War on the Rocks – It would be a mistake — perhaps a deadly one — for Washington to dismiss Beijing’s reaction to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan as just another temper tantrum.
Yearly Archives: 2022
China Promises ‘Taiwan Encirclement’ Drills Will Continue
War Zone – China responded to the latest visit to Taiwan by U.S. lawmakers with military drills it says will be ongoing.
Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals
New Yorker – How Mark Milley and others in the Pentagon handled the national-security threat posed by their own Commander-in-Chief.
The Harriers Are Gone But Thailand’s Unlikely Aircraft Carrier Sails On
War Zone – For a while, Thailand had a carrier-borne Harrier jump-jet capability that was totally unique in Southeast Asia.
Navy Embarked MH-60R Helicopter Aboard Coast Guard Cutter
War Zone – The experiment of embarking a top-end Navy MH-60R Seahawk aboard a Legend-class cutter is likely a glimpse of the future.
HMS Lancaster sails for three years forward-deployed in the Gulf
Navy Lookout – HMS Lancaster sails from Portsmouth on Monday 15th August and will not return home for three years, being forward-deployed in the Middle East and based in Bahrain.
Innovation: People Are More Important than Technology
USNI Proceedings – Innovation is an important part of national security, but people are key.
New US Marine regiment shows off capabilities at RIMPAC ahead of fall experimentation blitz
Defense News – A new U.S. Marine Corps regiment has shown how it can protect a carrier strike group while navigating through a strait, using only sensors, an unmanned truck armed with anti-ship missiles, and a fires and air detection unit.
China’s Newest Attack Submarine Now Stationed Near Taiwan
Naval News – China’s East Sea Fleet, across from Taiwan, has received a new submarine. The boat is unlike any currently in service, being distinguished by a radically angled sail.
A bloody mess’ with ‘terrible loss of life’: How a China-US conflict over Taiwan could play out
Breaking Defense – Early results from a DC think tank’s wargame suggest the US would prevail in defending Taiwan from China, but at a heavy cost that would leave it ill-prepared for new threats from Russia or Iran.
PLA to conduct regular combat readiness security patrol in Taiwan Straits
Global Times – The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Wednesday announced it will conduct regular combat readiness security patrols in the Taiwan Straits after declaring a successful conclusion of recent drills around the island, which experts said indicates that the PLA is ready for combat whenever national sovereignty and territorial integrity is threatened.
Naval Gunfire Liaisons and 21st Century Fires
CIMSEC – This article will discuss the role of the Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer (NGLO) as one human in a JADC2-enabled theater. Any conversation about fires, lethality, and the Pacific leads either implicitly or explicitly to considerations of how naval vessels can support maneuver forces ashore. However, this legacy — maritime fires directed against terrestrial objectives — is now only one part of the equation. As concepts evolve for potential wars in the Pacific, the NGLO can provide maritime expertise that improves the integration of joint, multi-domain fires at the tactical and operational levels of war.
New Chinese Drills Spark Fears Of Prolonged Squeeze On Taiwan
War Zone – The Pentagon warns that China’s military actions are trying to intimidate Taiwan and the West and create a “new normal.”
Moving On After AUKUS: Working With France in the Indo-Pacific
War on the Rocks – As relationships thaw in the aftermath of establishing AUKUS, now is an opportune moment to consider ways that France might join the non-nuclear aspects of the framework.
MBS: despot in the desert
The Economist / 1843 – A volatile millennial wields absolute power in Saudi Arabia. What will he do next?
American Sea Power Project: Alliances and Coalitions Are Essential
USNI Proceedings – U.S. sea power has always hinged on the nation’s ability to build and maintain partnerships.
Keeping The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye On Top Into the 2040s
War Zone – The E-2’s into its sixth decade in the air and has never been more potent. Here’s how the Navy and Northrop Grumman plan to keep it that way.
Assured Sovereignty: A Concept for Naval Partnership and Persistent Engagement
RUSI – The concept of assured sovereignty could provide the missing link between persistent engagement and desired ends as the Royal Navy looks to build on its presence in the Indo-Pacific.
Four ways to kill a ship: How US Marines are focused on controlling the seas
Defense News – The service, through its new stand-in forces and its expeditionary advanced base operations concepts, envisions small groups of Marines scattered throughout regional islands and shorelines, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and anywhere else partner nations allow. Those small units will carry everything they need to move from one place to another while conducting surveillance missions, establishing refueling spots for joint forces and launching missiles.
The Navy’s Littoral Hubris
National Review – The U.S. Navy is currently dealing with the aftermath of a series of bad decisions regarding a unique category of ships within its overall force-structure design.
Our Most Detailed Look Yet At China’s Type 055 Super Destroyer
War Zone – China’s Type 055 destroyers, one of which is seen in great detail in these photos, are a symbol of Beijing’s drive to modernize its fleet.
The ship Soleimani joins the navy of the Revolutionary Guard Corps
With Press TV – Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri reported on Monday, July 25, the commissioning of the ship Soleimani, made from domestic equipment in the last three years following the martyrdom of the commander-in-chief of the CGRI Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani. (In French)
(Thanks to Alain)
How US Marines put Force Design 2030 to work in Europe and monitored Russian naval forces
Defense News – The U.S. Marine Corps in recent months took the quiet step of putting its Force Design 2030 plans to work in Europe, using forces to monitor Russian naval forces in the Baltic Sea.
Greece urges Germany to halt sale of submarines to Turkey
Greek City Times – Greece has once more urged Germany to freeze the sale of Reis-class submarines to Turkey, saying that the planned sale of half dozen subs will upset the balance of naval power in the region.
(Thanks to Alain)
PLA drills around Taiwan continue to ‘rehearse reunification operation’ amid Pelosi’s visit, ‘exercises blockading island to become routine’
Global Times – Joint military exercises around the island of Taiwan by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) continued Wednesday with a joint blockade, sea assault and land and air combat trainings, involving the use of advanced weapons including J-20 stealth fighter jets and DF-17 hypersonic missiles after the drills started on Tuesday evening, when US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed on the island which seriously violates China’s sovereignty.
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