– Global Times – China’s latest 10,000 ton-class guided missile destroyer, the Type 055, is capable of launching long-range land-attack cruise missiles.
Author Archives: Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
What Does the Navy Need from the Marine Corps?
– USNI Proceedings – Align the Commandant’s planning guidance and the Navy’s strategic vision.
Sevmash floats out second Yasen-M class nuclear attack submarine
– Barents Observer – After the two previous 4th generation multi-purpose submarines experienced long delays in construction, Russia now seems to have gain speed at the shipyard in Severodvinsk.
Research & Debate—The Medium Is the Message: Weaving Wargaming More Tightly into the Fabric of the Navy
– US Naval War College Review – By now, the challenge and threat of a rising and contentious China and an increasingly hostile Russia have penetrated the Navy’s corporate consciousness, and current leaders are taking steps to shift the service from a purely power- projection posture to one that focuses again on defending American command of the sea. The Navy is initiating adjustments to fleet design and architecture as well as a rebirth of fleet experimentation. While perhaps late in coming, these responses to the emergent challenges of our time are encouraging.
Advanced supply ship conducts carrier group supplement mission
– Global Times – China’s latest domestically developed comprehensive supply ship conducted its first aircraft carrier battle group supplement mission during a high sea exercise, prompting experts to say that Chinese aircraft carriers are ready to sail farther into deep blue waters.
Fighting Along a Knife Edge in the Falklands
– USNI Proceedings – To prepare for a fight over the western Pacific’s contested islands, there is no better resource than the 1982 Falklands War.
China’s third aircraft carrier in 2 years
– Global Times – China’s third aircraft carrier could be launched within the next two years, be combat ready by 2025 and feature an electromagnetic catapult and stealth fighter jets, a professional Chinese military magazine predicted.
What planes will be on board China’s second aircraft carrier, the Shandong?
– South China Morning Post – The first home-built Chinese carrier will deploy a range of aircraft from J-15 ‘Flying Shark’ fighter planes to anti-submarine ‘Sea Eagle’ helicopters.
What’s in a name? A history lesson in the case of China’s new aircraft carrier the Shandong
– South China Morning Post – Warship is named after the province where it will be based, but it also carries a message aimed at reminding the PLA Navy to learn from past humiliations
Turkish 1st Type 214 class submarine launched
– Naval Today – Turkey is pushing forward with the development of its submarine program, having witnessed its first Type 214 class submarine TCG Piri Reis hit the water on December 22 at the Gölcük Shipyard in northwestern Turkey.
(Thanks to Alain)
The latest Chinese aircraft carrier “Shandong” at sea
– BMPD – Beautiful images and video of the Shandong conducting flight operations. (In Russian)
(Thanks to Alain)
US Navy proposes decommissioning first 4 LCS more than a decade early
– Defense News – The US Navy has put forward a proposal to decommission the first four littoral combat ships in 2021 as part of a cost-savings measure, according to a memorandum from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget to the Defense Department.
Aerial early warning, reconnaissance training boosts PLA Navy’s capability in S. China Sea
– Global Times – A naval aviation division of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command wrapped up an aerial early warning and reconnaissance training exercise recently, which experts said will boost China’s defense capability in the South China Sea as US warships and aircraft have trespassed frequently into Chinese territorial waters and airspace.
Pentagon proposes big cuts to US Navy destroyer construction, retiring 13 cruisers
– Defense News – The Department of Defense has sent a plan to the White House that would cut the construction of more than 40 percent of its planed Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyers in in fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
White House poised to blow up US Navy’s plans to recapitalize its aging sealift ships
– Defense News – The White House wants the U.S. Navy to go back to the drawing board and find new ways to replace its aging sealift fleet, a move that could set back efforts that military officials see as vital to maintaining the military’s ability to project power across the globe.
What If Trump Ordered a Naval Blockade of North Korea?
– National Interest – Could this be one way to respond to Kim’s supposed ‘Christmas gift’?
Report to Congress on Chinese Naval Modernization
– Congressional Research Service – The following is the Dec. 20, 2019 Congressional Research Service, China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress.
Learn About the 100-Megaton Nuclear Torpedos Russia Has Up Its Sleeve
– National Interest – These doomsday weapons are the latest iterations of the new arms race.
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Mosaic Warfare: Small and Scalable Are Beautiful
– War on the Rocks – The rapid and creative combination of small, cheap, flexible systems represents a new theory of victory: mosaic warfare.
Soviet mini-submarine discovered in Jarfjord by Norwegian special forces in 1990
– Barents Observer – A former officer from the Headquarters of the Armed Forces in Northern Norway told about the surfacing submarine in a TV documentary by NRK about the Cold War.
White House Asks Navy To Include New Unmanned Vessels In Its Ambitious 355 Ship Fleet Plan
– War Zone – Changes in official definitions could create an easier path to the goal of a 355-ship fleet and reflects a growing interest in drone ships and subs.
Collision Course
– ProPublica – When the USS John S. McCain crashed in the Pacific, the Navy blamed the destroyer’s crew for the loss of 10 sailors. The truth is the Navy’s flawed technology set the McCain up for disaster.
Why China Wants Its Navy to Patrol the Atlantic Ocean
– National Interest – Is this a problem for Washington?
Amid a heated aircraft carrier debate, the US Navy sees funding slashed for a next-generation fighter
– Defense News – As questions continue to swirl about the vulnerability and reach of aircraft carriers, Congress has gutted funding for the U.S. Navy’s research effort into a next-generation fighter to replace the relatively limited range F/A-18 Super Hornet, an effort experts say could decide the continued relevance of the aircraft carrier in the 21st century.
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