P34/37. Photo: Cem Devrim Yaylali.  \nPublished by:  \nSundial Magazines Ltd. Address: Sundial House,  \n17 Wickham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 5JS.  \nTel: +44 (0)1371 853 637.  \n[Web site:](Web site: www.warshipsifr.com)[ www.warshipsifr.com](Web site: www.warshipsifr.com)[ ](Web site: www.warshipsifr.com)Annual Subscription Rates:  \nUK- £55 .00; Europe- £78.00. Rest of the World- £83.00. [warships@escosubs.co.uk](warships@escosubs.co.uk)  \nWARSHIPS International Fleet Review is distributed by Seymour, 2 East Poultry Avenue, London EC1A 9PT.  \nTel: 00 44 (0) 20 7429 4000.  \nFax: 00 44 (0) 20 7429 4001.  \nINTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW  \nNAVAL NEWS  \nMESSY WAR WITH UNTIDY ENDING-P2  \nGERMANY AXES FUTURE FRIGATE-P3  \nNAVIES NEWS IN FOCUS-P6/7  \nFINAL VOYAGE OF SUBMARINE THAT CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD-P18  \nOCEAN GUARD MAINTAINED-P20  \nUNDERSEA DRAGON MAY SOON JOIN ISRAEL’S NUCLEAR FORCES-P24/25  \nSAILING TO RENDER SAFE-Inside Back Cover  \nCOMMENTARY  \nODIN’S EYE-P4/5  \nThe long-awaited Defence Investment Plan delivers drones and jam tomorrow for the UK fleet. BEHIND THE SMOKESCREEN OF THE ‘HYBRID NAVY’ - P10/11  \nWith autonomous vessels on the rise in the Royal Navy a writer suggests it hides seapower failure.  \nBRITAIN’S FLEET LOOKS TO THE ATLANTIC-P41/43 And yet Russian eyes are elsewhere as the old foe watches the Royal Navy decline with mixed feelings.  \nFEATURES  \nCARRIERS BECOMING WORN OUT-P8/9  \nWars are driving the US Navy’s big ships hard. RUSSIANS IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL-P12/13 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-P14/17 A French training group calls at Halifax, Nova Scotia. HECTIC IN THE HIGH NORTH-P21/22  \nHMS Prince of Wales and her group get busy.  \nKRONSTADT RAID PROVES RUSSIAN NAVY IS NOT SAFE-P26/27  \nAftermath and implications of a Baltic drone strike.  \nPROUD DESTROYER FLEET-P28/29  \nThe keel laying of a future HMCS Fraser.  \nLONG REACH OF CHINA’S NAVY-P30  \nAustralia is within striking distance.  \nNETHERLANDS NAVY IN JAPAN-P32/33  \nThe frigate HNLMS De Ruyter visits Tokyo.  \nFIREPOWER DISPLAY AND BEACH ASSAULT-P34/37 Two major exercises led by the Turkish Navy. THE TROUBLE WITH SUBMARINES ANDA COLD WAR ‘QUARANTINE’ - P38/40  \nOur consideration of naval blockades concludes. VALOUR IN THE FACE OF ENEMY FIRE- P44/46 Bravery cannot save the WW1 Dardanelles and Gallipoli effort by the allies. Plus a dive on a pre-dreadnought. BOOK REVIEWS-P47/48  \nAbove: unexploded WW2 shells tobe disposed of in Papua New Guinea, during Operation Render Safe, which also involves Tuvalu. See inside back cover. Photo: Sgt Andrew Sleeman/ADF.  \nBelow: an artist’s impression of the now cancelled F126 frigate. See P3. Image: Damen.  \nBelow: British frigate HMS Somerse","cbCaiq0H5AlnNY01","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiq0H5AlnNY01","pdf",23776325,1,52,"English","en",105,"# Naval News\n## International Fleet Review\n## Messy War with Untidy Ending\n## Germany Axes Future Frigate\n## Navies News in Focus\n## Final Voyage of Submarine That Came Back from the Dead\n## Ocean Guard Maintained\n## Undersea Dragon May Soon Join Israel’s Nuclear Forces\n## Sailing to Render Safe\n# Commentary\n## Odin’s Eye\n## Behind the Smokescreen of the ‘Hybrid Navy’\n## Britain’s Fleet Looks to the Atlantic\n# Features\n## Carriers Becoming Worn Out\n## Russians in the English Channel\n## C’EST LA VIE! 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