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Naval modernization
![Bloat and Warfare Bloat and Warfare](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-02-17-7.jpg)
Bloat and Warfare
By Jacob Parakilas
Canada’s new frigates are the size of cruisers, and indicative of a wider trend toward ever-more complicated and expensive weapons.
![Does It Make Sense to Think About Naval Power in 15 to 30 Year Cycles? Does It Make Sense to Think About Naval Power in 15 to 30 Year Cycles?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-04_15-11-14.jpg)
Does It Make Sense to Think About Naval Power in 15 to 30 Year Cycles?
By Robert Farley
Technological cycles can render a just-modernized army obsolete.
![Why Vietnam Has Turned Its Strategic Attention to the Sea Why Vietnam Has Turned Its Strategic Attention to the Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-08_06-12-59.jpg)
Why Vietnam Has Turned Its Strategic Attention to the Sea
By Robert Farley
Vietnam's strategic turn toward the South China Sea presents a series of challenges for the country's defense planners.
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