CIMSEC – The recent issues facing the Merchant Marine are not simply the product of COVID or other recent events. They are simply yet another expression of the longstanding problems of status the Merchant Marine has faced within the U.S. Navy.
Fate Of Fire-Damaged SSN Perle To Be Decided In October
Naval News – Lighting is said to be the cause of the fire that broke out aboard French Navy Rubis-Class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) ‘Perle’ in June, according to the new French Navy’s Chief of Staff, Admiral Pierre Vandier. A decision on the fate of the SSN will be made in October, pending the results of the ongoing investigation.
Russia’s P-750B Small Attack Submarine Design By Malakhit Design Bureau – Part 2
TASS – The United Shipbuilding Corporation displayed at Army-2020 forum a scale model of the new Serval-class P-750B submarine.
Russia’s P-750B Small Attack Submarine Design By Malakhit Design Bureau – Part 1
TASS – The United Shipbuilding Corporation displayed at Army-2020 forum a scale model of the new Serval-class P-750B submarine.
Russia’s Northern Fleet To Deploy Be-200 For Border Protection, SAR And ASW Missions
Naval News – Be-200 amphibious aircraft will protect Russian Arctic borders. Rescue and antisubmarine aircraft will be supplied to the Northern fleet. Be-200 can take off from the sea and land in any weather. They will defend deployment bases of Russian SSBNs.
Military and Security Events Involving the People’s Republic of China 2020
Office of the Secretary of Defense – China is bent on creating a world-class military that can conduct joint operations across the globe and already boasts the world’s largest navy, according to the Pentagon’s latest annual assessment of the Chinese military.
Aerial Refueling for E-2Ds Will Expand Reach of Carrier Strike Groups
USNI News – The Navy is bringing an aerial refueling capability to its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye command and control fleet, with the first operational squadron certifying its pilots to refuel with Air Force tankers.
Russia’s ‘slow-motion Chernobyl’ at sea
BBC – Beneath some of the world’s busiest fisheries, radioactive submarines from the Soviet era lie disintegrating on the seafloor. Decades later, Russia is preparing to retrieve them.
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Employ Coast Guard LEDets in the Indo-Pacific
– USNI Proceedings – To combat a rising China and transnational crime, U.S. maritime law enforcement experts should partner with local nations to increase training and capacity.
Russian navy conducts major maneuvers near Alaska
Military Times – The Russian navy conducted major war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times.
Marines and Mercenaries: Beware the Irregular Threat in the Littoral
CIMSEC – The world is increasingly urban and littoral. This convergence between urbanization and the littoral, or littoralization, can lead to “the worst of both worlds” and may remake the littorals into hotspots of instability and conflict. At the same time, the U.S. Marine Corps is shifting its focus away from decades of counterinsurgency and irregular warfare in the Middle East.
No US Icebreakers Working As USCGC Healy Limps Home
Breaking Defense – With one icebreaker down, the US has one left in port — with no new ships scheduled to arrive for years.
Expeditionary Sea Bases Ideal Ships to Operate Mine Countermeasure Mission Packages
USNI News – It’s growing more likely that components of the mine countermeasures mission package designed for the Littoral Combat Ship small combatant will end up also fielded on the Navy’s massive Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea bases.
DoD War Games Predict ‘Extremely Destabilizing’ Chinese Military Parity
Breaking Defense – “If we do come to blows with China, it’s gonna be very confused for the first 30 or 45 days, and then we must fight in a distributed fashion,” said Maj. Gen. Tracy King, Marine Corps’ director of Expeditionary Warfare.
Could China Successfully Blockade Taiwan?
National Interest – History suggests how Taiwan’s defenders can overcome not just a blockade but an amphibious onslaught.
‘If It Floats, It Fights:’ Navy’s New Small Ship Strategy
Breaking Defense – Existing amphibious ships might be the “Swiss Army Knife of the fleet,” but the Navy and Marines want an enemy who “jumps on it in the opening gambit…they’re gonna have the shock of their life.”
How to Prevent a War in Asia
Foreign Affairs – The resurgence of U.S.-Chinese competition poses a host of challenges for policymakers—related to trade and economics, technology, global influence, and more—but none is more consequential than reducing the risk of war. Unfortunately, thanks to today’s uniquely dangerous mix of growing Chinese assertiveness and military strength and eroding U.S. deterrence, that risk is higher than it has been for decades, and it is growing.
Russian Submarine Sets Off Alarm Bells After Surfacing Near Alaska Amid Rash Of Posturing
War Zone – Russia is holding its largest naval drills in the Pacific in recent memory as the U.S. Navy’s big RIMPAC wargames are underway.
China’s navy goes back to work on big ambitions but long-term gaps remain
South China Morning Post – China’s efforts to modernize and expand its naval forces have once again kicked into high gear after disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, pressing on with efforts to have at least four carrier strike groups in the next decade. But military watchers and insiders said that even without the coronavirus disruptions, China still had a long way to go to train the personnel it needed to realise its ambitions.
China’s navy drills in 4 regions show ability to counter US, observers say
South China Morning Post – China is conducting military drills almost simultaneously in four sea regions, a rare move possibly designed to signal its readiness to handle confrontation with the United States and self-ruled Taiwan.
Chinese navy may launch eighth Type 055 stealth destroyer later this year
South China Morning Post – China is expected to launch an eighth guided-missile destroyer designed for the navy’s aircraft carrier strike groups llater this year.
China’s Type 075 amphibious assault ship completes trial, but needs aircraft
South China Morning Post – China’s first Type 075 landing helicopter assault dock completed its first test voyage on Sunday, and is expected to join the Chinese Navy’s marines next year, military analysts said. However, a military insider said the amphibious warship was still awaiting the launch of the aircraft it would carry: the naval versions of the Z-8J and Z-20J, which are modified based on the air force’s Z-8 and Z-20 armed helicopters.
Chinese military fires ‘aircraft-carrier killer’ missile into South China Sea in ‘warning to the United States’
South China Morning Post – China launched two missiles, including an “aircraft-carrier killer”, into the South China Sea on Wednesday morning, a source close to the Chinese military said, sending a clear warning to the United States.
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