Defence and Freedom
2026/07/28

Minimum GP corvette or frigate

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. Suppose a navy would want the cheapest viable general purpose warship design rather than an optimal one. Compromises have to be made, esp...
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2026/07/23

End the stupid little cold war!

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.   This stupid little cold war between Greece and Turkey has to end. It's not affordable to Greece to waste so much money on it year af...
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2026/07/12

The real problem with defence against drones

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. A blog post about the real drone problem is overdue because I do not see ANY indication that the real problem is part of the public discou...
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2026/07/05

Optimal AAA calibres in WW2 and today

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. Here's a shipload of hindsight: The optimal anti-air artillery calibres of World War Two. 7.62...7.92 mm machineguns were rather ineff...
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2026/07/02

Naval drones (USVs) in the news

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. Naval "drones" and motherships appear to experience a political breakthrough in the UK , carrying the hope for an affordable nav...
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2026/06/08

SatNav warfare

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. So a satellite was found to be jamming GPS even though that wasn't its apparent purpose .  This is the most powerful counter to satel...
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2026/06/04

A 'carry at all times' helmet for support troops in army divisions

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. I hope you muted the video in time. Anyway, I showed this thing from 2022 because I remember having asked ballistic helmet manufac...
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2026/05/14

Navies and trade

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. Long-time readers may remember I'm a bit of a sceptic regarding naval power. In part because ship-killing can be done by land-based ai...
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2026/05/08

Suddenly so much love for cruise missiles

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. Suddenly lots of people talk about Europe needing cruise missiles to deter Russians. Let's look at what this implies. It certainly imp...
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2026/04/24

A general purpose frigate for small powers

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. I wrote a blog post series about navy escorts in 2018 that IMO stood up to the test of time . Its conclusion/recommendation in the end is...
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