– CIMSEC – From March to June 2019 naval diplomacy and an underlying strategic geometry was on show as India, Australia, France, and Japan deployed across and around the Indo-Pacific. All of them were involved in operating with each other, with the U.S., and with other actors in the region like Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
The US Navy’s Riverines are up-gunned, high tech and ready to lean into great power competition
– Defense News – The Mark VI patrol boat bristles with heavy automatic weapons, and that’s the way its crews like it.
Naval Intelligence, the CIA, and the Soviet-Russian Threat: The Cold War and Beyond
– USNI Blog – As the United States and its Navy orient to the current Russian threat, there are lessons to be learned from Cold War history. The original Cold Warriors succeeded in avoiding a direct, large-scale military clash between the United States and Soviet Union. In such a “cold” conflict, intelligence counts as much as firepower. With a growing body of previously classified material now available, researchers and intelligence professionals have increased insight into what worked well—and what did not—in the U.S. intelligence community’s efforts to understand the Soviet Navy. These lessons remain relevant.
China Likely Tested Missiles That Can Kill Aircraft Carriers in the South China Sea
– National Interest – What does that mean for Asia? America’s allies? How can Washington push back?
Think Cold Thoughts: The Drift
– Defense News – I figured we’d think cold thoughts and dedicate this edition of The Drift to a little Arctic chat. The Senate Armed Services Committee is having the military look at what it would take to build a port up there and so I figured I’d call Bryan Clark, retired submarine officer and naval analyst extraordinaire at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and ask him what he thought.
The Rust Dialogues Part III
– Defense News – This is the third and final installment of The Rust Dialogues, a series discussing the material condition of today’s fleet. The Drift is honored to welcome esteemed Naval Warfare correspondent Chris Cavas to close it out.
What Was That Secret Russian Sub Doing Before It Caught Fire?
– Daily Beast – Fourteen people, including “an extraordinary crew of top elite captains,” were killed on board Losharik, which may be able to dive as deep as 20,000 feet.
Kremlin Releases New Details on Russian Submarine Fire, Identifies Sailors Killed
– USNI News – The head of the Russian military released a handful of additional details about the fire aboard a specialized submarine that killed 14 submariners in the Barents Sea on Monday.
Damaged Russian Sub Linked to Underwater Drone Program
– Washington Free Beacon – A fire aboard a secret Russian nuclear research vessel that killed 14 Russians may have been involved in secret operations by Moscow to support underwater drone operations.
Navy Completed Hellfire Tests on Littoral Combat Ship, Will Likely Deploy Later This Year
– USNI News – The Navy has finished the structural testing needed to confirm that the Hellfire anti-surface missile can safely operate on the Littoral Combat Ship, and the missile will go out on a ship deployment later this year.
Maritime Order and America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
– CIMSEC – Freedom of seas has been and remains essential for all Americans. However, maritime order is increasingly at risk and from both traditional and nontraditional threats. A critical question is whether we can sustain freedom of the seas into the future.
Unleash Directed-Energy Weapons
– USNI Proceedings – Directed-energy weapons could provide the U.S. military with its biggest technological advantage ever. It is time to make the big bets that will put them in the hands of war-fighters.
The Navy Needs AI, It’s Just Not Certain Why
– USNI Proceedings – A force that can harness AI to make decisions faster than the adversary will have the advantage. But what specific tasks should these technologies help warfighters perform?
China’s Reported Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Test In The South China Sea Is A Big Deal
– War Zone – The test fits within a larger trend of increasingly provocative Chinese efforts to assert their authority in the disputed region.
The Role of Public Affairs in US Seapower, Part 1
– CIMSEC – To achieve success, the Navy must enable public affairs to function as a tool of credibility versus persuasion and spin, it must embody the principles of transparency, and it must better synchronize public affairs with other elements of U.S. information power such as information operations and public diplomacy.
S. China Sea Missile Test Violated Xi Militarization Pledge
– Washington Free Beacon – Carrier-killing anti-ship ballistic missile fired from disputed Spratly Islands.
US Upgrades Ukrainian Ports To Fit American Warships
– Breaking Defense – As tensions rise between Russia and Ukraine on the Black Sea, the US is upgrading several Ukrainian naval bases to give American and NATO warships the ability to dock just miles from Russia-controlled Crimea.
Japan’s Biggest Warship Offers Clue To Military Ambitions
– Associated Press – One of Japan’s largest warships, the helicopter carrier Izumo, offers a glimpse of where its military is headed: For the first time, troops from a newly formed amphibious brigade of Japan’s army participated in an extended naval deployment.
Here’s Everything We Know About The Deadly Russian Submarine Fire
– War Zone – Reports and rumors are flying about the accident, which may have been aboard the shadowy spy sub Losharik, as Putin clears his schedule.
14 Sailors Die on Secretive Russian Nuclear Submarine
– USNI News – A fire that broke out on the secret Russian submarine Losharik has killed 14 sailors.
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U.S. Marines Train on French Amphib During ‘Jeanne d’Arc Task Force’ Stop at Camp Lejeune
– USNI News – A French task group on deployment with 130 officer cadets teamed up with U.S. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Camp Lejeune for a few days of at-sea amphibious operations in North Carolina.
Littoral Combat Ship Deploys for First Time in 19 Months; USS Montgomery Left Unannounced in Early June
– USNI News – There is a Littoral Combat Ship operating forward on deployment for the first time in 19 months, with USS Montgomery (LCS-8) arriving in the Philippines over the weekend on its maiden deployment.
Navy Calls In Outsiders To Fix Troubled Ford Carrier
– Breaking Defense – Increasingly concerned over technological problems plaguing its new $13 billion nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Navy has dispatched a unique team of civilian and government experts to the USS Gerald R. Ford in a new attempt to understand what is happening.
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