– Washington Free Beacon – State Department warns Chinese to end ‘bullying’ toward oil and gas search.
North Korea’s New Ballistic Missile Submarine Is A Refurbished Antique
– War Zone – The boat is based on a dated 1950s Soviet design, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a significant development.
Faulty battery may have sparked Russian submarine fire
– Guardian – A malfunctioning lithium-ion battery may have sparked a deadly fire on a top-secret Russian nuclear submersible earlier this month that killed 14 naval officers.
Cambodia Denies Report Of Deal With China For Use Of Naval Base
– NPR – Cambodia’s prime minister has denounced as “fake news” a report in The Wall Street Journal that his country had signed a secret deal to allow Chinese warships to use a naval base in the Gulf of Thailand.
South Korea to build ship for short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing aircraft
– Defense News – South Korea is to launch a new version of a large-deck landing ship from which short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing aircraft can operate by the late 2020s, amid naval buildups in China and Japan.
Corvette Carriers: A New Littoral Warfare Strategy
– USNI Proceedings – With the renewal of great power competition, the Navy–Marine Corps team must employ ships that can threaten adversaries in their home waters.
‘Ulcer’ Strategy: How Iran Can Wage War Against America On the Cheap
– National Interest – How Iran could channel an old British strategy against Napoleon to fight U.S. forces in the Middle East.
Marines Took Out Iranian Drone for the Cost of a Tank of Gas
– USNI News – Instead of a using an almost-million-dollar Navy missile, Marines splashed a hostile Iranian drone on Thursday for about the cost of a couple of gallons of gas.
PACOM: China Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Tests a Signal to US, World
– Washington Free Beacon – China recently conducted the first test of a new anti-ship ballistic missile, firing a salvo of six missiles into the South China Sea in a threatening message to the United States, the commander of the Indo-Pacific Command said Thursday.
New Commandant Berger Sheds 38-Amphib Requirement in Quest to Modernize USMC for High-End Fight
– USNI News – New Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger outlined his largely naval priorities for the Marine Corps, and he’s willing to shed some key tenets of the Marines’ amphibious force planning in recent years – including the demand for 38 amphibious warships to support a 2 Marine Expeditionary Brigade-sized forcible entry force.
Iran ‘seizes British-flagged oil tanker’
– BBC – A British-flagged oil tanker has been seized in the Gulf by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Iran media say.
US Expands Icelandic Airfield For Tankers, Big Cargo Lift
– Breaking Defense – An old Cold War base in Iceland has seen over $80 million in US investments in recent years as the Pentagon flies more surveillance missions in the high north — and plans to do more.
Here’s What We Know About The Missing Tanker Iran Now Says It Has Seized
– War Zone – The Iranians initially said the ship had broken down and had asked for assistance, but now claim it was involved in smuggling fuel.
USS Boxer Downs Iranian Drone in ‘Defensive Action’
– USNI News – Amphibious warship USS Boxer (LHD-4) took down an Iranian drone that U.S. officials say threatened the ship as it entered the Persian Gulf on Thursday.
Navy Brass, Low Budget Blamed For Argentina Sub Tragedy
– AP – An Argentine legislative commission has concluded that the sinking of a submarine with all 44 crewmembers was caused by the inefficiency of naval commanders and budget limitations, discarding theories the vessel was attacked or hit by a ship.
Peacetime Naval Rearmament, 1933–39: Lessons for Today
– US Naval War College Review – Following World War I, the USN fleet was outdated and undersized, but a time of naval resurgence began in 1933, adding modern ships to the U.S. fleet and revitalizing the American shipbuilding industry. In many ways, this period mirrors the post–Cold War state of the fleet, but the principal actors vary greatly in their level of coordination and commitment to building the Navy the nation needs.
U.S.-China Tensions and How the Unmanned Military Craft Raise the Risk of War
– CIMSEC – The immediate danger from militarized artificial intelligence isn’t hordes of killer robots, nor the exponential pace of a new arms race. As recent events in the Strait of Hormuz indicate, the bigger risk is the fact that autonomous military craft make for temping targets – and increase the potential for miscalculation on and above the high seas.
The U.K.’s Pint-Sized Martlet Missile Will Guard Royal Navy Ships And Much More
– War Zone – The Royal Navy is planning on using these missiles as air-launched weapons against small boats, too, and has tested them in the surface-to-air role.
East Coast US Navy aviators to see their flight hours slashed for the rest of fiscal year
– Defense News – Budget shortfalls created in part by greater-than-expected demands on maritime patrol aircraft are forcing the Navy to cut flight hours for several squadrons on the East Coast.
In 1981, A British Submarine Smashed Into a Russian Sub (Armed with Nuclear Weapons)
– National Interest – At least we are pretty sure. Read on.
(Thanks to Alain…)
Why Not an American Admiral Gorshkov?
– National Interest – By law a chief of naval operations is limited to four years in the post—and that’s just not enough time to make any meaningful changes.
The Future of Mine Countermeasures
– USNI Blog – The Navy should make what is old, new again—build and deploy a 21st-century Avenger.
Will ships without sailors be the future of trade?
– BBC – On 7 May, customs officers in Ostend, Belgium, received a box of oysters from the UK. It was the world’s first unmanned commercial shipping operation.
Strategy on Top of the World Part 2: Regional Arctic Perspectives
– CIMSEC – The High North will almost certainly be a zone of competition. If Russia can take a hegemonic role there, it will lean on its military presence and the relative lack of international rules and norms for it to control the region. The Chinese are not far behind. American absence from the Arctic has weakened its stance with respect to great power competition and serves to upend the Navy’s stated mission of freedom of navigation.
From Russian Presence to Sailboat Traffic, U.S. Learning What’s ‘Normal’ Far From Home
– USNI News – The U.S. military invests significant time and effort into conducting training exercises and patrols overseas – and while it does provide opportunities for sailors to have port calls in interesting places and build interoperability with allies and partners, it also helps build upon U.S. knowledge of what “normal” is in waterways around the world.
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