– BBC – Two Russian planes flew close to a US guided missile destroyer almost a dozen times.
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Assured Resolve: Testing Possible Challenges to Baltic Security
– Center for a New American Security – In the report, CNAS senior fellows Julianne Smith and Jerry Hendrix examine possible security challenges in effort to prepare the United States and Europe for future existential threats posed by Russia. Smith and Hendrix note that although Europe’s security situation was largely considered stable for much of the last 10 to 14 years, that premise no longer holds true.
The Undersea K-4 Ballistic Missile was fired from INS Arihant Nuclear Submarine
– IBC – Notwithstanding international pressures India has secretly conducted the maiden test of its nuclear capable undersea ballistic missile, code named K-4, from homegrown submarine INS Arihant at an undisclosed location in the Bay of Bengal.
Japan Shifting Amphibious, Coastal Defense Units Closer to China; Australia Boosts its Own Capability
– USNI News – Japan is boosting its amphibious and coastal defense capabilities, shifting security personnel to outer islands and converting ground forces into amphibious units capable of defending those islands from attack.
Why does the Pentagon want to refurbish a base in Iceland?
– Christian Science Monitor – The $21.4 million in upgrades are designed to equip the station with reconnaissance planes that will patrol the North Atlantic for Russian submarines.
Souda Bay: NATO’s Military Gem in the Eastern Mediterranean
– Lexington Institute – A look at the opportunities afforded to NATO by its naval base at Souda Bay in Crete.
Pakistan’s Navy: A Quick Look
– CIMSEC – Traditionally the junior service, operating in the Army’s shadow and receiving a ten percent share of the 2015 defence budget of $6.6 billion, Pakistan’s Navy personnel numbers more than 22,000 active, plus 5,000 in the reserve. This secondary role stands in contrast with the economy’s dependence on the sea, with the port city of Karachi contributing 25 percent of GDP and the proposed China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) raising the country’s maritime profile even further.
New U.S.-Philippine Basing Deal Heavy on Air Power, Light on Naval Support
– USNI News – Over the weekend, the United States and the Philippines concluded their Sixth Annual Bilateral Security Dialogue session in Washington, D.C. At that forum, one of the first fruits of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) came to bear: the announcement of five bases where the United States could rotate troops and pre-position facilities and materials in support of the U.S. Pacific Pivot.
A Contest for Maritime Superiority
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Early in his term, Admiral John Richardson focuses on his priorities as the top U.S. naval officer in the fleet.
DOD 2.0: High Tech Is Eating the Pentagon
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – The military and the private sector have neglected the innovative relationship between the two that won the Cold War and built the modern U.S. economy. This old partnership needs to be reinvented.
A Fiscal Pearl Harbor
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Without some shifting of priorities and tweaking of defense-spending percentages, Navy shipbuilding faces some tough hurdles ahead.
Innovation is a Team Sport
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – The Navy can reduce its shipbuilding costs by drawing inspiration from preexisting commercial techniques, but both operators and designers must be allowed to share their ideas.
Russian warships and naval assets sailing through Bosphorus strait has Turkey frightened
– The Independent – The strait that separates the Black Sea from the Mediterranean is where Putin flaunts Moscow’s naval prowess. A fun look at open source intelligence in action.
Australia’s Aircraft Carrier to the Rescue
– War is Boring – HMAS ‘Canberra’ rushes aid to storm-stricken Fiji.
What makes just 16 missiles such a deadly threat in the South China Sea
– Reuters – James Holmes writes that “In a move that should surprise precisely no one, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has positioned surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) on one of its South China Sea islands — namely Woody Island, home to Sansha, the administrative capital for the islands, atolls, and other geographic features Beijing claims in the Paracels and Spratlys. For Beijing this move makes eminent sense on many levels: it constitutes yet another reply to American and Southeast Asian challenges to its claims of “indisputable sovereignty” over most of the South China Sea.”
Dawn of the Air-Phibious Drones? Flying Fish UAV Swims and Flies
– Defense News – Meet the prosaically named Unmanned Hybrid Vehicle (UHV), a developmental project of Singapore’s ST Engineering. The UHV flies on a single pusher propeller which feathers and folds when the craft is below the waves.
Whence the Threat? Lessons From Argentina’s Air-Naval Arsenal in 2015
– CIMSEC – Even thirty-three years after the end of hostilities there, the Falklands Islands still enjoy close attention. Diplomatic skirmishes and oil exploration at the islands merit recurring interest. But perhaps above all, the positioning of the Argentine military draws attention which few of its other Latin American counterparts receive.
U.S. Had Cyberattack Plan if Iran Nuclear Dispute Led to Conflict
– New York Times – In the early years of the Obama administration, the United States developed an elaborate plan for a cyberattack on Iran in case the diplomatic effort to limit its nuclear program failed and led to a military conflict, according to a coming documentary film and interviews with military and intelligence officials involved in the effort. The plan, code-named Nitro Zeus, was devised to disable Iran’s air defenses, communications systems and crucial parts of its power grid, and was shelved, at least for the foreseeable future, after the nuclear deal struck between Iran and six other nations last summer was fulfilled.
Anti-ship rocket ‘included in drills’
– China Daily – Several drills have been carried out by the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force during the past two weeks, with one of them involving the simulated use of the cutting-edge DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile, according to observers.
China ‘has deployed missiles in South China Sea’ – Taiwan
– BBC – China has deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, Taiwan says.
Russia sends brand new cruise missile ship to Syria
– AFP – Russia has dispatched a new ship armed with cruise missiles to the Mediterranean, the navy announced Saturday, as reports said it is bound for Syria. The Zelyony Dol, a patrol ship armed with Kalibr cruise missiles that only joined the Black Sea fleet in December, departed for the Mediterranean.
CNO Wants Future Warship With Built-In Cyber/EW
– Breaking Defense – Shipbuilding is under pressure in the 2017 budget, but that didn’t stop the Chief of Naval Operations from sketching out his service’s “next warship” this morning. He wants ships built from the keel up for cyber and electronic warfare. He wants modular designs that can be updated at the speed of Moore’s Law. And he wants sailors with both the digital savvy to exploit all this technology and the old-fashioned independence to act on their own when the enemy takes the network down.
With Over 50 Navies Participating, India Concludes 2016 International Fleet Review
– The Diplomat – In remarks Modi emphasized that the “oceans are the lifelines of global prosperity.”
Israel’s Elbit Unveils USV for Anti-Sub, Anti-Mine Missions
– Defense News – Israel’s Elbit Systems unveiled on Monday a prototype of what it claims is the world’s first unmanned system for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions.
Beijing plans S. China Sea buildup after US warship makes second pass near island
– Asia Times – China toned down vitriolic rhetoric in response to the recent passage of a US warship near a disputed island in the South China Sea…But the restraint may come with a cost: China is now showing signs that the two warship visits are likely to speed up plans to militarize the South China Sea islands.
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