Maritime Security & Defence №3 2021

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MARITIME POLICY, STRATEGY & FORCES
6 South East Asian Navies:
Challenges and Priorities
Dr. Peter Layton
11 Naval Programmes in Bulgaria and Romania
Eugene Kogan
16 China’s Maritime Expansion:
The Perspective from Beijing
SHIP DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGIES
21 Submarine Combat Systems: Europe is Expanding its Offer
Luca Peruzzi
28 European Submarines: Patience is the Key
Jaime Karremann
33 All Hands off Deck: US & UK Navies Explore the Potential of Autonomous Surface Vessels
Richard Scott
38 RSS INDEPENDENCE: New Approaches to Defending the Littoral
Hsing Lim
MARITIME INDUSTRY
42 The Threat of Hazmat Terrorism at Sea
Anna Paternnosto
45 The Ship That Launched 1,000 Memes –
and Nearly Destroyed 12% of World Trade
Dr Salvatore R Mercogliano
48 The Security Situation in the Mozambique Channel
Helmoed Römer Heitman
50 The Sea in Focus – Germany's Sea Trade as an Element of a Globalised Economy
Ludolf, Baron von Löwenstern
MARITIME OPERATIONS & DOCTRINE
53 A Renaissance in Amphibious Warfare
Sidney E. Dean
58 The Italian Navy:
Getting Ready to Operate the F-35B JSF
Guy Toremans
62 MV POLARSTERN’s MOSAiC Expedition
A portrait of endurance and strategic research in the remoteness
Felix Lauber and Thomas Wolf Wunderlich
66 European Maritime Engagement in the Strait
of Hormuz: A Simple Mission in a Complex Area
Interview with Commodore C. Fjord-Larsen