The Asahi Shimbun – Washington plans to deploy a second aircraft carrier to the Pacific region. Discussions are under way for basing the second aircraft carrier either in Guam or Hawaii in the next two to three years as part of Washington’s global realignment of its military forces
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Category Archives: USNavy
US Navy – Navy Opts for Speed, Innovation in LCS Design Winners
Sea Power – The Navy underscored its sense of urgency and determination to foster new technologies with the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program by awarding two final system design contracts with options for detail design and construction to Lockheed Martinís Maritime Systems & Sensors Division and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, while rejecting a bid by Raytheon.
US Navy – Crew-swapping success carries a cost
Virginian Pilot – A ìSea Swapî experiment that kept a pair of destroyers deployed more or less continuously for 18 to 24 months was ìsuccessful technicallyî but undercut the morale of participating sailors and may spur some to end their naval careers, according to a report commissioned by the Navy.
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US Navy – Sea Basing
Air Force – How the naval servicesóand maybe the Armyóview sea basing as one answer to the anti-access problem.
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US Navy – SSGN Conversion Will Boost Offensive Power of the Fleet
Sea Power – A single Ohio-class guided-missile submarine (SSGN) will be armed with 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles. That is more cruise missiles than are now carried by an entire carrier strike group, and almost 20 percent of the 800 Tomahawks fired by a cadre of coalition submarines and surface ships during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Navy is obtaining four SSGNs, a step that will substantially increase the offensive power of the fleet.
US Navy – Whales' Plight Revives Sonar Theory
Washington Post – Another near-stranding of whales on a beach in Hawaii during a US Navy exercise. Is there a link between the sonar being used and the near-stranding?
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US Navy – Admiral: Huge exercise is not a message
Associated Press – The United States’ largest naval exercise in decades – Summer Pulse ’04, involving the deployment around the globe of seven of the Navy’s 12 carrier battle groups, is not designed to send political signals to potential enemies, a senior Navy officer said Thursday.
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US Navy – 'Silent Hammer' Will Test SSGN as Clandestine Sea Base
Sea Power – The Navy will conduct a critical sea trial, called ìSilent Hammer,î scheduled for this fall off the coast of San Diego, to evaluate the capability improvements offered by a clandestine sea base of networked undersea, surface, air and ground forces in a coordinated operation.
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US Navy – In global exercise, Navy tests out flexible new military plan
Associated Press – Aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, in the Mediterranean Sea.
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US Navy – Lockheed Martin Explores JASSM Vertical-Launch Potential
Sea Power – As the air-launched AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) enters full-rate production, its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, is studying the potential of it being adapted to the vertical launching systems of Navy warships.
US Navy – Enterprise surges through its deployment
Virginian Pilot – The carrier Enterprise, showing the flag in the North Atlantic for the first time since before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is halfway through an unexpected deployment designed to demonstrate the Navyís ability to rush its forces to sea.
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US Navy – Navy super carrier takes center stage in war games
Honolulu Advertiser – Aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in Exercise RIMPAC 2004 which is underway in the Pacific.
More coverage of RIMPAC 2004:
San Diego Union Tribune – RIMPAC off Hawaii includes 7 nations
Associated Press – RIMPAC gets underway
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US Navy – U.S. Military Exercise Raises Cuban Invasion Fears
Center for Defense Information – Recent U.S. Navy exercises have caused concern among Cuban officials about the growing possibility of U.S. military action there.
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