– National Interest – James Holmes provides some possible answers.
Revitalize Mine Countermeasures
– USNI Proceedings – The Royal Navy’s experience responding to mines in World War II offers lessons for today.
Mysterious Object Northrop Is Barging From Redondo Beach Is A High-Power Naval Laser
– War Zone – The system being moved represents a big leap in ship-based directed energy capabilities and is slated to be tested aboard USS Portland.
The Mysterious and Super-Secret USS Gerald R. Ford
– Defense and Aerospace Report – Chris Cavas writes that the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is the most expensive ship ever built by the US government, and quite possibly by any government…The ship is a long way from being ready to take to the seas in defense of the nation.
Taiwan Needs a Maoist Military
– Foreign Policy – James Holmes writes that Beijing can always outspend Taipei. It’s time to think small and mean.
Getting Back to Basics: How to Avoid a Naval Intelligence Jutland
– War on the Rocks – Claude Berube writes that for the Navy’s intelligence community, the most appropriate historical precedent isn’t Pearl Harbor — it’s the Battle of Jutland. A cyber Pearl Harbor suggests a surprise attack. The United States is already in the midst of a great power competition with China and Russia, and the pieces are already moving on the ocean’s chessboard. Jutland was a famous WWI naval clash where capable British forces were hamstrung by tradition and conservatism, and ultimately proved unable to strike a decisive victory over the German High Seas Fleet. Today’s naval intelligence faces a similar set of challenges.
Aviation as the Key to Navy-Marine Integration
– CIMSEC – The strength of the Navy and Marine Corps team is the use of seaborne mobility to achieve effects on land. New aviation platforms can reinvigorate this for the 21st century, making both the Navy and Marine Corps more survivable, deadly, and integrated.
A Revolution at Sea: Old is New Again
– War on the Rocks – It may be time to demote Mahan’s masterpiece to the second rung, in favor of paying increased attention to Julian Corbett — particularly his tour de force, Some Principles of Maritime Strategy — whose writings demonstrate a better awareness of complex geostrategic environments than Mahan typically contemplated.
China’s Type 001A aircraft carrier sets off on latest sea trial as navy prepares to commission ship ‘within months’
– South China Morning Post – Country’s first home-grown carrier may soon be ready for service but observers warn a few glitches may still need to be ironed out.
Navy Completes Sea Trials on ESB-5 Miguel Keith, After 2018 Shipyard Accident Delayed Construction
– USNI News – The Navy wrapped up sea trials on its newest Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB), the future Miguel Keith (ESB-5), after a 2018 shipyard accident and damage to the hull.
TRANSCOM Stress Test Practiced Cargo Delivery Through Mine- and Sub-Filled Waters
– USNI News – Running dark and nearly silent, last month a convoy of Military Sealift Command ships practiced delivering people and gear to the fight as part of a large U.S. Transportation Command surge sealift capability stress test.
Sailing True North: James Stavridis on Admiralty and the Voyage of Character
– CIMSEC – CIMSEC had the opportunity to discuss with Admiral James Stavridis (ret.) his latest book, Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character. In this book Adm. Stavridis profiles ten historical admirals, revealing their character traits, leadership skills, and what their life accomplishments can teach modern Sailors and society.
Behold USS America Sailing With A Whopping 13 F-35Bs Embarked Aboard
– War Zone – The Marines are inching closer and closer to executing their “Lightning Carrier” concept that would see amphibious assault ships bristle with F-35Bs.
Here Is Our First Clear Look At China’s Z-20F Seahawk Helicopter Clone
– War Zone – China’s navalized version of its Black Hawk clone breaks cover. Its capability is badly needed within the growing People’s Liberation Army Navy fleet.
About-face: US Army embraces ocean fleet
– Defense News – After years of talk of divestiture, the U.S. Army may be resigning itself to recapitalizing its watercraft fleet, which would be used to unload supplies and gear from ships in areas with destroyed or unimproved ports.
Despite rising awareness of critical US sealift shortfalls, solutions are elusive
– Defense News – America’s sealift fleet is responsible for providing the military with transportation across oceans, but despite seemingly universal acknowledgement that the fleet is in trouble, the current recapitalization plan significantly lags behind what the military needs to avoid a collapse in capacity, projected to start in 2024 if the current situation holds.
Will ground-based hypersonic missiles replace aircraft carriers in the defense budget?
– Defense News – A debate on the future of aircraft carriers is roiling the U.S. Department of Defense, and it is increasingly spilling out into the open.
How Worried Should the U.S. Navy Be About Chinese Sea Mines?
– National Interest – Many threats can hide beneath the sea.
A U.S. Navy Nightmare: What If China Built a ‘Battleship’?
– National Interest – S’pose China built a battleship. What would such a sea creature look like, and how would it fare in the bare-knuckles world of naval diplomacy and warfare? This is no mere flight of fancy.
Sea Training: An Oft Overlooked Strategic Asset
– RUSI – Rumours abound that the Royal Navy is to gut its globally respected Operational Sea Training organisation in order to reallocate cash across defence. It is not simply the UK’s martial reputation that would be at stake; the evidence states that operational sea training is a crucial asset on which the Royal Navy should not skimp.
Now is Not the Time for a FONOP in the Arctic
– War on the Rocks – Russia and the United States have started a game of chicken in the Arctic that could lead to an unnecessary military conflict.
CBO: Navy Shipbuilding Plan Off — By $200 Billion
– Breaking Defense – The Navy faces huge hurdles in trying to get to 355 ships – but a new shipbuilding plan due in coming weeks could change the whole calculus.
The Lethal and Affordable Three-Tier Fleet
– USNI Blog – It is well known that the current, largely homogeneous, surface combatant fleet is not an affordable force structure for the future…One potential solution to this problem is to go beyond the current high-low framework to a three-tier, high-medium-low fleet.
Confederate Sea Denial and Tactics of Asymmetric Naval Warfare
– CIMSEC – The future U.S. way of war must innovate beyond the Second World War strategy of out-producing adversaries, since the U.S. has fewer shipyards and its rivals may have greater industrial capacity. The Confederate States Navy provides an excellent example of an under-industrialized innovative underdog struggling to defend itself against an industrial juggernaut.
The Counterrevolution in Naval Affairs
– National Interest – Navy officials must formulate a concept that combines U.S. Marine and Navy forces, scatters them around the world, and yet preserves their unity as fighting forces despite physical distance and hostile efforts to fragment them.
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