Prospects for Russian Navy amphibious forces development in the wake of the cancelled Mistral contract
“In military matters, capability, not ... ... events testify to the fact that the experts promoting the idea of developing the Russian Navy first and foremost as a coastal fleet, capable of controlling the 200-mile exclusive economic zone in peacetime and of defending our seacoast during the war, ...
... in the army after the withdrawal from Iraq in 2009 were of course reasonable but the cuts in hardware, primarily in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, have produced long-term negative effects on the nation's defense capabilities, increasing the need ... ...
Britain has traditionally taken great pride in its Royal Navy, while after the Second World War it became second to the American fleet, and in two decades after massive decommissioning with no adequate replacement to major aircraft carriers, its key strike ...
The official motto of the Brazilian Navy is “Protegendo nossas riquezas, cuidando da nossa gente” (Protecting our riches and taking care of our people).... ... Kingdom.
The countries of the region are also concerned over the symbolic gesture by the United States to revive the U.S. 4th Fleet (U.S. Navy command in the South Atlantic Ocean in 1943–1950, which was reestablished in 2008). The Brazilian president,...