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Corvette cutting edge gets sharper: the corvette has not just replaced the fast attack craft, which dominated the export market some 20 or 30 years ago, but it continues to evolve into a multi-role platform, which further enhances its value. The weapon systems associated with corvettes are a yardstick for marking the importance of these ships.		Aug 1, 2007	2544
Carrier ops.		Aug 1, 2007	2451
Corvettes to sail smartly: nearly half a century ago the major navies' last corvettes were being towed ignominiously to the scrap yards. But over the past two decades there has been a renaissance in this category; not just among Third World navies but also some of the major naval powers, indeed even the Royal Navy has shown interest in this type of warship.		Feb 1, 2007	2385
Fighting an invisible threat: air warfare involves both visible and invisible battlefields and the latter becomes more demanding every year--having extended from combat aircraft to support aircraft and now down to the helicopters and even civil aviation.		Dec 1, 2005	2632
Corvettes steaming ahead: the yardstick of surface naval power was once the realm of destroyers and frigates, but this has been expanded in the post 9/11 world to include the addition of the corvette. At one time these were used only by small navies, but are now being seen even by major naval powers as multi-role platforms that are suitable for asymmetric/littoral operations.		Dec 1, 2005	2583
Torpedoes challenged: the torpedo is the navy's first guided missile (it was originally called a self-propelled torpedo) and while at first sight there seems to be less interest in underwater warfare, in practice there is a great deal of work to ensure that these weapons remain effective.		Dec 1, 2005	2684
By sea & stealth: maritime special forces tend to arrive in hostile territory by sea and by stealth, but where once they would be delivered by rubber dinghies from a submarine now they are using Special Delivery Vehicles (SDV) and even midget submarines.		Dec 1, 2005	2729
Return of the one-o-five: the 105 mm gun might be regarded as the shooting star of the 20th century--its passage across the skies being a brief blaze of glory followed by oblivion. Yet, far from fading away, this ordinance is flaring back and becoming attractive for a wide range of duties.		Oct 1, 2005	2277
Security to 100 atmospheres: fools rush in where angels fear to tread--but in modern naval warfare it is the robots or Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) which are now being sent to discover and destroy the hidden secrets, traps and dangers that lurk deep in Poseidon's realm.		Aug 1, 2005	4234
Medium-sized ship's steam.		Apr 1, 2005	2851
Send an amphib, the future cry.		Feb 1, 2005	2163
Punch from the water.		Feb 1, 2005	2299
Shake it off your tail! The sky is a hostile environment for military aircraft, especially with threats from fighters and ground defences to be reckoned with. In the past few years these threats have extended from the traditional combat aircraft to support aircraft and now to civilian airliners, driving a universal requirement for self-protection.	Cover Story	Dec 1, 2004	2716
The move towards corvettes and frigates: in defence, as in life, fashions change. In the world's navies the fashion some 20 to 30 years ago leaned toward small, high-speed vessels with surface-to-surface missiles--these were known as fast attack craft. Operational experience has since driven more recent requirements towards larger ships of corvette or even frigate size.		Dec 1, 2004	2790
New chapter for naval radars.		Oct 1, 2004	2074
Earth-bound electronic challenges.		Oct 1, 2004	2542
Joint submarine programmes.		Aug 1, 2004	2510
It's not what you do, it's how you do it.		Feb 1, 2004	2807
Maritime drones--back to the future? One of the many panaceas for modern naval operations is the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which offers the ship commander his own means of aerial reconnaissance over both land and sea. The UAV--or drone--is regarded as a major tool in littoral naval operations, but what is emerging is a concept that was viewed as absolete some 60 years ago.		Feb 1, 2004	1834
Sensor fusion, the best of several worlds. (Technology).		Oct 1, 2002	3098