– Forbes – The saga of Iran’s fake aircraft carrier, intended as a propaganda coup, is turning into an own goal…
(Thanks to Alain)
Author Archives: Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
Video Of Chinese Fighters Over South China Sea Gives Insight Into Long-Range Missions
– War Zone – A video has emerged online showing a long-range fighter patrol over the South China Sea being conducted by Chinese Su-30MKK Flankers. The video shows edited excerpts of a full mission, starting with aircrews running to their awaiting jets at Suixi-Nanning Air Base in Southern China, to aerial refueling,to a pass over the Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands, followed by the return to base.
Declawing the Tiger: A Rebuttal of the Decision to Phase Out Marine Tank Battalions
– Strategy Bridge – While General Berger proposes important changes, such as a focus on China and the need to revisit the Marine Corps’ amphibious strategy, the abandonment of the tank does little to benefit the infantry’s fighting power. The future of the Marine Corps rests in the adaptation of a cost-effective light tank that can bring suitable firepower to bear on islands, in cities, and in maneuver warfare.
Army Keying in on Anti-Ship, Hypersonic Weapons for ‘All Domain’ Pacific Fight
– USNI News – The Army is developing long-range hypersonic and intermediate-range anti-ship weapons as key components of its emerging strategy in the Western Pacific.
River-Class Batch 2 OPV ‘HMS Trent’ Commissioned With Royal Navy
– Naval News – The River-class Batch 2 offshore patrol vessel (OPV) HMS Trent has been commissioned with the Royal Navy today during a ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base.
Russian Navy To Begin Trials Of Modular Systems For Surface Vessels
– Naval News – The Russian Navy will begin trials of new modular systems by the end of the summer. They include weapons and equipment carried in ordinary sea containers which can be loaded on various warships and plugged into onboard power supplies and controls.
IMPLICATIONS OF HYBRID WARFARE FOR THE ORDER OF THE OCEANS
– CIMSEC – Since Frank Hoffman coined the term “hybrid warfare” in 2007, numerous articles and books have been written on this theme from the perspective of military studies and international relations. Yet the existing legal literature has not so far focused on the challenges that hybrid warfare poses for the order of the oceans. One of the main current research gaps lies in the lack of clear understanding on how the law of the sea operates in hybrid warfare.
In the Deep End: How Seafarers are Redirecting Security Consciousness
– CIMSEC – Seafarers engage in various security practices while transiting the Straits of Hormuz, Bab Al-Mandeb, the Gulf of Aden, and the broader Indian Ocean. How have these practices developed to identify and communicate emerging maritime threats based on how seafarer feedback has been incorporated within strategies that counter piracy?
Grading the U.S. Air Force’s Arctic Strategy
– National Interest – In a sense the U.S. military could take advantage of role reversal in the Arctic, making the theater a laboratory for anti-access American style. Hostile forces may operate off U.S. seacoasts and will need managing if so. Fielding armaments able to reach out from land in concert with seagoing forces, and devising and practicing the necessary joint tactics, could let U.S. commanders glimpse the methods deployed by red teams around the world. And getting in the red team’s mind is a crucial step toward defeating it.
Create ‘Patrol Forces Indo-Pacific’?
– USNI Proceedings – Modeled after PatForSWA, PatForIP could build regional partnerships in law enforcement and maritime security.
China adds turbo generators to warships to power high-energy weapons
– South China Morning Post – China has equipped its warships with advanced generators to power high-energy weapons like lasers and rail guns, according to state media.
Win Without Fighting
– USNI Proceedings – The United States is devoting significant energy to preparing for great power war, but China is waging a maritime insurgency—and could win without firing a shot.
What it will take to fix the Navy — and who can do it
– Washington Post – David Ignatius opines on the current state of the US Navy.
People Win Wars: The PLA Enlisted Force, and Other Related Matters
– War on the Rocks – The enlisted force has been the weakest link in China’s military modernization for decades, inhibiting unit readiness and operational capabilities. In the late 1990s, China’s senior military leadership decided to build a professional noncommissioned officer (NCO) corps. Yet, 40 years after the Chinese military began its long-term modernization process, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) remains a conscription-style army.
The Only Missile-Toting Ekranoplan Russia Ever Built Just Took Its Last Trip On The Caspian
– War Zone – Russia’s only Project 903 Lun class ekranoplan, a type of wing-in-ground-effect craft, recently floated out onto the Caspian Sea for the first time in decades and probably for the last time ever. Designed by the Soviet Union during the latter stages of the Cold War as a high-speed anti-ship missile craft, it only saw very limited service and is now going on display at Patriot Park in the city of Derbent in Russia’s semi-autonomous republic of Dagestan.
Royal Canadian Navy Accepts Delivery Of First Arctic And Offshore Patrol Ship
– Naval News – HMCS Harry DeWolf, the first of six Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), was delivered on 31 July to the Royal Canadian Navy.
US Navy prepares major surge of littoral combat ship deployments
– Defense News – The U.S. Navy is taking major steps in an attempt to shake off years of false starts and setbacks with the Littoral Combat Ship program, an effort Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said he’d oversee on his watch.
Eight Russian navy ships make ready for ice-free Northern Sea Route
– Barents Observer – This is the ninth year in a row that Russian Navy ships sail the Northern Sea Route. Destinations and port-calls are not yet announced, but traditionally the annual flotilla sails all east to Kotelny Island, where Russia has one of its new Arctic bases.
Using Geospatial Data to Improve Maritime Domain Awareness in the Sulu and Celebes Seas
– CIMSEC – Sprawling archipelagos and limited government resources make comprehensive maritime domain awareness (MDA) challenging in the Sulu and Celebes Seas. To improve their information gathering capabilities, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines have invested in advanced geospatial data acquisition technologies like unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and satellites. Integrating the resulting datasets into existing databases for an aggregate analysis greatly enhances regional MDA. Incorporating geospatial information provides authorities with a deeper understanding of the Sulu and Celebes Seas’ physical environment and how maleficent actors like insurgent groups, human smugglers, and arms traffickers threaten security. These information assets assist law enforcement agencies in prioritizing the deployment of their limited maritime assets and are some of the more critical capabilities in the regional toolkit for ocean governance.
Ocean Governance and Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea
– CIMSEC – Ocean governance is not only obligatory but also compulsory on nations that are contiguous to the oceans and other major water bodies around the world.
US Navy Begins Design Evaluation for New Sub-Tracking Ships
– The Diplomat – The new ocean surveillance ships are expected to begin entering the fleet in 2025.
Maritime Crime During the Pandemic: Unmasking Trends in the Caribbean
– CIMSEC – Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the Caribbean’s maritime domain has garnered widespread attention on three fronts: cruise ships stuck at sea, both with Covid-19 patients onboard and crew unable to be disembarked; a major increase in U.S. naval presence focused on countering narcotics trafficking, particularly via semi-submersible vessels; and shipments of sanctioned fuel and goods from Iran to Venezuela.
Royal New Zealand Navy Commissions HMNZS Aotearoa Polar-Class Support Vessel
– Naval News – The Royal New Zealand Navy commissioned the HMNZS Aotearoa, the service’s new fleet tanker and sustainment vessel.
China’s First Type-075 Assault Carrier Is Starting Sea Trials
– Naval News – The Chinese Navy’s newest amphibious warfare asset, the Type-075 LHD (Landing Helicopter Dock) is setting sail for the first time.
Chinese aircraft carriers get power boost by fighters’ nighttime buddy refueling capability
– Global Times – China’s aircraft carrier-based J-15 fighter jets have now become capable of conducting nighttime buddy refueling, one of the most challenging tactical moves by carrier-borne fighter jets, the PLA Navy revealed after recent successful exercises.
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