Barents Observer – Slashed investments and a spike in construction costs will lead to a significant delay for Russia’s expanded fleet of nuclear powered icebreakers.
Monthly Archives: October 2023
A guide to RFA Proteus – the UK’s new seabed warfare vessel
Navy Lookout – As the first Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ship is formally named and brought into service today, we have compiled a basic guide to the ship and its potential future operations.
Royal Navy To Deploy Response Group To Eastern Mediterranean
Naval News – The UK government has directed a Royal Navy (RN) task group to deploy to the Eastern Mediterranean, following the outbreak of conflict in the region.
China Coast Guard Harass Second Thomas Shoal Resupply Mission
USNI News – The Philippines conducted a successful resupply mission on Wednesday to its outpost on BRP Sierra Madre(LS-57), grounded at Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed Spratly Islands, despite China’s attempts at obstruction.
Carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS Carl Vinson Deploy; Ike Will Join Carrier Ford in Eastern Med
USNI News – USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) left Norfolk Naval Station on Saturday morning, according to ship spotters. Ike’s deployment will take the CSG to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea to join USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and its strike group, according to a late Saturday Pentagon statement.
The AVF Is at a Crossroad
USNI Proceedings – The all-volunteer force is on a collision course with the Navy budget.
Dilemmas Faced in Developing Small Navies
US Naval War College Review – Small navies face two important problems: the difficulty of acquiring the requisite financial resources and managing them properly, and the need to transform themselves so they can cooperate as parts of multinational teams. The latter aspect is the most important factor affecting their continued existence.
The European Union’s Quest to Become a Global Maritime-Security Provider
US Naval War College Review – The European Union (EU) seeks to become a global maritime-security actor, yet strategic challenges influence its maritime-security strategy process. Is there a distinctive and coherent EU approach to global maritime security, and how should the EU address the growing range of maritime challenges, including the intensification of militarized competition in the Indo-Pacific?
Tirpitz’s Trap
US Naval War College Review – Chinese leaders probably believe that America’s worldwide commitments mean that the United States never will concentrate its entire naval strength against them in a conflict. But “Tirpitz’s Trap” serves as a warning of the consequences of challenging a maritime rival at sea while retaining the commitments inherent in a continental state with strategically significant land borders and powerful neighbors.
Smart Balancers Kill Many Birds with Few Stones—Sino-Russian Security Cooperation in the Maritime Domain
US Naval War College Review – Minimizing the costs and risks of balancing is crucial for a coalition facing stronger opponents—such as China and Russia facing the United States and its partners. The motives of Sino-Russian security cooperation should be understood within the context of a full spectrum of balancing strategies in international relations and the relatively lower risk of escalation in the maritime domain.
The Final Countdown?—Charting a New Course for Capital Ships in Pacific War Plans
US Naval War College Review – The Navy’s World War II fleet demonstrated that success came from employing the capital ship of the time—the battleship—collaboratively with aircraft carriers. Today, the Navy and the joint force should combine today’s capital ship—the aircraft carrier—with a reinvestment in surface and undersea platforms with extended-range standoff weapons.
Time to Recalibrate: The Navy Needs Tactical Nuclear Weapons . . . Again
USNI Proceedings – After the Cold War, the United States led the way in nuclear nonproliferation, including voluntarily giving up tactical nuclear weapons at sea. In recent years, Russia, China, and other nations have highlighted an unfortunate need to bring those weapons back.
Selective Engagements—Chinese Naval Diplomacy and U.S.-China Competition
US Naval War College Review – As China enters a period of heightened strategic competition with the United States, the PLAN will adjust its foreign-engagement strategy. China will forge stronger naval relations with non-U.S. major powers, including Russia; the United States will attempt to deny China new overseas naval facilities; and both countr
Planning for the Next War Must Be a Mixture of Art & Science
USNI Proceedings – In recent decades, military planning has leaned more heavily on science than art, but success in a peer-level fight will depend on commander’s intent and the art of warfare.
Time To Recalibrate: The Navy Needs Tactical Nuclear Weapons . . . Again
USNI Proceedings – After the Cold War, the United States led the way in nuclear nonproliferation, including voluntarily giving up tactical nuclear weapons at sea. In recent years, Russia, China, and other nations have highlighted an unfortunate need to bring those weapons back.
Old Lessons For New Maritime Statecraft
War on the Rocks – As Washington enters an era of great power competition, it can gain valuable insights from the Navy’s interwar success in conducting peacetime operations while still preparing for war. This means thinking about, talking about, actively developing new doctrines for, and understanding how to plan the complex needs of the peacetime missions of the Navy and Marine Corps.
RAND calls for reexamination of surface connectors’ survivability
Defense News – The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps should reconsider the survivability of their surface connectors, which the Corps is increasingly relying on to operate in contested waters, RAND researchers warn in a new report.
UK says Russia plotting to sabotage Ukrainian grain vessels with sea mines
The Guardian – Britain has accused Russia of plotting to sabotage civilian cargo ships loaded with Ukrainian grain by planting sea mines on the approaches to the country’s Black Sea ports.
Can the US Navy save money by accepting the LCS as a sunk cost?
Defense News – Decommissioning the Littoral Combat Ships early amounts to a loss of almost $7 billion based on analysis by Defense News using data from the Congressional Budget Office. But experts say the opportunity cost is more significant as the Pentagon prepares for a potential war with China, which in the last 20 years has built extensive anti-access, area denial defenses to keep ships like the LCS away from its shores.
The Navy’s continuing cruiser debacle
Navy Times – A multi-billion dollar effort to modernize the warships has not gone as planned
Down Select and Commit to Uncrewed Surface Systems
CIMSEC – The CNO can accelerate the Navy’s journey to achieve a robust hybrid fleet by directing a down-select of MUSV candidates and establishing programs of record. The U.S. Navy can diversify its capabilities and make itself more competitive for great power challenges by accelerating its adoption of unmanned vessels.
Get Real Get Better About Digital HR for Sailors
CIMSEC – The U.S. Navy’s human resources (HR) policies are failing, and not because the policies themselves are ineffective, but because of their poor digital implementation.
Collins-class submarine suffers on-board electrical fire
ABC – One of Australia’s oldest submarines has suffered an on-board electrical fire while at sea, with the crew able to continue their mission after managing to extinguish the blaze.
(Thanks to Alain)
PROTEUS – developing an uncrewed helicopter for the Royal Navy
Navy Lookout – In the first of a series of articles detailing substantive progress with the development of uncrewed systems for the RN, here we look at the PROTEUS Rotary Wing Uncrewed Aircraft System (RWUAS) technology demonstrator being built by Leonardo UK.
Frauds were revealed in the repair of warships in the Novik group
BMPD – Frauds were revealed in the repair of warships in the Novik group, the former general director of the Novik industrial group, a former deputy of the State Duma, a former deputy of the State Duma, became involved in a new criminal case – about fraud on a particularly large scale. (In Russian)
(Thanks to Alain)
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