– USNI News – After less than a year in Japan, the amphibious warship USS Wasp (LHD-1) is preparing its sailors to return to the East Coast next year. Wasp, one of two amphibious warships certified to operate Marine F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters, is set to return to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., in late 2019 as part of a previously set plan to balance the F-35B capability across both coasts
Author Archives: Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
PLA Navy to have at least 5 carriers
– Global Times – The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy will operate at least five aircraft carriers in the near future, including the country’s first two nuclear-powered ones that would likely be launched around 2025, Chinese military experts predicted on Wednesday.
A Maritime Requirements Picture Book
– USNI Blog – We are blessed as much as others are challenged…
U.S. Destroyer Conducts FONOP Near Russian Pacific Fleet Headquarters
– USNI News – A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer conducted a freedom of navigation operation on Wednesday near the home of Russia’s Pacific fleet.
US Navy’s littoral combat ship program inches closer to fielding new capabilities
– Defense News – The U.S. Navy took delivery of the last piece of the littoral combat ship’s anti-submarine warfare mission module Nov. 30, according to a release from Naval Sea Systems Command, pushing the service closer to declaring the well-delayed capability operational despite continued headwinds.
An Offbeat Take on Putin and the Sea of Azov
– USNI Blog – What is Putin’s government up to? Oddly enough, counterinsurgent theory helps explain Russian motives and actions. So does thermodynamics.
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Winning the Joint Fight
– USNI Blog – It is important that the Marine Corps quickly take the lead in the expeditionary fires realm. However, it needs to leverage Army air defense and artillery capabilities and contacts to bring the idea to fruition and ultimately link-up under a Navy command and control umbrella.
Ukraine-Russia clash: Nato’s dilemma in the Black Sea
– BBC – Does crisis beckon in the Black Sea? Could Russia and Nato even come to blows?
Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Experiments Heading Toward Massive Sea Control Event
– USNI News – The Marine Corps’ ongoing Sea Dragon experimentation campaign is working on one of the most pressing issues the naval force faces: how to incorporate the Marine Corps into the Navy’s battle for sea control.
Foreign Warships May Use Northeast Passage Only After Notifying Russia
– Sputnik News – The Northern Sea Route is a shipping lane running along the Russian Arctic coast, allowing passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the Northern coast of Siberia. Starting in 2019, foreign warships will only be able to sail along the Northern Sea Route after notifying Russian authorities.
What World War I Tells Us About a China-Japan War Today
– National Interest – Consider what the Great War has to say about the military balance between China and Japan and how an East Asian war might unfold. Conventional opinion in Japan has long held that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would more or less steamroller the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) in wartime. Demographics, economics, defense budgets, you name it: they all line up on China’s side.
Martime Partnerships and the Future of US Seapower in the Indo-Pacific
– CIMSEC – The future of U.S. seapower in the Indo-Pacific is filled with challenges yet ripe with opportunity.
Experts say Russia’s actions in the Kerch Strait were illegal
– Defense News – Russia’s seizure of Ukraine’s naval vessels is illegal, no matter whose version of events is true, according to three international law experts.
On the Cutting Edge of US Navy Exercising: Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training
– CIMSEC – CIMSEC had the opportunity to ask leaders at the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) and the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group about the first East Coast Carrier Strike Group (CSG) Cruiser-Destroyer (CRUDES) Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise.
U.S. Is Betting Big On Naval Mine Warfare With These New Sub-Launched and Air-Dropped Types
– War Zone – In the next few years, the Navy hopes to develop four new mines to help deny enemy navies freedom of movement during major conflicts.
Royal Navy and RAF locked in dogfight over new jets that cannot fly from warships
– Sky News – Sources tell Sky News that senior RAF officers are pushing for a version of a supersonic warplane that can only fly from land.
Iran adds 2 mini submarines to naval fleet
– Navy Times – Iran’s navy has acquired two new mini submarines designed for operations in shallow waters such as the Persian Gulf.
The Strategic Dimensions of the Sea of Azov
– CIMSEC – The Sea of Azov is a tiny and small sea that historically has not often earned much strategic attention from the countries that possessed it. However, history reveals that the strategic importance of the sea periodically rises when at least two countries possess the shores of this sea.
Navy, Industry Discussing Feasibility of Common Hull for Support Ships
– USNI News – Navy officials like the potential costs savings of using one hull design for the service’s family of support ships and are talking with industry leaders early and often to make this plan feasible.
New Second Fleet To Stay Lean, Unpredictable, Commander Says; & Watching China
– Breaking Defense – The Arctic will become increasingly crowded in the coming years, and the US navy;’s Second Fleet is making it a priority to get up there more often.
Early report blames confused watchstanders, possible design flaws for Norway’s sunken frigate
– Defense News – Norway’s accident investigation board is raising questions about the watertight integrity of the Nansen-class frigates and is pointing its finger at shipbuilder Navantia in the wake of the collision and subsequent sinking of the frigate Helge Ingstad in early November.
The Navy’s New Jammers For Its EA-18G Growlers Cut Back Their Range More Than The Old Pods
– War Zone – The Growlers are sorely in need of the new jamming systems, but the present pod design could create all-new issues.
Zumwalt Close to Losing Gun, But Open to EW and Directed Energy
– Breaking Defense – The once-revolutionary prospects of the Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyer continue to be whittled away. Having lost some of its touted stealth capabilities and suffered a series of engine and electrical problems, now it’s likely to ditch its long-troubled gun.
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