Both naval and non-naval vessel reviews are featured as part of this month's focus on the exciting maritime security sector. Featured vessels include RIBs for Philippine and Lebanese use and multiple patrol vessels for operators in Africa, Europe, and South America.
We also take a closer look into a new class of guided missile frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force and the latest example of the US Navy's 12-strong San Antonio-class amphibious ships for use in expeditionary missions and other related operations worldwide.
– "This global network of undersea cables continues to expand, and it is emerging as a likely priority target in future conflict, particularly as the cables often lie the vicinity of strategic maritime chokepoints."
– by Trevor Hollingsbee, former UK Royal Navy officer and Baird Maritime's resident maritime security expert and columnist
– "The proposed centre would encourage the emergence of long-term relationships between Indo-Pacific maritime law enforcement agencies and their counterparts in the region."
– by Anthony Bergin, senior fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and Lee Goddard, retired rear admiral in the Royal Australian Navy and former commander of Maritime Border Command and of the Joint Agency Task Force of Operation Sovereign Borders
– "A large number of modern pirate attacks in the Strait of Malacca have occurred in the territorial waters of Indonesia and Malaysia – not on the high seas."
– by Thu Nguyen Hoang Anh, graduate student at the European University Institute majoring in transnational governance
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