– Defense News – The accidents led to wholesale changes in leadership for the 7th Fleet based in the region, including a new commander, Vice Adm. Phil Sawyer, who was tasked with returning his fleet to a high state of readiness in the world’s most dangerous seas.
China Can’t Execute Major Amphibious Operations, Direct Assault on Taiwan
– USNI News – The Chinese military is reorganizing its land forces, but its moves do not increase its ability to mount a large-scale beach assault across the Taiwan Strait, according to a new Department of Defense report.
New 2nd Fleet To Confront Russia From Day One
– Breaking Defense – The Navy has created a new fleet, and is sending it straight into the Baltic Sea to test new ways of doing business.
South Korea to build 3 more Aegis destroyers able to thwart ballistic missiles
– Defense News – In a critical step toward developing its naval capabilities, South Korea plans to construct three more 7,600-ton destroyers equipped with American-made Aegis combat systems and sophisticated ballistic missile interceptors.
US sends aircraft carrier and bomber task force to ‘warn Iran’
– BBC – The US has deployed an aircraft carrier to the Middle East to send a “clear and unmistakable message” to Iran.
China’s ‘Long March’ to a Credible Nuclear Attack Submarine
– National Interest – Mao Zedong famously said China would build nuclear submarines even if it took ten thousand years. It has required several decades, but new vitality is evident in this critical program for Beijing’s blue water aspirations.
Amphibious Assault Will Remain a ‘Corps’ Competency
– USNI Proceedings – Starting with Brute Krulak’s “Chowder Society” in the 1940s, every generation of Marines has faced challenges to the relevance of its amphibious capability.
It’s time to break out the chowder bowls again.
The Russian Navy Is Facing Tough Decisions
– National Interest – An unsigned Russian naval analysis demonstrates acute stress points in Moscow’s naval development program. Decrying corruption and waste, this insider critique aims squarely at the Kremlin.
Sustaining the Fight: Resilient Maritime Logistics for a New Era
– Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments – Although logistics has traditionally been a U.S. strength, it now risks becoming a major weakness that could cause the United States to lose a war against China or Russia. The U.S. Navy’s logistics force is currently optimized for uncontested operations and is too small and vulnerable to support the current fleet – much less a larger or more distributed one – in a conflict with a peer adversary.
China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific
– Reuters – The Chinese navy, which is growing faster than any other major fleet, now controls the seas off its coast. Once dominant, the United States and its allies sail warily in these waters. A former U.S. naval officer says China’s advances have caught America napping.
Blockade: An Imperfect Strategy
– CIMSEC – Throughout history, maritime nations have used naval blockades to wreck the economies of their adversaries and bend them to their will. However, the impact of blockade in history has been overstated. Throughout history, blockade has been a part of military success, but it has never been the primary key to victory.
Trump administration reverses course on decision to decommission carrier Truman
– Defense News – The White House has canceled plans to decommission an aircraft carrier 25 years early as a cost savings measure, a plan that was largely opposed on Capitol Hill.
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Navy Adding Fourth Amphib to Japan-Based Fleet for Operational Flexibility; 1 DDG Leaving Japan
– USNI News – The Navy is adding a fourth amphibious ship to its forward-deployed fleet in Japan and is bringing home one of the destroyers that has been forward-deployed the longest.
The Turkish Navy in an Era of Great Power Competition
– War on the Rocks – The Turkish navy’s transformation resonates strongly with the political and social leanings of Turkey’s sitting president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Where’s the money for Britain’s future littoral strike groups?
– Defense News – When British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announced in February that his ministry would create two “littoral strike groups,” some naval experts turned their heads in confusion.
Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian experts
– Guardian – Marine experts in Norway believe they have stumbled upon a white whale that was trained by the Russian navy as part of a programme to use underwater mammals as a special ops force.
200,000 Tons of Diplomacy: 2 Navy Aircraft Carriers Are Making a Statement in the Mediterranean
– National Interest – Russia and others need to take notice.
China’s latest class of warship makes its public debut
– Defense News – The first of a new class of guided missile destroyer from China made an appearance at a naval review to mark the 70th Anniversary of the country’s navy.
Navy Black Box Detector Joins in Deep Water Hunt for Missing Japanese F-35A
– USNI News – The U.S. Navy is employing tools it used in the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 to help find a Japanese F-35A that crashed earlier this month.
Off the Eastern Seaboard, a US Navy missile test could make big waves
– C4ISRNet – A test announced in late March could herald an enormous change in the way the Navy modernizes its ships, while making a once prohibitive cost of maintaining older ships attainable.
The enduring case for American naval power
– Defense News – …made by the Undersecretary of the Navy…
Why Does The Royal Navy Want Huge Unmanned Submarines?
– Forces Network – This could mark a radical new stage in the evolution of underwater warfare.
Analyzing The First Images Of Russia’s Huge Doomsday Torpedo Carrying Special Missions Sub
– War Zone – What we can see so far highlights the “special projects” submarine’s deep-sea intelligence gathering capabilities.
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