– USNI News – Surface escorts from the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group left their homeports today to kick off an overseas deployment…Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) did not.
Author Archives: Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
The US Navy says it’s doing its best to avoid a ‘Terminator’ scenario in quest for autonomous weapons
– Defense News – The U.S. Navy will try to prevent Skynet — the fictional intelligence computer network that attempts to destroy humanity in the “Terminator” series — from becoming a reality as it continues efforts to field evermore capable robots.
Britain goes with Danish design for new Type 31 frigates
– Defense News – Britain has chosen a Danish design to equip the Royal Navy with a new fleet of general-purpose frigates in a deal with Babcock International.
PLA conducts joint land assault exercises near Taiwan
– Global Times – The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recently conducted a joint land assault exercise featuring multiple military branches near the island of Taiwan, which military experts said on Sunday shows the Chinese military is ready to unleash its full potential against Taiwan secessionist forces and intends to send a stern warning to countries that intervene in China’s internal affairs.
China to build warship for Thailand
– Global Times – China and Thailand have signed a deal that will see a Chinese shipbuilding company build a Type 071E landing platform dock (LPD) warship for the Thai navy, a move which shows deepened arms trade cooperation between the two countries.
Navy sends its most capable combat ship on escort mission
– China Daily – The Chinese Navy has decided to dispatch a Type 052D to take part in its latest escort mission. The CNS Xining, the fifth in the Type 052D class, is sailing toward the Gulf of Aden.
Royal Marines Embrace Littoral Strike and Prepare to Forward Deploy
– USNI News – The retirement last year of the Royal Navy’s biggest assault ship – the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean – was accompanied by dire warnings in the British press of the imminent demise of the country’s entire amphibious warfighting capability. On Wednesday, the head of the Royal Marines, flanked by two senior colleagues and a navy commodore, overturned the forecasts by outlining bold new plans to return the United Kingdom’s sea soldiers to their maritime roots.
New Carriers Sparking Royal Navy Renaissance
– USNI News – The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters are spearheading a revival of British sea power unparalleled since the end of the Second World War.
On the Decline of European Naval Power: A Conversation With Jeremy Stohs, Part 2
– CIMSEC – More from Jeremy Stohs.
Olenya Guba
– Covert Shores – Fresh satellite imagery recently made available on Google Earth confirms that Russian Navy’s Beluga Whale pens have been moved to a stable position near the entrance of the Olenya Guba (Оленья Губа) secret submarine base near the Kola Peninsula. These pens were most likely involved in the whale which turned up in Norway in May. Additionally they confirm that the special mission host submarine BS-64 Podmoskovye returned to its home base of Olenya Guba very shortly after the Losharik submarine accident on July 1st.
(Thanks to Alain)
US Navy makes a major breakthrough in autonomous weaponry
– Defense News – The U.S. Navy has achieved a major milestone in its efforts to autonomously combat one of the most persistent threats it faces.
USS Bataan, 26 MEU Join Coast Guard for Aid Mission in the Bahamas a Week After Dorian
– USNI News – Over the weekend, amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5) joined the international effort delivering supplies, transporting U.S. relief personnel and providing medical evacuations from the Bahamas a week after Hurricane Dorian slammed into the island nation.
Navy Claims a Strong Technical Foundation Ahead of Testing New Classes of Unmanned Ships
– USNI News – The Navy has a more straightforward path to developing and fielding unmanned surface vessels than many critics realize, according to the admiral in charge of building them.
A Navy Astray: Remembering How the Fleet Forgot to Fight
– CIMSEC – The following is adapted from remarks delivered at the annual CIMSEC Forum for Authors and Readers, covering the “How the Fleet Forgot to Fight” article series.
Watch Japan’s Giant US-2 Amphibious Flying Boat Land In An Amazingly Short Distance
– War Zone – The US-2 may look like one of the flying boats of yesteryear, but it is actually a very modern aircraft with some remarkable features.
Are Navies Dying?
– National Interest – Those pesky carrier-killer missiles, new detection methods that can ‘unsteatlh submarines’ and other threats loom large. Is the age of warships, submarines and aircraft carriers over?
The Russian Navy: A Submarine Powerhouse?
– National Interest – Will Moscow have the funds to keep an elite force under the waves?
On the Decline of European Naval Power: A Conversation With Jeremy Stohs, Part 1
– CIMSEC – The decline of European naval power can provide insight into the evolution of Europe’s naval forces since the end of the Cold War.
Remote Navy Submarine Test Base Has Been Key In Rescuing Hundreds In The Bahamas After Dorian
– War Zone – The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued hundreds of people across the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian using helicopters operating from a little known and secretive U.S. Navy submarine test base situated on one of the islands in the archipelago.
Elderly British woman rescued from rubble in Bahamas
– Sky News – RFA Mounts Bay is providing humanitarian assistance in the Bahamas.
The State of LCS: Navy Moving to Add Firepower, Capability to Both Classes
– USNI News – With both variants of the Littoral Combat Ship in serial production at two yards and those ships now kicking off an enduring multi-ship overseas presence, the Navy is turning its focus to increasing the lethality and survivability of the hulls.
Marine Boss’s Audacious Plan To Transform The Corps By Giving Up Big Amphibious Ships
– War Zone – The bold vision of a USMC that is far less dependent on the lumbering “Gator Navy” comes with a sacrificial offering of the force’s most sacred cow.
The State of LCS: Navy Pushing More Ships to Sea This Fall as Class Matures
– USNI News – Five years from now, there may be as many Littoral Combat Ships deployed as there are destroyers.
The U.S. Navy just deployed its new ship-killer missile to China’s backyard
– Defense News – It can travel more than 100 nautical miles, passively detect an enemy through imaging stored in its computer brain, and can kill a target so precisely that an operator can tell it to aim for a specific point on the ship – the engine room or the bridge, for example. And it’s heading to China’s stomping grounds.
Navy Wants to Make Surface Fleet Training Harder with More Live, Virtual Opposing Forces and Ranges
– USNI News – As the Navy continues to inject more live, virtual and constructive events to prepare ships’ crews to defeat potential threats, surface warfare training officials are looking to add more realistic adversaries and tougher scenarios via virtual training.
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