Taiwanese Navy – It remains unclear just how the US will supply Taiwan with diesel submarines.
US Navy – General Dynamics has made a bid to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding, which would result in the creation of the dominant supplier of ships to the US Navy.
Background – Submarine Rescue – A recap of NATO exercise Sorbet Royal 2000, held last summer.
Taiwanese Navy – The US has approved the sale of 4 Kidd-class destroyers, 8 diesel attack submarines, and 12 P-3 Orion patrol planes to Taiwan. Aegis destroyers are not to be sold at this time. Of interest is that the deal is complicated by the facts that US cannot indigenously produce the diesel submarines and will have to seek plans from others (Germany perhaps) and the P-3 production line is currently mothballed and Lockheed may be unwilling to reopen it for a run of only 12 aircraft.
US Air Force – A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) just set a world record for the longest non-stop flight by a UAV, flying from the USA to Australia. In Australia it will participate in military excercises, including its use in a maritime surveillance role.
US Navy – The Captain of the USS Greeneville gives his version of the sinking of the Japanese trawler. He will not be court-martialed, but was found guilty of dereliction of duty and will be reprimanded and will retire from the Navy.
US Marine Corps – A USMC investigation into the most recent crash of an MV-22 Osprey casts doubt on whether the aircraft is ready for deployment. Meanwhile, an external review panel will recommend redesigning of several systems before the aircraft should be considered for full production.
Russian Marines – Russian Marines are being moved to positions on the border near Chechnya.
US Navy – The US Navy accepted the first of its new C-40 cargo aircraft for intratheater airlift. The C-40’s will replace its C-9’s.
Sri Lankan Navy – The Tamil Sea Tigers have suffered a defeat at sea and the Sri Lankan Navy is adopting more aggressive patroling techniques.
US Navy – The US is considering using F-15’s based on Kadena, Okinawa to escort future EP-3 and RC-135 flights off China.
US Navy – Human error was the cause of an accidental bombing of allied troops by a US Navy F-18 in March.
Malaysian Navy – Malaysia is becoming more active in policing the Straits of Malacca, leading to a decrease in piracy.
Background – Submarine Rescue Systems – A review of the state-of-the-art in submarine rescue systems.
Background – China – A well reasonsed essay that draws parallels between Japan in 1941 and China today, concluding that China is a paper tiger.
Background – China – Some interesting suggestions for how to deal with China in a politico-military sense.
Russian Navy – The CINC of the Russian Navy has recently laid out his short term plan for the Russian Navy,
Taiwanese Navy – The Taiwanese Navy is holding exercises which simulate the invasion of Taiwan by China.
US Marine Corps – Is it time for the Marines to loose their fixed-wing aircraft and abandon the close air support mission? Many analysts think so???
US Navy – Japan and Taiwan are concerned that their datalinks and ELINT sensors may have been compromised by the Chinese inspection of the EP-3.
Royal Australian Navy – The pros and cons of purchasing the new combat system for the Collins-class submarines from the US or Germany.
Royal Marines – Because of the foot and mouth disease epidemic in the United Kingdom, the Royal Marines are temporarily moving their training to the US.
Taiwanese Navy – The Taiwanese Navy’s data links have been upgraded by the US Navy to allow them to more easily communicate and exchange data with US Navy ships.
Tamil Sea Tigers – The Tamil Sea Tigers bases were attacked by the Sri Lankan Air Force.
Taiwanese Navy – To speed up the acquisition of Aegis-equipped ships, the Taiwanese Navy would like to build its own.
Phillipine Marines – Phillipine Marines participated in an operation to free an American held hostage by guerillas.
US Navy – an Iraqi tanker that sunk off the United Arab Emirates was smuggling oil for Iraq.
Royal Australian Navy – Australian troops, with the assistance of the South African Navy, and after a very long chase, have captured a fishing boat accused of illegally fishing in Australian waters.
US Navy – The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk is steaming towards the South China Sea, to be in position to use its fighters to protect future EP-3 intelligence gathering flights in the South China Sea.
Royal Air Force – RAF electronic intelligence Nimrod R1 aircraft of 51 Squadron have been assisting EP-3’s in their flights off China; they have been temporarily stood down until the controversy subsides.
North Korean Navy – North Korean Navy patrol boats continue to cross into South Korean territorial waters.
US Navy – The Chinese are worried the US may launch a special operations attack to destroy the EP-3 on the ground in China.
US Navy – The pilot of the EP-3 gives his version of the events???
US Navy – The court of inquiry has recommended against court martialling the Captain of the USS Greeneville.
Information Warfare – Background – Southeast Asian countries are taking a lead in information warfare.
Royal Navy – The commander of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Grafton which ran aground on rocks off the coast of Norway has pleaded guilty to negligence and been severely reprimanded at a court martial.
US Navy – Can unmanned aerial vehichles replace aircraft such as the EP-3? It has happened before, why can’t it happen again?
Russian Navy – The commander in chief of the Russian Navy still sees a big role for submarines in his fleet.
Indian Navy – A summary of the Indian International Fleet Review, along with a photographic tour of its most interesting participants.
Russian Navy – The Russian Navy is hoping to step up its operational deployments, which have dwindled to almost none in the last few years.
US Navy – A celebration of 90 years of US naval aviation.
US Navy – The crew of the EP-3 has been released, but there is no word yet on the fate of the aircraft.
US Navy – A US Navy nuclear attack submarine made an unannounced port call in Japan, in violation of a previous agreement with Japan, thus enfuriating the Japanese government
US Navy – What exactly was the EP-3 monitoring? The Chinese military buildup in the South China Sea, which China claims, along with all the islands within it. China has increasingly protested such monitoring???
Russian Navy – The destroyer Bespokoiny of the Baltic Fleet will represent Russia in the international naval exercise Baltops-2001 which is organized by NATO’s Partnership for Peace.
French Navy – The navies of France and Quatar are conducting exercise Gulf-Falcon-6 in the Persian Gulf.
Taiwanese Navy – A plausible scenario of a Chinese attack on Taiwan.
US Navy – An overview of the EP-3 affair, and its possible long-term consequences.
US Navy – More on how the US defense review is likely to meet great opposition. The broad themes will be to shift defense policy focus from Europe to Asia and a focus on longer range weapons.
US Navy – The review’s largest criticism of the Navy is that it is not innovating enough — and this essay argues that the reason for the lack of innovation is the Navy’s high operational tempo — and that for innovation to occur the tempo must decrease.
US Navy – No real progress on releasing the EP-3 crew. Obtaining access to the EP-3 represents a true intelligence windfall for the Chinese.
Background – Asia – The US military will increasingly focus on the military threats it faces in Asia, but this will not be easy as its bases are far and few between???and to guard against such threats, the US must keep its guard up, hence the reason behind the EP-3 flights that are conducted regularly in the Pacific???
US Navy – Some progress is now being made towards obtaining the release of the EP-3 crew. Both the US and China have it in their interest to bring this crisis to a swift resolution.
Singaporean Navy – RSS Endurance is underway on a training cruise, with a number of other navy’s sailors on-board as well.
US Marines – US Marines are undertaking a peacekeeping exercise with the Kenyan armed forces.
US Navy – Little progress has been made in releasing the EP-3 and its crew. The pilot of the Chinese aircraft had been photographed on previous intercepts behaving in a reckless manner. Complete overhead imagery has been made of available of the airplane and the airbase it is at.
Royal Australian Navy – HMAS Warramunga is the third of the Anzac frigates to enter service.
US Navy – background – There continue to be leaks about the review of the US military that is currently underway. Carriers seem to be at risk.
US Navy – Still no progress in the EP-3 standoff. Images in the Chinese press show the damage sustained by the EP-3; overhead imagery by SpaceImaging.com shows the EP-3 still parked on the runway.
Taiwanese Navy – The US Navy has decided to recommend the sale of Kidd-class destroyers, submarines, and the Aegis weapons platform to Taiwan – but most probably only the sale of the Kidd’s will occur.
Black Sea – Background – Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania have set up a joint naval force for humanitarian and environmental operations. The force is called Blackseafor and will be based in Istanbul.
US Navy – US diplomats have met with the crew of the EP-3; the plane was said to have been severely damaged by the collision; China refuses to release the crew or the aircraft and is said to be stripping equipment from the plane.
This is the first air-to-air collision between US and Chinese aircraft; but US and Chinese forces nearly came to blows in 1994 which resulted in a Military Maritime Consultation Agreement which was signed between the two countries in 1998.
The commander of the squadron the plane was assigned to says the Chinese pilot must have caused the accident.
Meanwhile, the damage to intelligence collection is potentially huge.
US Navy – Further analysis of the EP-3 incident, with the suggestion that the plane may instead be a P-3B/C Iron Clad variant.
US Navy – A US Navy EP-3 signals intelligence aircraft that was on a reconnaisance mission in international waters has collided with a Chinese air force fighter and was forced to land in China on Hainan island. The US is demanding release of the crew and the aircraft. The destroyers USS Hewitt, Fitzgerald and Higgins are standing by. None of the US crew members are reported to be injured, the Chinese pilot is missing. The incident bears a resemblance of the USS Pueblo incident from 1968???
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