Naval Forces II 1982
The ultimate roots of the present Russo-Ukraine war can be traced back to the end of the Cold War, now more than 30 years ago. In the decades before, the Soviet Union emerged as one of the world’s two ‘superpowers’ – a status that is not existing today. At the beginning of the 1980s, the […]
Naval Forces III/IV 1982
The year 1982 was marked by a short but intense armed conflict: the Falklands War. The third Edition of Naval Forces that was released in June reported in greater detail on the Falkland (Malvinas) incident. Editorial director Vice Admiral (Ret) Sir Ian McGeoch warned in his editorial note that escalation of the conflict left no […]
Naval Forces V 1982
At the time these lines were written, the Russo-Ukrainian War had been going on for more than six months. Unsurprisingly, the “Special Operation” did not come to reality as a “Blitz”. The Russian military revealed numerous shortcomings in warfare – from logistics to protection. If we take a look back at the end of 1982, […]
Naval Forces VI 1982
The Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas) ended – with an Argentine surrender – on 14 June 1982. The 74-day conflict brought to the tables a multitude of new aspects of how naval warfare can be a decisive momentum. As such, submarines on both sides played an imminently important role in the armed conflict. As […]
Naval Forces I 1983
Technologies for naval warfare were further maturing in the early 1980s: surface effect ships, submarine laser communications, command-and-control, maritime satellites for navigational purposes, unmanned submersibles, to name but a few. All these became crucial during the 1980s and in the decades that followed. Documents extol the United States lead in any of these technological fields […]
Naval Forces II 1983
One silver lining for NATO – in the early 1980s – was Norway and its unique naval expertise. Norway, which joined NATO as a founding member in April 1949, was constantly developing its military force in support of the Alliance’s northern flank maritime posture. In the second Edition of Naval Forces in April 1983, Rear […]
Naval Forces III/IV 1983
As the multitude of threats and risks to the world inspire military and security experts to continue evaluating our today’s security environment, one thing is clear: the plethora of initiatives – national and international, private and public, military and civil – are reliant upon considerable amounts of time, money and expertise to appropriately react to […]
Naval Forces V 1983
Russia’s war in Ukraine reached the 500-day mark on Saturday, 8 July – a war that rages with no end in sight. And Russian President Vladimir Putin remains in power despite Ukraine conflict setbacks. But the future of Putin’s presidency is closely connected to the outcome of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. This brings us back […]
Naval Forces VI 1983
Forty years ago, the German Naval Air Arm (Marineflieger) had its new Panavia Tornado fighter-bomber in service for a little more than a year. The German Navy requested a two-seat, two-engine fighter-bomber, replacing the venerable Lockheed F-104G Starfighter. Initially called the Multi Role Aircraft (MRA), later renamed as the Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA), the […]
