Maritime Security & Defence №2 2021

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MARITIME POLICY, STRATEGY & FORCES
7 The Russian Navy: What Their Assets Say About Their Naval Strategy
Dr James Bosbotinis
11 Meeting the Political Face of the German Maritime Industry Interview with Norbert Brackmann,
member of the German Bundestag (parliament)
13 A Navy in Cooperation: The Royal Netherlands Navy
Interview with Vice-Admiral Rob A. Kramer,
Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy (CZSK)
18 The Critical Eye: The Polish Navy’s Modernisation in Focus
Dr Robert Czulda
22 Adriatic Security from the Croatian Perspective
Igor Tabak
25 Is “DEU MARFOR” German for “NAVAL READINESS”?
Interview Stephan Haisch, Deputy Cdr DEU MARFOR, RAdm (LH)
SHIP DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGIES
28 Ballistic Missile Defence at Sea
Bob Nugent
33 MCMV Survey
European and Middle Eastern Navies
Guy Toremans
38 The BE-NL rMCM Replacement Mine
Countermeasures Capability Programme
Guy Toremans
40 Modernisation of the SPY Radar Family
Thomas Withington
44 Fire Suppression & Containment
Edward Lundquist
MARITIME INDUSTRY
47 Piracy Re-Emerges
Michael Meyer
51 German-Dutch Cooperation in Naval Shipbuilding: Charting a New Course
Christian Freiherr von Oldershausen and Marcel Hendriks
54 The Vision of the Fuel Cell Becomes Reality
Felix Selzer
MARITIME OPERATIONS & DOCTRINE
57 Sea Blind – Placing Cyber-Security’s Evolving Impact on Maritime Operations
Mark McIntyre and Joe DiPietro