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ISSN 0957-55375 Editorial comment
DDG 51 re-start could be more complicated than first thought
6-11 News
6-11 News12-34 Features
Feature 1 US Navy
12-16 New strategy is good news for naval forces
Feature 2 Australia
17-18 New arrival boosts capability as sub force report Is Issued
Feature 3 Aircraft carriers
19-21 QE class assembly gets under way
Feature 4 Submarine rescue
22-24 Re-designing the tower: developments In submarine escape
F e a t u r e s Propulsion
25-27 Advances enhance propulsion plant options
Feature 6 Amphibious ships
28-29 NASSCO lays keel of first Mobile Landing Piatform
Feature 7 Submarines
30-31 Future submarines - on Innovative view
Feature 8 Helicopter handling
32-34 Douglas Equipment gives Indal full range of helo handling gear
Wtiile submarines tiave evolved, the to\A/er escape method for submarines has remained largely unctianged.
Contents MAY 2012
Editor David Foxwell
Publisliing Assistant Nicola Stuart Group Sales Director John Payten
Advertisement Production Manager Stephen Bell Subscriptions & Publications Manager Josie Pearlson Publisher Mark J Staunton-Lambert
Published by:
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ISSN 0957-5537Cover image: Ttie eiectric motor is instaiied in ttie the first of four new submarines being buiit by Navantia for the Spanish Navy.
5 Editorial comment
Coles Review highlights Aussie sub force issues6-16 News
6-16 News18-34 Features
Feature 1 Russia
18 Russia's Navy: a fair wind Into a storm?
Feature 2 Auxiliaries
21-22 Korean yard wins MARS tanker competition
Feature 3 Mine countermeasures
23-25 Mine countermeasures: fighting the forgotten killer
Feature 4 Aircraft carriers
26-27 Coming together: Queen Elizabeth class construction moves forward
Feature 5 Offshore patrol vessels
28 Damen FISVs to protect Angolan fishing grounds
Feature 6 Vietnam
30-31 Vietnamese newbuilds grow in sophistication
Feature 7 Pakistan
32-33 Chinese play key roie in Pakistan's new naval projects
Feature 8 Propulsion
34 MT30 evolving to meet new requirements
deveiopment remains an important focus for navies. Daman's OPVs are an example of the increasing capabilities of Vietnam's shipbuilding Industry. Warship Technology M a y 2012 3
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i JULY/AUGUST 2012
Editor David Foxwell
Publishing Assistant Nicola Stuart Group Sales Director John Payten
Advertisement Production Manager Stephen Bell Subscriptions & Publications Manager Josie Pearlson Publisher Mark J Staunton-Lambert
Published by:
The Royal Institution of Naval Architects Editorial & Advertisement Office: 10 Upper Belgrave Street London SWIX 8BQ, UK Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7235 4622 Telefax: +44 (0) 20 7245 6959
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Australia needs to 'mind tine g a p ' In Its sub force ABC average net drculatlcri 10,574 January -December 2011THBNAYAL
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Ó-9 News10-26 Features
Feature 1 UK
10-13 UK presses a h e a d with key programmes
Feature 2 Offshore patrol vessels
14 New Irish vessels under way at Appiedore
Features Australia
15-17 Australia embarks on future sub Industry skills plan
Feature 4 Amphibious ships
18-19 Amphibious warfare: the next generation
Feature 5 Aircraft carriers
20-21 UK changes jet type to prevent carrier strike delay
Feature 6 Propulsion
22-23 GE highiighits advantages of hybrid electric drive
Feature 7 Weapons technology
24 US Navy fires up weapons programmes
Features Shipbuilding
25-26 Submarines benefit from Increasing use of composites
i r i B u^ 5 oiiotegic Defence a n d Security Review
places a strategic erfiptiasis pn expeditionary
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