– Defense News – The long-anticipated award of two new major US Navy shipbuilding contracts turned out as expected Thursday, with long-time amphibious shipbuilder Ingalls Shipbuilding getting a new assault ship and veteran support ship builder NASSCO set to build the first six of a new class of fleet oilers.
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Russian Frigate Again Harasses U.S. Carrier Strike Group During Flight Operations
– USNI News – A Russian frigate again came dangerously close to U.S. ships tasked with striking ISIS targets in Syria from the Eastern Mediterranean – coming within 150 yards of the Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group while the carrier was conducting flight operations on Thursday.
HMS Dragon’s visit to Wales cancelled due to engine problems
– UK Defence Journal – Type 45 Destroyer HMS Dragon was due to dock in Cardiff on Friday but it has been reported that “propulsion problems” mean the ship cannot travel.
China’s second aircraft carrier not far from entering the water
– People’s Daily – When receiving an interview at a program of China’s CCTV, military expert Cao Weidong said that based on the construction progress reported by the media, China’s second aircraft carrier may enter the water at the end of this year or early next year.
The Theorist in the Palace
– New Yorker – Ashraf Ghani, the President of Afghanistan, wakes up before five every morning and reads for two or three hours…
Chagos islanders cannot return home, says Supreme Court
– BBC – Former residents of the Chagos Islands who were forcibly removed from their homeland more than 40 years ago have lost their legal challenge to return.
Washington sends allies mixed signals with PLA Navy role in RIMPAC
– Asia Times – The US government is sending mixed signals to American allies in Asia by opposing Chinese territorial encroachment while allowing China to take part in a regional military exercise.
Latest Warship Encounter Brings Russian Protest
– Defense News – The latest Russian-US kerfuffle at sea appears to feature a US warship making a close-in, high-speed pass on a Russian ship — but there may be more to the story than what a one-minute and two-second video shows.
Chinese Warships Now Training with U.S. Carrier Strike Group
– USNI News – Five ships from the People’s Liberation Army Navy are training with a U.S. carrier strike group ahead of next month’s Rim of the Pacific 2016 exercises.
Italy Reveals Innovations on New Naval Vessels
– Defense News – The Italian Navy has released fresh details about its seven new, multifunctional ships as it seeks to wrap up a system design review (SDR) of the innovative vessels by the end of June.
Wat in the World
– American Interest – Robert D. Kaplan writes that Aleksander Wat’s life and work stand as warning that the totalitarian temptations of the 20th century have yet to run their course.
First Mistral warship arrived in Alexandria
– Daily News Egypt – The Mistral-class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) warship Gamal Abdel Nasser, which Egypt purchased from France, arrived Thursday in Alexandria after a 14-days journey.
Russia To Modernize Its Lone Aircraft Carrier Next Year, New Carrier Program Could Start in 2025
– USNI News – Starting next year, Russia’s only aircraft carrier will start a modernization maintenance period to upgrade its arresting gear and launching systems.
Russian Subs Waging Cold War-Style ‘Battle of the Atlantic’
– USNI News – Russia has stepped up its submarine operations and is regularly probing U.S. anti-submarine networks in a new “Battle of the Atlantic,” the commander of U.S. 6th Fleet said.
Navy weighs radical changes to littoral combat ship crews, modules
– Navy Times – Navy leaders are weighing radical crewing changes to the embattled littoral combat ship program, which has suffered two high-profile engineering breakdowns in the past year that have prompted renewed congressional scrutiny.
UN Ruling Won’t End South China Sea Dispute: Navy Studies Next Clash
– Breaking Defense – A UN tribunal ruling could trigger the next round of brinksmanship in the South China Sea as early as next week. But don’t expect the ruling to end the dispute, especially since the Chinese have already vowed to ignore an adverse ruling.
U.S., Partners Should Prepare For Chinese Reaction To Impending Territorial Dispute Arbitration
– USNI News – An Arbitral Tribunal is expected to rule this month on a South China Sea territorial dispute between China and the Philippines, and the U.S. should be prepared to respond to any Chinese reaction, a think tank panel said today.
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India, U.S. Relationship with China Make ‘Hard Actions’ Difficult in South China Sea, Indian Ocean
– USNI News – The strong economic ties the United States and India maintain with China inhibit Washington and New Delhi from taking “hard actions” when Beijing acts provocatively in the South China Sea or the Indian Ocean.
The 1974 Paracels Sea Battle: A Campaign Appraisal
– US Naval War College Review – On 19 January 1974, the Chinese and South Vietnamese navies clashed near the disputed Paracel Islands. The short but intense battle left China in control of seemingly unremarkable spits of land and surrounding waters in the South China Sea. The skirmish involved small, secondhand combatants armed with outdated weaponry. The fighting lasted for several hours, producing modest casualties in ships and men. The incident merited little public attention, especially when compared with past titanic struggles at sea, such as those of the two world wars. Unsurprisingly, the battle remains an understudied, if not forgotten, episode in naval history. But its obscurity is undeserved. Newly available Chinese-language sources reveal a far more complex naval operation than is commonly depicted in Western scholarship…
Who’s At The Helm? The Past, Present and Future Leaders of China’s Navy
– US Naval War College Review – China’s navy is undergoing a leadership transition not seen in a generation. Between late 2014 and the time of this writing (spring 2015), the upper echelons of leadership within the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA Navy, or PLAN) began experiencing substantial change in personnel, with eleven of the fourteen positions on the navy’s Party Committee Standing Committee (referred to below as the PLAN Standing Committee)—the navy’s highest decision- making body—turning over.
USN, Royal Thai Navy conduct “most complex” anti-submarine exercise to date
– Jane’s – The US Navy and the Royal Thai Navy are carrying out a series of drills that includes the “most complex” anti-submarine warfare exercise conducted between the two services to date.
Twilight of Manned Flight?
– Proceedings of the US Naval Institute – The writing is on the wall: The next century of carrier aviation will be one of continued relevance, but considerably different composition.
Chinese Navy Trains and Takes Risks
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Improvements in Chinese Navy multi-mission platforms have seen a focus on realistic training.
Putin’s ‘Potemkin-Plus’ Navy
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Western observers would be remiss to write off the resurgent Russian fleet for its bluff and bluster—it may be ‘dressed to impress’ but is still dangerous.
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