– USNI News – After eight months at sea with a squadron of F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters, the Marines and the Navy are seeing how the next-generation aircraft will expand the effectiveness of U.S. amphibious forces.
Pentagon To Retire USS Truman Early, Shrinking Carrier Fleet To 10
– Breaking Defense – The move could save more than $30 billion over 25 years to invest in high-tech weapons — but Congress is sure to explode in outrage.
The Impact of Insignificance: Naval Developments From the Yom Kippur War
– CIMSEC – Militarily, the naval battles of the Yom Kippur War played almost no part in its outcome. They did, however, initiate a technological and tactical maritime revolution. The battles proved the effectiveness of missile and anti-missile systems to control the seas, and ushered in the missile age of naval warfare.
Chagos Islands dispute: UK obliged to end control – UN
– BBC – The UK should end its control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean (and Diego Garcia) “as rapidly as possible”, the UN’s highest court has said.
Breaking the Mold: How to Build a 355-Ship Navy Today Part 1
– CIMSEC – What if world circumstances or political decisions forced the U.S. to look at achieving a 355-ship Navy far sooner than in 11 to 30 years? Possibilities range from how to stretch or improve what already exists, to more radical notions of foreign warship procurement, armed merchantmen, and development of a U.S. Navy foreign legion type force.
Iran Claims It Tested A Submarine Launched Anti-Ship Missile Capable Of Standoff Strikes
– War Zone – Combined with larger, domestically-produced subs, the weapons could present new challenges for the country’s opponents.
Are Freedom of Navigation Operations in East Asia Enough?
– National Interest – Are periodic cruises through waters where a coastal state claims rights and prerogatives beyond those codified by treaty enough to safeguard maritime freedom?
China’s Logistics Modernization is Changing the Pacific Military Balance
– National Interest – The well-worn formulation that “amateurs study tactics, while professionals study logistics” has significant explanatory power when considering the rapidly changing balance of power in the western Pacific.
China is working on killer robot ships of its own
– Defense News – The Chinese shipbuilder China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Company is developing a small unmanned surface vessel that China wants to function essentially like the uninhabited baby brother of a U.S. Arleigh Burke destroyer.
Navy Wants Faster Ship Repairs; 70% Of Destroyer Fleet Late
– Breaking Defense – If the Navy ever hopes to reach its goal of a 355-ship fleet, it won’t be by simply building new hulls and launching them. Instead, the admirals have long recognized they’ll have to extend the lives of dozens of ships already long in the tooth — and do so at a time when shipyard space is already stretched and less than half of its ships are able to complete scheduled maintenance on time.
This Containerized Missile Launcher Could Give Almost Any Ship Short-Range Air Defenses
– War Zone – The system works against small boats as well and could be a cost-effective point air defense system on land, too.
Marines Declare Current ACV Design Meets All Ship-to-Shore Requirements as Testing Continues
– USNI News – The Marine Corps has put the Amphibious Combat Vehicle through its paces in the eight months since the service selected BAE Systems to build the new wheeled vehicles, using the original 16 ACVs to conduct high surf testing and cold weather/cold water testing around the country.
The vehicle has performed so well in these tests that the service is officially ditching the original plan to gradually insert the full ship-to-shore swim capability – that robust in-water performance was not required in the original ACV 1.1 and would instead be introduced in a later 1.2 increment – and has instead certified that these first vehicles can perform all ship-to-shore missions without assistance from a connector.
Navy Retooling Fire Scout Program to Focus on More Complex Warfare Missions
– USNI News – The Navy is rethinking how it will employ its emerging MQ-8C Fire Scout rotary-wing unmanned vehicles to help Littoral Combat Ships take on tougher targets in a new age of great power competition.
Iran Launches Modern Home-Made Submarine
– Fars News – Iran on Sunday launched its latest state-of-the-art submarine named Fateh in the Southern waters of the country.
Marines Want to Field a Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile ‘As Fast As Possible’
– USNI News – The Marine Corps wants to select and field a long-range anti-ship missile “as fast as possible” to support the Navy in a fight for sea control.
Frontline Tech: How Will Littoral Strike Ships Transform The Navy?
– Forces Network – Littoral strike ships are able to command an assault force, rather than simply transporting it.
Singapore navy launches first of its four new submarines
– Straits Times – Singapore’s acquisition of new submarines which offer more firepower and combat options is a timely move as maritime security challenges evolve and countries beef up their submarine fleets.
Russia’s latest ‘wonder weapon’ is more propaganda than power
– The Hill – The Russian Navy reportedly has installed non-lethal weaponry aboard the frigates Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Kasatonov. According to official news agency RIA Novosti, the device, dubbed “Filin,” radiates a beam similar to a strobe light during nighttime operations. It is designed to disrupt eyesight among hostile ship crews, impairing their battle effectiveness to Russian advantage.
China’s Far Seas Naval Operations, From the Year of the Snake to the Year of the Pig
– CIMSEC – Every year, about this time, the leaders of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) send their regards to Chinese sailors deployed overseas during the Lunar New Year. This annual ritual tells the story of China’s emergence as a global naval power.
Navy’s First Stealthy Zumwalt Class Destroyer Photographed With 30mm Guns Fitted
– War Zone – The 30mm Bushmasters don’t come without controversy. The ship was originally slated to get much more capable 57mm guns housed in stealthy enclosures.
People Create High Velocity Outcomes
– USNI Naval History – The ballistic-missile development programs of the 1950s proved that processes are only as good as the people who manage them.
Boeing Is Building Big Orca Drone Subs For The Navy To Hunt And Lay Mines And More
– War Zone – The new drone submarines will help lay the groundwork for the service’s ambitious future unmanned undersea vehicle plans.
No More ‘Playing Defense’ For US Navy; Offensive Weapons Are The Play
– Breaking Defense – “We’ve spent a lot of time over the past years playing defense,” Rear Adm. Ronald Boxall, director of surface warfare, said at the West 2019 conference here. “The best defense is a good offense, and the idea that we will go after the threat — at range — is something that we have to be able to do.”
Navy Awards Boeing $43 Million to Build Four Orca XLUUVs
– USNI News – The Navy awarded Boeing a $43-million contract to build four Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs) that will become multi-mission for the service.
Pakistan wraps up multinational naval drill as its approach to maritime security shifts
– Defense News – Pakistan on Tuesday wrapped up its sixth AMAN biennial multinational naval exercise, aiming to promote cooperation among regional and extra-regional navies to ensure security in the Indian Ocean.
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