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Global Naval and Defense Developments Highlight Increasing Maritime Competition

Of late it would seem that navies and defence ministries have made substantial strides on key carrier, submarine and surface-combatant programmes in the face of regional tensions. NATO completed carrier strike integration; Brazil and Poland picked up the pace on submarine modernisation; and, on the surface side South Korea announced yet another advanced frigate. Handy, uniform regional moves by them tell us of their growing emphasis on deterrence, autonomous systems, and forward naval presence across multiple theatres.