Category: maritime affairs
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BEYOND THE HORIZON
NOVEMBER 2024 November 2024 SMALL BOATS A small boat with 6 passengers capsized in the River Thames but only 5 were rescued and emergency crew were still looking for the missing. If you think the U.S. has an oceanic immigration problem, England hammers us in a per capita intake. One Saturday, 973 people in 17… Read more
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BEYOND THE HORIZON
BEYOND THE HORIZON January 2024 GREY FLEETS Finland dominated U.S. Navy news a few days before Christmas. This Nordic nation, with 800 miles of border with Russia, announced the purchase of 64 new F-35 fighters from the United States to bolster its air forces. At the same time, another Foreign Minister was opening 15 Finnish… Read more
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BEYOND THE HORIZON
15 October 2023 # 17 HISTORY A brief overview of the Peloponnesian War evidences the incredible need for naval warfare and the brilliance of naval tactics of the 5th century BC. The Athenians, obviously one of the centers of culture, ingenuity, and economics, built the versatile trireme, a rowboat with three rising banks of 170 oarsmen… Read more