. Germany knows three states of alarm as a nation; plain peace, crisis (mobilisation) and war. I will argue in favour of a fourth state h...

. One thing I remember well from experience is that to lead is exhausting. It's even more exhausting than to be among the most alert, ...

. Belgium as a NATO member Belgium has a little more than 11 million people and a GDP a little over EUR 400 bn. Public debt is above 1...

. Some of these explained tech, thoughts and conclusions that were not covered in detail in the previous parts. These are most, but not all...

. After more than 24,000 words it's time to come to the conclusions on a higher level, the level of force planning in general. I will...

This part is about several smaller topics that are not as much driving the general design and idea of warships. Most of them are 'back...

. I don't care about naval land attack capabilities. Land attack by the sea is not about deterrence or defence.  NATO powers ...