Navy Recognition – Iran plans to deliver a new surveillance warship “Shiraz” to the Iranian Navy. This new vessel has special features and would join Iran’s Navy fleet next Iranian calendar year.
(Thanks to Alain)
Philippine Navy Takes Delivery Of Eight ScanEagle UAV
Naval News – The Philippine Navy today took delivery of a ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) from the United State at the US Embassy in Manila. According to local media the UAS consists of eight Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles.
USS Gerald R. Ford Making Steady Progress Ahead of Deployment
USNI News – USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has been in and out of port for more than a year as the Navy continues to wring out the bugs from the new technologies on the next-generation carrier. While progress is steady, the program still has several milestones to achieve before it’s ready for its inaugural deployment.
Mischief and Mayhem
CIMSEC – A near-future military fiction short story.
Black Sea Drill Again Validates HIMARS As An Anti-Ship Weapon System
Naval News – Two U.S. Army M142 6×6 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) flew from Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, on Thursday, November 19, 2020, aboard two U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces (SOF) Commando II MC-130Js, the stretched version of the venerable C-130, and the HIMARS fired their rockets off the coast of the Black Sea that same day.
West Coast Amphib USS Comstock off Honduras for Hurricane Relief, Anti-Drug Operations
USNI News – A West Coast amphibious warship transited the Panama Canal on Monday on a mission to support anti-narcotics operations in the Caribbean.
Taiwan’s leader launches production of domestically made sub
Japan Times – Taiwan’s president inaugurated the production of domestically made submarines Tuesday in the southern city of Kaohsiung, in a step forward for the island’s defense strategy at a time of elevated tensions with China.
Russia ‘threatened to ram’ US ship in Sea of Japan
BBC – Russia says one of its warships caught and chased off a US Navy destroyer after it entered territorial waters in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday.
Front Row Seats in Tomorrow’s War
CIMSEC – Near-future military fiction short story.
U.S. Navy And Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Conduct Large Mine Warfare Exercise
Naval News – The U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, began the at sea portion of Mine Warfare Exercise (MINEX) 3JA 2020 off the coast of southwestern Japan, Nov. 20.
New Ships, Submarines And Weapon Systems For Italian Navy
Naval News – The recent release of Italian MoD’s Multi-year Planning Document (Documento Programmatico Pluriennale – DPP) 2020-2022 and the Parliament hearings of the Minister of Defence Lorenzo Guerini and of the Chief of Italian Navy (Marina Militare), Vice Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, provide first details on new shipbuilding and joint/naval weapon system programmes.
The Cost of Lies
CIMSEC – Near-future naval fiction short story.
The Navy Has Started Naming Its Submarines After Sea Creatures Again
War Zone – After decades of naming attack submarines after cities and states, the Navy has announced it will name three boats after denizens of the deep.
Nautilus
CIMSEC – Near-future naval fictional short story.
U.S. intel officer’s visit shatters another Taiwan taboo
Washington Times – The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on China with the unprecedented visit to Taiwan by a senior military intelligence officer.
Chinese Party Sets Bold Military Goal: ‘Mechanized & Informationized’ By 2027
Breaking Defense – Dean Cheng writes that China has laid out the broad goals and objectives for its 14th Five Year Plan (FYP), which will extend from 2021 to 2025, and one of the priorities is “elevating the level of national security.”
Lessons From Operation Ke For the Marine Corps
War on the Rocks – The U.S. military is ignoring the fact that someone must lose the much-talked about high-end fight against peer competitors. It might be the U.S. military that loses, and it would then have to retreat, withdraw, or evacuate in the face of enemy fire. U.S. Marine Corps planners working on the service’s new keystone concept of expeditionary advanced base operations should bear this in mind as withdrawals have received short shrift in various official documents on amphibious missions.
Embrace Analog Tools in a Digital Intelligence Age
USNI Proceedings – The naval intelligence community must strike a balance between old tools and new technology.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Pledges $32B Military Build-Up
USNI News – Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday committed the British government to an expansion of defense spending that confirms London’s ambitions about improving the Royal Navy through the middle of the century.
Check Out These Navy Special Operators Deploying An Underwater Scout Drone
War Zone – Naval special warfare personnel used a stealthy boat to help launch the unmanned underwater vehicle during a recent exercise in Sweden.
SECNAV calls for standing up new numbered fleet in the Indo-Pacific
Defense News – As the Pentagon warily eyes a Chinese military with increasing naval capability, U.S. Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite called this week for the establishment of a U.S. 1st Fleet, a new numbered command that would sit at the vital crossroads of the Indian and Pacific oceans. But while Braithwaite characterized the effort as well underway, Navy officials said that no decisions have been made per the timing and location of a potential 1st Fleet.
Coast Guard Icebreaker Polar Star Bound for the Arctic in December
USNI News – For the first time in almost five decades, the Coast Guard’s heavy icebreaker won’t be supporting Antarctic scientific missions in coming months but will operate instead the Arctic near Alaska, the ice breaker’s commander said recently.
Navy Officials Reveal Details of New $100M Light Amphibious Warship Concept
USNI News – The Navy and Marine Corps are eyeing a 200- to 400-foot Light Amphibious Warship that would carry about 75 Marines, store as much as 8,000 square feet of kit and cost not much more than $100 million apiece.
The Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet Gets Even More Super
Air and Space – It’s always been versatile, but now it can reach farther.
Iran Unveils Its New Sea Base Warship That Looks Like A Floating Arms Bazaar
War Zone – Packing drones, boats, missiles, and a helicopter, it is Iran’s somewhat questionable take on American expeditionary sea bases.
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