– Marine Corps Times – Marine Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford’s new planning guidance places renewed emphasis on the need for a high-speed amphibious troop transport that can swim ashore without the assistance of a Navy connector.
Author Archives: Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
A Better LCS—Or An All-New Frigate?
– Aviation Week – Is the Littoral Combat Ship worth fixing?
USS Iwo Jima Standing by to Evacuate U.S. Citizens from Yemen
– USNI News – The amphibious warship USS Iwo Jima (LHD- 7) is standing by in the event it would need to assist in the evacuation of U.S. embassy personnel from Yemen.
Tomahawk Strike Missile Punches Hole Through Moving Maritime Target
– USNI News – A January test of a Raytheon Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) against a moving target at sea could be a short-term answer to the U.S. Navy’s long-range anti-surface missile problem. The test – conducted off of San Nicolas Island, Calif. – demonstrated that a TLAM launched from a ship could be guided into a moving target at sea by a Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
U.S. Marines Prepare for Central American Emergencies
– War is Boring – While most of the Pentagon’s attention remains focused on the Middle East, the U.S. Marine Corps is expanding its presence in Central America. A new task force – Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Southern Command – will soon be ready to help out American allies during disasters and other crises.
Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Southern Command
Navy Considering Railgun for Third Zumwalt Destroyer
– USNI News – Engineering studies to include an electromagnetic railgun on a Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG-1000) have started at Naval Sea Systems Command.
South Is Forward
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Global maritime partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean are more important than ever before.
Keeping Humans in the Loop
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – You say you want a revolution? Autonomous unmanned vehicles could bring on the biggest one yet.
Lead Us!
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Instead of emphasizing the differences between today’s junior officers and their predecessors, senior leaders should focus on unlocking this generation’s potential.
China’s Blue Soft Power
– US Naval War College Review – This article explores the soft-power dimension of China’s far-seas anti piracy operations. It addresses the extent to which Gulf of Aden deployments might increase the PLAN’s prospects for cooperation with other navies and also the impact of these missions on the role the navy plays within China’s larger diplo- macy. Finally, it assesses how these deployments might shape future Chinese naval development.
Vietnam Receives Third Kilo Attack Boat
– USNI News – The third Project-636 Kilo-class has arrived in Vietnam, marking the halfway point in the Vietnamese Navy’s planned six boat, $1.8 to 2 billion deal with Russia.
The Anatomy of Gulf of Guinea Piracy
– US Naval War College Review – As a global response to piracy off the coast of Somalia was taking place, alarm bells were ringing about a similar growing insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea. Today, the Gulf of Guinea stands as the most dangerous maritime area in terms of the success rate of attacks and violence.
The Philippines’ Naval Build Up
– USNI News – Like many of its regional peers, the Philippines is in the midst of a defense buildup, motivated in no small part by China’s assertive moves in the western Philippine Sea and the resource-rich Spratly islands.
A More Flexible Fleet
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – The Navy needs a practical platform—one that is economic and adaptable—to fulfill its missions.
The Struggle for a Strategy
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – To counter China’s recent actions and maintain stability in the Western Pacific, the United States must find an effective strategy—soon.
Lessons Learned from the LCS
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – As the Navy modifies its next surface combatant, it would do well to learn from the mistakes made with the littoral combat ship.
PLAN to deploy range of warships in Indian Ocean, says China’s defence ministry
– Jane’s – The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will deploy a range of naval vessels into the Indian Ocean region in the future.
‘Distributed Lethality’
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – For more power in more places, the Navy should increase the offensive might of the surface force and employ ships in dispersed formations known as ‘hunter-killer surface action groups.’
Chinese Navy’s Fleet Will Outnumber U.S. by 2020
– DefenseTech – China has plans to grow its navy to 351 ships by 2020 as the Chinese continue to develop their military’s ability to strike global targets, according to a new report.
China Just Doubled the Size of Its Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Divisions
– The Diplomat – According to media reports China will double the number of its Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Divisions (AMID) from two to four. Initially, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fielded two AMIDs, one stationed in Guangzhou, the other in the Nanjing Military Region, with a total number of about 30,000 men. Now total manpower in the AMIDs will be around 52,000 – 60,000. These new amphibious forces are meant to complement the roughly 20,000 strong elite PLA Marine Corps in future conflicts over the East and South China seas as well as Taiwan, although the PLA Marine Corps and the AMIDs still lack a joint command system.
The Navy’s Newest Linux-Powered Command Center Is Right Out Of Star Trek
– Foxtrot Alpha – The DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer could very well revolutionize the way the Navy does its surface warfare business. One of its biggest innovations is ditching the cramped, darkly lit Combat Information Center (CIC), a fixture for many decades on past USN combat ships, and replacing it with the state-of-the-art, spacious, Star Trek bridge-like Ship’s Mission Center.
U.S. 7th Fleet CO: Japanese Patrols of South China Sea ‘Makes Sense’
– USNI News – The commander of U.S. 7th Fleet said Japan should start patrolling the South China Sea and said China’s claims in the region are resulting in, “unnecessary friction” with neighbors.
‘If It Floats, It Fights’: Navy Seeks ‘Distributed Lethality’
Breaking Defense – “If it floats, it fights,” Rear Adm. Peter Fanta says. “That’s ‘distributed lethality'[:] Make every cruiser, destroyer, amphib, LCS [Littoral Combat Ship], a thorn in somebody else’s side.”
U.S. and India to Cooperate on Aircraft Carrier Technology
– USNI News – U.S. and India will create a working group to share aircraft carrier technology and design, according to an agreement signed earlier this month as part of President Obama’s visit to the country.
USMC’s new drawdown plan spares 3 battalions
– Marine Corps Times – The Marine Corps has canceled plans to deactivate three infantry battalions and a regimental headquarters amid growing need for manpower within the service’s deployed crisis-response units.
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