Technology Profile: Are Loitering Munitions, Drones or Missiles – or Neither?
interview by Curtis Hand, images from UVision
With much mainstream media coverage about global use of weaponised drones and various types of rockets launched, MSD...
FAST AND (WAVE) FURIOUS: HIGH-SPEED BOAT OPERATIONS FORUM 2021
HIGH-SPEED BOAT OPERATIONS FORUM 2021
31 August – 2 September 2021
by Curtis Hand, images and video from event speakers and sponsors
High speed boat (HSB) experts...
Coffee Klatch: Training to Inflict Pain, Not Receive It
by Curtis Hand, images from Chiron Global Tech
While the coffee is brewing in a machine for someone's cup somewhere, Maritime Security & Defence (MSD)...
NATO Ships Take Part in Exercise Breeze in the Black Sea
edited and posted by Curtis Hand - photo credit NATO
It was annouoced this afternoon that NATO ships are took part in Exercise Breeze 2021...
Magics of STP Type Tests – Addressing Ship Water Fouling
Almost all marine sewage treatment plants (STPs) have been type tested on land, but the majority of which do not meet the performance standard...
Japan Defence Whitepaper Available Here
a note from Curtis Hand, Online Editor, MSD magazine
Japan's MoD released its Whitepaper on defence, addressing threats, reasons for concern, opportunities and goals present...
MSD The Coffee Klatsch: Security is Beyond Seeing
Interview by Curtis Hand
While the coffee is brewing in a machine for someone's cup somewhere, Maritime Security & Defence (MSD) magazine had a rare...
RNLN Adm Rob Bauer Begins NATO Military Committee Chairmanship
edited by Curtis Hand
Adm Rob Bauer (photo, right) of the Royal Netherlands Navy took over as Chair of the NATO Military Committee. Elected in...
USCG Cutter Tahoma Returns from 79-Day Counter-Narcotics Patrol
edited by Curtis Hand from press statement. All images: USCG.
The crew of the US Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Tahoma (WMEC 908) returned to Kittery...
USCG Leadership Praised and Promoted
by Curtis Hand, from press release and internal resources
Less than 12 hours after MSD Online reported the US Coast Guard (USCG) Pacific Area Command...