Britain’s naval decline and NATO maritime security

 

Britain’s national security will be undermined over the next decade because the number of surface warships possessed by the Royal Navy will decline to levels well below those deployed a decade ago, according to an independent study: Why things don’t happen – silent principles of national security, Jeremy Blackham and Gwyn Prins, RUSI Journal August/September 2010, Vol.155 No.4 pp14-22. NATO Watch Associate, Carlo de Hennin, reviews the study in the context of NATO maritime security - see attached pdf.