http://www.rusi.org/ web@rusi.org en-us Copyright 2008 http://www.rusi.org/research/militarysciences/maritime/commentary/rss/ref:C46A71C37CFECF/ The Ministry of Defence today has formally announced that it will place a contract to build two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy. July 2007 http://www.rusi.org/research/militarysciences/maritime/commentary/rss/ref:C468A6FEC8C20E/ The Royal Navy has successfully test-fired its first Block IV Tactical Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TacTom). July 2007 http://www.rusi.org/research/militarysciences/maritime/commentary/rss/ref:C45F69446BEF2F/ Conference report on the 7th of March proceedings at RUSI. The debate was led by Des Browne, Michael Codner, Steven Haines, and Paul Ingram. March 2007 http://www.rusi.org/research/militarysciences/maritime/commentary/rss/ref:C45745AE62339A/ December 2006 http://www.rusi.org/research/militarysciences/maritime/commentary/rss/ref:C44D0719016D80/ August 2006 http://www.rusi.org/research/militarysciences/maritime/commentary/rss/ref:A4354D4236FC22/ There is an outstanding invitation from President George W. Bush Jr. to the United Kingdom, and other allies, to join the United States in a Global Ballistic Missile System. So far, Tony Blair has made no response, or at least, if he has, the nature of the response has not been made public. Many believe that, if there has been a response, it is along the lines of: "Ask me again after the election." There is, however, a widespread belief that, at official level, discussions about how any deal might be done have been going on between the UK and the US for many months. Last Autumn, there was a flurry of press speculation, soon dampened down, that officials had indeed agreed a deal to place interceptor missiles in the UK. October 2005 http://www.rusi.org/research/militarysciences/maritime/commentary/rss/ref:A4354D4ADD16A9/ Installed power on naval surface combatants has steadily grown over the past few decades. The principal reasons for this are two fold: ships have got larger and faster, and ships have more power demanding mission-systems. This paper examines the technical drivers behind the trends. October 2005