Naval News – The project to develop a multipurpose mini submarine (or Çok Amaçlı Mini Denizalti – ÇAMD) is being carried out by Sefine Shipyard and Datum Submarine Engineering Inc, a subsidiary of Istanbul Technical University. Within the scope of the project, the design, construction, equipping and testing of a multi-purpose mini submarine that can dive to a depth of 300 meters, has a crew of four and can be easily transported by land thanks to its length of 12 meters will be carried out.
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First US submarine repairs in Australia scheduled for summer
Defense News – The U.S. Navy will conduct its first submarine maintenance work in Australia next summer using the sub tender Emory S. Land, with 30 Australian sailors embarked to learn how to repair the Virginia class of submarine. This will be an early step in establishing a nuclear-powered attack submarine maintenance capability at the HMAS Stirling naval base in Western Australia in the next few years as part of the trilateral AUKUS arrangement.
Air Samurai: Is Naval Aviation Overtraining Pilots In the Age of Automation?
War on the Rocks – Today, the U.S. military produces too few pilots, eroding experience in deployed squadrons. It risks a similar path as Japan in the event of hostilities. A chronic shortage of pilots will plague the U.S. military for years. One reason is that outmoded training systems and syllabi needlessly prolong flight training and exacerbate acute shortages.
China Maritime Report No. 33: China’s Sea-Based Nuclear Deterrent: Organizational, Operational, and Strategic Implications
China Maritime Studies Institute – China’s development of a credible sea-based deterrent has important implications for the PLAN, for China’s nuclear strategy, and for U.S.-China strategic stability. For the PLAN, the need to protect the SSBN force may divert resources away from other missions; it may also provide justification for further expansion of the PLAN fleet size. For China’s nuclear strategy and operations, the SSBN force may increase operational and bureaucratic pressures for adopting a more forward-leaning nuclear strategy. For U.S.-China strategic stability, the SSBN force will have complex effects, decreasing risks that Chinese decisionmakers confront use-or-lose escalation pressures, making China less susceptible to U.S. nuclear threats and intimidation and therefore perceiving lower costs to conventional aggression, and potentially introducing escalation risks from conventional-nuclear entanglement to the maritime domain.
Philippines accuses China of swarming reef in South China Sea
BBC – The Philippines has accused China of “swarming” a reef off its coast after more than 135 military boats were spotted in the South China Sea.
‘Critical state’: Top Royal Canadian Navy officer sounds alarm on fleet’s readiness
Breaking Defense – The head of the Royal Canadian Navy issued a remarkably blunt and public assessment of his own fleet, citing numerous shipbuilding and recruiting issues that threaten the service’s ability to meets it obligations in the near- and long-term.
Meritocracy and a Royal Marine Route to First Sea Lord, 1SL.
Wavell Room – The First Sea Lord or 1SL is the Head of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy. A role which has never been filled by a Royal Marine. Why?
Inside Ukrainian Frogmen Raids On Crimea
War Zone – Ukrainian commandos who executed long-range amphibious raids on Crimea offer exclusive insights on those missions.
The United Kingdom’s Indo-Pacific Engagement
War on the Rocks – Should Labour assume power in 2024 (or 2025, when an election has to take place), it is therefore improbable that the new government will move to significantly deviate from the Indo-Pacific engagement course that the United Kingdom has presently embarked on. While ensuring the sanctity of the Euro-Atlantic area will be the defense priority (as it is now with the ruling Conservative administration), economic and political realities mean that the latter theater will necessarily continue to be of significant importance for securing the country’s future interests.
Philippines builds new coast guard station on island in South China Sea
Reuters – The Philippines has built a new coast guard station on the contested island of Thitu in the South China Sea, boosting its ability to monitor movements of Chinese vessels and aircraft in the busy disputed waterway.
Russia’s Powerful Invisible Defenses Around Sevastopol Rendered Visible
Naval News – Electromagnetic Warfare is a powerful weapon in the war in Ukraine. Yet it is elusive; we know it is happening but it is invisible, even mysterious. A new analysis of open source data gives a rare window into this world, unmasking Russia’s hidden hand.
Ukraine Situation Report: Huge Storm’s Impact On Russian Defenses
War Zone – Russia could see long and short-terms impacts to its defenses and logistics from a major storm that hit the Black Sea.
Here comes Arkhangelsk, a submarine that will boost the Northern Fleet’s hypersonic missiles capabilities
Barents Observer – A solemn ceremony was held for the K-564 Yasen-M class multi-purpose submarine at the Sevmash shipyard in the north Russian city of Severodvinsk on November 29.
(Thanks to Alain)
HMS Diamond sent to the Gulf in response to rising tension in the Middle East
Navy Lookout – HMS Diamond will join US warships deployed in the Persian Gulf region as the risk of conflict and the threat to merchant shipping increases.
Russian Navy’s fifth Project 636.3 submarine Mozhaisk delivered
Naval Today – Russian shipbuilder Admiralty Shipyards, a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, has delivered the fifth Project 363.3 submarine, Mozhaisk, to the Russian Navy.
(Thanks to Alain)
Growing threats to Canada’s security drove $10B surveillance plane purchase, minister says
CBC – Defence Minister Bill Blair says a sense of urgency driven by security threats around the globe is behind the federal government’s decision to sole-source a deal worth more than $10 billion to buy a new fleet of P-8 military surveillance planes.
South Korea Seeks Naval Shipbuilding Opportunities In North America
Naval News – South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration along with delegates from the nation’s leading shipbuilding companies visited U.S. shipyards and met with the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command from November 13th to November 17th to tour facilities and discuss opportunities for mutual cooperation.
Outsourcing Surveillance: A Cost Effective Strategy to Maintain Maritime Supremacy
War on the Rocks – The United States has a need for military surveillance, but the most valuable forms of surveillance are costly and require significant resources. To address this, the U.S. military and its allies could scale up from the fundamental thesis of China’s maritime militia and outsource maritime surveillance in select locations vis-à-vis merchant shipping. Such a bold maneuver would enable a great increase in surveillance (in desired locations) at a fraction of what it costs to increase military vessel procurement. Using these vessels for surveillance only, all the way up to the beginning of a conflict, would spare the West from the same international finger wagging that China often receives.
US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked tanker
BBC – A US Navy warship has captured armed men who seized an Israeli-linked tanker off the coast of Yemen on Sunday
Adding firepower to the Type 26 Frigate
Navy Lookout – BAE Systems recently unveiled a proposal to add additional VLS cells to the Hunter class frigates being built for the Royal Australian Navy. Here we examine the background to the requirement for more missiles and the potential opportunities for Type 26 customer nations.
Chinese Submarine Is First To Exploit New Stealth Technology
Naval News – China’s latest non-nuclear submarine, the Type-039C Yuan Class, features a distinctive angled sail. We can now be confident that this is part of a sonar stealth technology. Other countries are also pursuing this general technique, but China is the first to field it.
Second depth gauge saved UK Vanguard nuclear sub diving dangerously low, defense minister says
Breaking Defense – A senior UK defense minister told lawmakers today that a Royal NavyVanguard-class submarine carrying Trident nuclear missiles was saved from sinking to a dangerously low depth after its crew used a back up depth gauge to keep the vessel diving within safe limits.
Marines Perfect Maritime Domain Awareness, Coastal Defense in Joint Philippines Exercise
USNI News – After 11 days of drills, U.S. Marines and Philippine forces wrapped up the seventh iteration of the KAMANDAG Marine exercise in Manila over the weekend.
USS Thomas Hudner Downs Multiple Drones Launched from Yemen
USNI News – USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) shot down multiple one-way attack drones launched from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen.
Stealthy New Warship Design Emerging At Shipyard In China
Naval News – New combatant features striking stealthy design and likely much improved capabilities over existing corvettes, but exact nature of effort remains uncertain.
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