War Zone – Just as with the aging CH-53Es it will replace, scenes like this aboard CH-53Ks will become a staple of Marine infantry for decades to come.
The Unusual Carrier Killer Capability Of The Chinese Navy’s Strategic Bomber
Naval News – Facing aircraft carriers from the U.S. Navy, Royal Navy, Indian Navy and Japanese, China is looking for a counter. The Chinese Navy (PLAN) has developed a unique ‘Carrier Killer’ weapon for its H-6 strategic bomber.
Watch A Royal Navy Wildcat Helicopter Fire Its First Operational Martlet Missile
War Zone – Wildcat helicopters tasked with protecting Royal Navy ships can carry 10 of the lightweight air-to-surface missiles now, and potentially 20 soon.
Navy Follows Air Force In Wanting Another Jet Trainer Variant For Aggressor And Support Roles
War Zone – The chosen trainer would be expected to offer fighter-like qualities and take the strain off the frontline combat fleet.
PLA practices cross-sea troop transport with large civilian ferry
Global Times – The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recently held an integrated military-civilian cross-sea troop maneuvering exercise using a large civilian ferry with a displacement of 45,000 tons, much larger than similar vessels used in previous practices. The move aimed to enhance the troops’ transport efficiency in future battlefields.
Navy Approaching ‘Weak’ Rating in New U.S. Military Strength Survey
USNI News – The Navy’s ability to defend the nation’s vital security interests is “marginal,” – with the caveat that its score is trending to “weak” in capability and readiness – while the Marine Corps’ ability is graded as “strong,” according to a think tank’s latest survey of United States military power.
NATO in the Far East: Containing the Red Dragon
Modern War Institute – Political and defense leadership among the world’s most powerful democracies is coming to terms with the rise of China and what it means for our shared future. The United States, NATO, and Asian democracies should collectively harden infrastructure and supply chains to prepare for a generations-long standoff with an ambitious China that acts with strategic foresight and intends to increase its global influence and force projection.
The Financial Foundations of US Hegemony: Rethinking Modern Monetary Theory, Part 2
CIMSEC – Perhaps the great irony of contemporary American political economy is that many of the proponents of MMT are also the biggest critics of the other aspects of U.S. power that make MMT possible.
Taiwan And China Play 3-D Chess
StrategyPage – For nearly a decade Taiwan has been trying to come up with a strategy that would enable the small island state to withstand a threatened Chinese attack…
World’s Newest Class Of Nuclear Attack Submarine: Rare Access Inside Suffren
Naval News – Leading Navies are secretive about the full capabilities of their submarines. In a rare privilege, Naval News has been allowed aboard the French Navy’s (Marine Nationale) newest boat, Suffren. Here is what it is like to step inside a next generation nuclear-powered attack submarine.
Trio of Littoral Combat Ships Operating ‘All Over’ Western Pacific, Training with Marines
USNI News – Three Littoral Combat Ships deployed in the Indo-Pacific – USS Jackson (LCS-6), USS Tulsa (LCS-16) and USS Charleston (LCS-18) – have been operating on a high tempo across the region.
China Keeps Up Pressure On Indonesia And Malaysia With Survey Ship Intrusion
International Business Times – In a bid to boost its maritime interest in the Indo-Pacific, China has been sending survey ships into the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of its neighbors.
Japanese Shipyard Launches First Yard Oiler Tanker For JMSDF
Naval News – Shin Kurushima Hashihama Dockyard, located in Hashihama, Imabari city, Ehime prefecture today launched the first of two Yard Oiler Tankers for the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force.
Storm Warning: Chinese Gray Zone Futures Inbound
CIMSEC – Understanding the direction towards which Chinese gray zone activities may evolve could give early warning about China’s likely next steps. Suitable responses could then be considered and implemented in a measured manner, without the time pressures induced by a sudden, unexpected crisis.
The Skies Over the South China Sea
Reuters – What weeks of mass air force incursions into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone say about China’s airpower.
North Korea confirms ‘successful’ submarine-launched missile test
BBC – North Korea has successfully tested a new submarine-launched ballistic missile, state media say, confirming earlier reports by South Korea.
The U.S. Coast Guard: A Global Force for the Greater Good
USNI Blog – The global value of the U.S. Coast Guard to the nation and U.S. combatant commanders has never been higher, but it remains the least-funded U.S. armed force, making it difficult to keep pace with the increasing demands placed on this multimission, military, and maritime agency.
China’s Nuclear-Capable Hypersonic Missile: How Should America Respond?
1945 – James Holmes writes that there is no cause for panic. Let’s think strategically, allocate resources, and reply to the China challenge.
10 Chinese, Russian Warships Sail Through Japanese Islands
USNI News – A combination of 10 Russian Navy and Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy ships sailed from the Sea of Japan to the Pacific Ocean through the Tsugaru Strait between Japanese home islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, Joint Staff of the Japan Self Defense Force said in a press statement.
A New Maritime Strategy, Part 2 – A Theory of Victory?
CIMSEC – A new strategy must first deal with how to defeat a Chinese attack in the short term and then how to deal with a protracted war in the long term, all the while maintaining and exercising global command of the sea.
Long Chain of Failures Left Sailors Unprepared to Fight USS Bonhomme Richard Fire, Investigation Finds
USNI News – A cascade of failures – from a junior enlisted sailor not recognizing a fire at the end of their duty watch to fundamental problems with how the U.S. Navy trains sailors to fight fires in shipyards – are responsible for the five-day blaze that cost the service an amphibious warship, according to an investigation into the July 2020 USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) fire.
A big future for UK shipbuilding
Navy Lookout – The second iteration of the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSbS) is due to be published soon. Here we consider the ambitions for the long-term naval construction programme and revival of the maritime enterprise.
General Anthony Zinni (ret.) on Wargaming Iraq, Millennium Challenge, and Competition
CIMSEC – This is the second part of our conversation series with General Anthony Zinni, USMC (ret.) on leadership, strategy, learning, and the art and science of warfighting. In this installment, General Zinni shares his experiences with wargames, Desert Crossing and Millennium Challenge 2002 in particular, and discusses how the differing objectives of service chiefs and combatant commanders manifest in wargames. Gen Zinni then touches on the U.S. military’s overreliance on technology and draws parallels from the business world to inform approaches to great power competition.
French Navy, Army Drill to Launch Helicopter Attacks From the Sea
USNI News – The French Army and Navy last week completed the Cormoran 21 exercise after more than two weeks of drills in the Mediterranean. Cormoran 21 is a power projection exercise involving the joint amphibious and airmobile capabilities of the two services where 24 Army helicopters join amphibious operations commandoes embarked on French Navy ships to form the Groupe Naval Aéromobile (Naval Airmobile Group).
Chinese Power Projection; A Role for Arsenal Ships?
Wavell Room – First considered by the US in the 1990s, China is reported to be evaluating potential arsenal ship concepts.
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