Richard Gough
@richardgough.bsky.social
Royal Navy combat veteran | Defence researcher
Naval AI • Autonomy • Carrier Strike • Future Fleet design
Author of Future Navy (Substack)
Exploring how tech, experience & strategy shape tomorrow’s fleet.
Naval AI • Autonomy • Carrier Strike • Future Fleet design
Author of Future Navy (Substack)
Exploring how tech, experience & strategy shape tomorrow’s fleet.
2025 in Review: How the Royal Navy Entered a Pre-War Era — and What 2026 Must Deliver
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2025 in Review: How the Royal Navy Entered a Pre-War Era — and What 2026 Must Deliver
The Emergence of the Future Navy and the Imperatives for 2026
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December 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
2025 in Review: How the Royal Navy Entered a Pre-War Era — and What 2026 Must Deliver
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Atlantic Bastion Is Not a Slogan
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Atlantic Bastion Is Not a Slogan
A Future Navy proposal for a Rapid ASW Fleet — built now, not waited for
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December 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Atlantic Bastion Is Not a Slogan
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When the Network Goes Dark
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When the Network Goes Dark
Why Resilience, Not Technology, Will Decide the Future Navy
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December 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
When the Network Goes Dark
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Has the Royal Navy’s Autonomous Future Snapped Into Focus? Latest Future Navy podcast. open.substack.com/pub/chopsm/p...
Has the Royal Navy’s Autonomous Future Snapped Into Focus?
ARMOR, Arondite and NATO’s new underwater network reveal a coherent digital architecture for Britain’s emerging Hybrid Navy.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Has the Royal Navy’s Autonomous Future Snapped Into Focus? Latest Future Navy podcast. open.substack.com/pub/chopsm/p...
The Royal Navy’s Autonomous Future is real. ARMOR, Arondite + NATO’s underwater network aligned on the same day the 1SL delivered his emotional call for a Hybrid Navy. Industry stepped up. The Royal Navy’s autonomous future just snapped into focus.
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The Week the Royal Navy’s Autonomous Future Snapped Into Focus
ARMOR, Arondite and NATO’s new underwater network reveal a coherent digital architecture for Britain’s emerging Hybrid Navy.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The Royal Navy’s Autonomous Future is real. ARMOR, Arondite + NATO’s underwater network aligned on the same day the 1SL delivered his emotional call for a Hybrid Navy. Industry stepped up. The Royal Navy’s autonomous future just snapped into focus.
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Today’s speech from the First Sea Lord had a moment that really landed. Not the tech announcements but the brief change in his voice when he warned how close we are to losing the Atlantic. My recent story on our new front line:
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Atlantic Bastion: Europe’s New Front Line
America’s new National Security Strategy quietly changed Europe’s maritime reality. With U.S. forces shifting focus to the Indo-Pacific and strategic domains like undersea warfare, Europe must now sec...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Today’s speech from the First Sea Lord had a moment that really landed. Not the tech announcements but the brief change in his voice when he warned how close we are to losing the Atlantic. My recent story on our new front line:
www.futurenavy.com/p/atlantic-b...
www.futurenavy.com/p/atlantic-b...
AI Ethics Meets the Real World
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AI Ethics Meets the Real World
U.S. Drone Strikes and the Accountability Crisis, the shifting ethics of warfare are becoming increasingly alarming and demand our immediate attention.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
AI Ethics Meets the Real World
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Atlantic Bastion: Europe’s New Front Line
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Atlantic Bastion: Europe’s New Front Line
How a Quiet U.S. Strategy Change Just Redrew Europe’s Naval Map
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December 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Atlantic Bastion: Europe’s New Front Line
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HMS Lancaster won’t return home from the Gulf, not scandal, not politics — but a warning. Ageing hulls, certification cliffs and thin escort numbers are now shaping the Royal Navy fleet more than strategy.
Full analysis → www.futurenavy.com/p/future-nav...
Full analysis → www.futurenavy.com/p/future-nav...
New Tech Is Fine — But We Still Need Hulls
The Royal Navy announced today that its longest-serving Type 23 frigate will no longer sail back to the UK as planned, and will instead be decommissioned and disposed of in Bahrain.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
HMS Lancaster won’t return home from the Gulf, not scandal, not politics — but a warning. Ageing hulls, certification cliffs and thin escort numbers are now shaping the Royal Navy fleet more than strategy.
Full analysis → www.futurenavy.com/p/future-nav...
Full analysis → www.futurenavy.com/p/future-nav...
Reposted by Richard Gough
Episode III is up, and we begin to examine the run in by the amphibious force, the landings, and the first Argentine air attacks. We recommend using the maps provided in sources but I’ll add them below ⬇️ for convenience.
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Air Raid Warning Red: The Battle For San Carlos Waters- Part 3
Podcast Episode · ShipWrekt · 06/05/2025 · 1h 22m
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May 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Episode III is up, and we begin to examine the run in by the amphibious force, the landings, and the first Argentine air attacks. We recommend using the maps provided in sources but I’ll add them below ⬇️ for convenience.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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