Fixed-wing aircraft carriers, and nuclear-powered submarines are generally seen as the capital ships of today, and are the yardsticks against which navies’ capabilities ..
Author: Trevor Hollingsbee
Maritime security expert and columnist, Trevor Hollingsbee was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, Senior Superintendent with the Hong Kong Marine Police, Assistant Secretary for Security in the British Hong Kong Government Security Branch, and Intelligence Analyst in the UK Ministry of Defence.
As an independent defence and security analyst he has had some 1,500 articles on maritime security, and geopolitical topics, published in a range of international journals and newspapers.
He is an Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute, and a past Vice-Chairman of the Institute’s Hong Kong branch.
The advance of naval unmanned surface vehicle systems continues apace, as was well illustrated by the recent unveiling, at London’s biannual Defence and Security ..
In the early hours of August 29 the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) People’s Liberation Army (PLA) garrison carried out what a PLA spokesman described ..
The UK-flagged tanker Stena Impero boarded and detained by Iranian forces in July is reportedly soon to be released, but tensions in the region remains high. The US-led ..
COLUMN | UN and Lebanese naval security operation continues as regional tensions rise [Naval Gazing]
Strategically located, multi ethnic, multi-faith Lebanon is frequently the focus for regional security problems. These are often maritime in nature. There are sea border ..
The stand-off between Vietnamese and Chinese vessels off Vanguard Bank, situated southeast of Vietnam, in the South China Sea (SCS) continues. At least 10 ships are now ..
Versatile, cost effective, and often politically deniable, operations by special forces (SF) are an increasingly important part of the contemporary security scene. Covert ..
Early response to the catastrophic damage inflicted upon the Bahamas, in early September, by Hurricane Dorian illustrated graphically the value of prepositioning naval ..
Canberra is currently striving on many fronts to counter China’s pervading influence in the Indo Pacific region. On February 17, in the latest initiative in pursuit ..
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