National Interest – Tehran might lack the ability to keep their Cold War-era Soviet submarines in running order.
(Thanks to Alain)
Navy Brings ‘Precision Landing Mode’ Carrier Landing Assist Tool to New Fighter Pilots
USNI News – The Navy is in the final stages of fully adopting a Precision Landing Mode for fighter pilots, with young fleet replacement squadron pilots for the first time conducting carrier qualifications with the tool that significantly cuts down on the work required during an approach to the back of an aircraft carrier at sea.
Philippine Navy Welcomes New Frigate As It Reaches Home Waters
Naval News – The Philippine Navy welcomed the future BRP Antonio Luna (FF151), its second missile-capable frigate.
A French Navy SSN Patrolled The South China Sea
Naval News – A French Navy Rubis-class nuclear powered submarine patrolled the South China Sea, the French minister of armed forces announced in a series of tweets. The French minister called it “a striking proof of the capacity of our French Navy to deploy far and for a long time in connection with our Australian, American and Japanese strategic partners”.
Check Out The Damage To This Japanese Submarine After It Collided With A Cargo Ship
War Zone – A collision between a Japanese submarine and a cargo ship in the Pacific Ocean has resulted in injuries to at least three submariners, according to initial reports. The incident occurred today at 10:58 AM local time, around 25 miles southeast of Cape Ashizuri, in the waters off the island of Shikoku, which lies southwest of Japan’s main island of Honshu.
Mass Matters: Why America Needs More Ships to Deter China
National Interest – James Holmes reminds us that it takes multiple ships to ensure one is forward deployed and actually ready for action.
Littoral Combat Ships for Maritime COIN
USNI Proceedings – The LCS is the Navy’s solution for Chinese aggression in the South China Sea.
Marine Corps looks at building 3 new Pacific regiments to counter China
Marine Corps Times – Throughout the next decade the Marine Corps may create as many as three Marine littoral regiments, all based in the Pacific to keep a continued presence to deter China.
Unleash Enlisted Sailors as WTIs
USNI Proceedings – Investing in enlisted warfare tactics instructors would improve the surface force’s combat effectiveness and lethality.
Submarine Hunting Kit Will Let MQ-8C Fire Scout Drone Helicopters Launch Sonobuoys
War Zone – MQ-8Cs loaded with sonobuoys could help speed up searches for enemy submarines while reducing the workload on human personnel.
Update On The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Program
Naval News – The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) was a “Hot Topic of discussion” at Surface Navy Association (SNA 2021) Virtual Symposium held in mid-January 2021 during the end of the President Trump Administration. The U.S. Navy discussed the status, plans, upgrades, new weapons, fixes, and Mission Packages of this troubled and often criticized program.
F-35s, 3 Amphib Warships, 2,500 Marines Operating Closer to Iran; Nimitz Reaches Edge of the South China Sea
USNI News – The three-ship Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, the 2,500 Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters have taken position in U.S. 5th Fleet in the North Arabian sea and are an easy sail to the Strait of Hormuz.
Ship-Launched Version Of The Israeli Harop Suicide Drone Will Be Sailing With An Asian Navy
War Zone – Israel Aerospace Industries, or IAI, has secured what appears to be the first sale ever of the maritime version of its Harop loitering munition, or “suicide drone.” The company did not name the customer, but said that they were “the navy of a country in Asia.” Loitering munitions, in general, became a topic of major international discussion after Azerbaijan used Harops to decisive effect in its conflict with Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region last year.
The Cyber Maritime Environment: A Shared Critical Infrastructure and Trump’s Maritime Cyber Security Plan
War on the Rocks – The Maritime Cybersecurity Plan offered an imperfect but useful path forward for the United States to advance its interests in cyberspace. The Biden administration should avoid the classic mistake of ignoring the content because they dislike the messenger. This plan lays out a need for new thinking and new incentives in working with allies and the maritime private sector.
The Pentagon Needs to Rethink its Worst-Case Scenarios Against China and Russia
CIMSEC – Organizational inertia and a desire to compete for dollars lead U.S. military services to plan for scenarios that privilege their largest existing programs–even as America’s adversaries are moving on to an entirely different type of warfare.
U.S. Would Benefit from Partner Navies, Flexibility of 2nd and 6th Fleets If Russian Conflict Arose
USNI News – The U.S. Navy’s two key advantages in the Arctic are its partners and allies and the flexibility of the forces it could bring to bear, the head of U.S. naval forces in Europe said today.
Royal Navy Submarine Appears In Gibraltar Equipped With Enhanced Wake Detection System
War Zone – The U.K. Royal Navy’s Trafalgar class attack submarine HMS Talent has arrived in the British territory of Gibraltar sporting curious new sensors on either side of its sail. We can say with near certainty that these are additions to an existing system designed to detect enemy submarines without the use of sonar that first appeared on the boat in 2019.
AKYA Heavy Torpedo Shot From TCG GÜR Submarine
Railly News – The AKYA Heavy Torpedo, which will enter the inventory of the Turkish Naval Forces in 2021, was test fired successfully.
(Thanks to Alain)
Study on mental health of submariners in S.China Sea ‘normal’ PLA management practice: military experts
Global Times – Increasing attention on soldiers’ mental health is a normal management work of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China to thoroughly improve combat effectiveness as mental health is an important part of military management for all countries, Chinese observers said amid overseas media’s over-interpretation of a recent report on the mental condition of PLA submarine soldiers in the South China Sea.
Buyan-M-Class Corvette ‘Graivoron’ Commissioned With Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
Naval News – The Buyan-M-class corvette (project 21631) “Graivoron” was commissioned with the Russian Navy Black Sea fleet on 30 January 2021.
(Thanks to Alain)
Light Carrier Studies Already Underway As Navy Considers Role for CVLs in Future Fleet
USNI News – The Navy’s engineering community has already started conducting light carrier design and engineering studies, even as the Navy and the joint force still consider whether they’d even want to invest in a CVL to supplement supercarriers to bring more distributed capability to the fleet for less cost.
Navy Hopes to Deploy its Early Razorback UUVs Soon Even As Development Continues on Updated Capability
USNI News – The Navy plans to deploy the early models of its Razorback medium-sized unmanned underwater “as soon as we can” even as the service is in the midst of procuring an upgraded model.
Great Responsibility Demands a Great Navy
USNI Proceedings – James Holmes writes that the responsibilities the United States has taken on require it to build a Navy capable of managing them.
First Image Of China’s New Nuclear Submarine Under Construction
Naval News – Open Source Intelligence reveals what appears to be the first publicly available image of China’s new nuclear powered submarine.
Iran’s Best Submarines Have Been Out of the Water for a Month
USNI News – While the Iranian naval forces have been clashing with U.S. forces in the Middles East in the last several weeks, its most capable submarines have been out of action.
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