– Navy Times – The watchstanders on the bridge of the USS Fitzgerald had succumbed to “confusion, indecision, and ultimately panic,” according to an internal Navy investigation into the Fitzgerald disaster obtained by Navy Times.
Author Archives: Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
Chinese Military Units Training With ASAT missiles
– Washington Free Beacon – Chinese military forces have deployed multiple units armed with anti-satellite (ASAT) missiles that can destroy scores of American satellites, according to a Pentagon intelligence report.
China, Russia Building Super-EMP Bombs for ‘Blackout Warfare’
– Washington Free Beacon – Several nations, including China and Russia, are building powerful nuclear bombs designed to produce super-electromagnetic pulse (EMP) waves capable of devastating all electronics—from computers to electric grids—for hundreds of miles, according to a newly-released congressional study.
Has the United States Lost Command of the Sea?
– USNI Proceedings – The rise of the Chinese Navy and the return of the Russian Navy have created serious challenges to U.S. command of the sea.
The Navy Needs an Autonomy Project Office
– USNI Proceedings – A dedicated office could coordinate R&D efforts and focus on delivering prototypes of autonomous unmanned systems to the fleet.
War Studies Primer
– Visit the War Studies Primer for an introductory course on the study of war.
Look at slides 2 and 3 in the War Studies Primer for its Table of Contents, and then choose a lecture to read and enjoy.
Ways to Follow NOSI
– You can also follow NOSI via RSS at nosi.org/feed or receive an email every time a blog post is published by entering your email address and clicking on the Follow button in the right hand column of the site or on Facebook at facebook.com/nosintel or on Twitter at twitter.com/nosintel
Tracking sanctions-busting ‘ghost ships’ on the high seas
– BBC – For a long time, being out at sea meant being out of sight and out of reach…
Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to Deploy with Information Warfare Commander on Staff
– USNI News – The Navy’s approach to information warfare continues to mature, as the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is conducting the first pre-deployment training with a board-selected Information Warfare Commander serving on the strike group admiral’s staff.
German Type 212 Sub Has This ‘Propeller Boss Vortex Diffuser’ To Reduce Its Acoustic Signature
– War Zone – Not much is known about the system, but it’s based on similar principals as finned systems commercial ships use to increase efficiency.
USMC’s Older F-35Bs May Only Be Able To Fly Around A Quarter Of Their Expected Service Life
– War Zone – Structural defects continue to plague the F-35B, which could lead to billions of dollars worth of unflyable, but otherwise young aircraft.
How the Soviet Union Snooped Waters for Enemy Subs—Without Sonar
– Popular Mechanics – Newly declassified documents show that even the most secretive submarines leave a trail.
Video Takes You Inside Russia’s ‘Beast’ Division Of Akula Class Nuclear Fast Attack Subs
– War Zone – The first in a two part series gives un an unprecedented look at the state of Russia’s Akula class sub fleet, including some awesome interior footage.
Navy’s New Carrier Still Can’t Reliably Get Planes In The Air Or Safely Back On The Deck
– War Zone – The Navy’s newest and most advanced carrier can’t make it through a day of operations, on average, without a launch and recovery system failure.
The US Navy is planning for its new frigate to be a workhorse
– Defense News – The U.S. Navy is looking to get a lot of underway time out of its new frigate and is eyeing a crewing model that swaps out teams of sailors to maximize the operational time for each hull.
More Missile Defense Ships, New Ground Deployments
– Breaking Defense – Despite the Navy’s misgivings over having dozens of its ships sailing in boxes hunting for missiles, plans remain in place for more Aegis-capable hulls, as well as new radars, and mobile missile defense batteries.
US Navy looks to ease into using unmanned robot ships
– Defense News – Large and medium-sized unmanned surface combatants under development by the U.S. Navy will likely have crews aboard, at least at first.
The Navy Has Had Enough of Missile Defense; And Sees Its Chance
– Breaking Defense – The Navy is looking to get out of the missile defense business, the service’s top admiral said today, and the Pentagon’s new missile defense review might give the service the off-ramp it has been looking for to stop sailing in circles waiting for ground-based missile launches.
Navy Pursuing ‘Surface Development Squadron’ to Experiment with Zumwalt DDGs, Unmanned Ships
– USNI News – Naval Surface Forces is continuing its push for an experimental squadron that would help figure out how to best leverage new platforms such as the Zumwalt-class destroyers and unmanned surface ships.
The US Navy’s new, more lethal frigate is coming into focus
– Defense News – The U.S. Navy is zeroing in on a cost and the shape of its new frigate as it prepares to launch an open competition this summer.
Fight the Next Fleet Problem in the Solomons
– CIMSEC – “There’s a good chance…we’d lose the opening stages of this war,” remarked one high ranking official at a recent conference on Multi-Domain Operations.
Missile launch shows China’s DF-26 able to adjust position mid-flight, attack moving aircraft carriers
– Global Times – Close-up details of the Chinese anti-ship ballistic missile DF-26 show that the missile can greatly adjust its position mid-flight to accurately attack a moving aircraft carrier, experts said Sunday after China showed the launch of its new-generation missile for the first time.
Use it or lose it: Seagoing nations must defend embattled waterways
– The Hill – Great Britain is returning to seaways “east of Suez,” decades after freeing its colonies and withdrawing, more or less, to the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. A warship from Britain’s Royal Navy demonstrated on behalf of nautical freedom in the South China Sea last September, drawing a stern rebuke from China. This month the frigate HMS Argyll joined the destroyer USS McCampbell for six days’ worth of exercises in the South China Sea.
The Chinese Navy’s Missing Years
– Naval History – The U.S. Navy should arm itself with China’s naval history to better fight future battles, both political and kinetic.
Surface Navy Deleted Scenes & The NeverEnding Mission: The Drift XV
– Defense News – For this edition of The Drift, I want to circle back to some things that I haven’t written up yet from my pre-Surface Navy Association interview with Rear Adm. Boxall, who was incredibly generous with his time, and cover some ground I haven’t made publicly available yet. I’m also going to dive into a couple Navy-related items from the Missile Defense Review.
NOSI - Naval Open Source Intelligence™ 
You must be logged in to post a comment.