Contents | May 2008
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Editor David Foxwell Electric ship demonstrator will test
Editorial Assistant Clare Nicholls
Rimjet propulsor
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Feature 1 Submarines
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Feature 4 Russian naval programmes
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23-24 Russian naval ambitions revived
25-26 Russian yards exporting on their own terms
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The acquisition of DML by Babcock International
Group last year is an important example of
maritime industrial consolidation and integration.
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The Russian Navy is likely to benefit from Russia’s The UK Ministry of Defence is attempting to drive
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newfound economic prosperity.
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down the cost of building the remaining Astute
class submarines.
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