The Defence Capability Plan’s signalling of like-for-like replacement for the Anzac frigates has implications for decisions around the rest of the fleet, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts. […]
The Australian surface combatant review’s recommendations around Tier 2 general purpose frigates pose interesting questions for New Zealand, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts. In a way this […]
Editor-at-large Dr Peter Greener writes that we’ll have to wait until after the upcoming General Election and into next year before we get to learn whether a future New Zealand government will be putting its […]
Andrew Watts considers the Future Force Design Principles 2023 through the lens of capability modularity. Does a modular approach present the most cost effective means for acquiring capability for the full spectrum of potential missions? […]
An Australian force design oriented towards Distributed Maritime Operations poses questions for the design of NZ’s future fleet, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts. The Australian Defence Strategic […]
The Royal Navy’s pursuit of capability adaptability should re-assure our own defence policy makers that modularity is worth investigating, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts. This article is […]
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Future maritime conflict will be conducted in the grey zone. It’s a reality that New Zealand cannot ignore, and it has implications for the next generation of naval capability, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal […]
Emerging naval doctrine supports the idea of a future navy based on modularity, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts. This article is part of Line of Defence Magazine’s […]
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