– BBC – A US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet has shot down a Syrian military plane in Raqqa province.
Navy ‘Taking a Hard Look’ at Bringing Back Oliver Hazard Perry Frigates, DDG Life Extensions as Options to Build Out 355 Ship Fleet
– USNI News – Studies are underway to “take a hard look” at putting eight mothballed Oliver Hazard Perry frigates back into service as well as extending the life of existing Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers to help the Navy reach its goal of a 355-ship fleet
USS Fitzgerald crash: Seven navy crew missing off Japan
– BBC – Seven US Navy crew members are missing after their ship collided with a merchant vessel off the coast of Japan.
Navy Has Picked the First Two Carriers to Fly MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Aerial Refueling Tankers
– USNI News – USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) will be the first two carriers to field the Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial refueling tanker.
Costs soar for new USS Ford, an aircraft carrier hobbled by flaws in launching, landing planes
– Virginian Pilot – The newest and costliest U.S. aircraft carrier, praised by President Donald Trump and delivered to the Navy on May 31 with fanfare, has been dogged by trouble with fundamentals: launching jets from its deck and catching them when they land.
Navy fighter jets aren’t consistently providing pilots with high-quality breathing air, report says
– Virginian Pilot – The systems used to generate oxygen aboard the Navy’s fighter jets need to be redesigned because they aren’t consistently providing pilots with high-quality breathing air, which can lead to an oxygen-deprivation condition known as hypoxia, according to a report released Thursday.
Waters of Black Gold: The Straits of Hormuz Part 2
– CIMSEC – This article will focus on Iran’s actual maritime capabilities and discusses whether their threats to close down oil shipment in the Strait of Hormuz are credible or not.
U.S. Options for the People’s Republic of China’s Maritime Militias
– CIMSEC – How should the U.S. military counter China’s maritime irregulars at sea?
Peek Around Inside The Navy’s Stealth Destroyer By Watching This Video
– War Zone – The Zumwalt’s interior spaces are remarkably uncluttered and spacious for a Navy surface combatant.
China’s Aircraft Carrier: ‘Dreadnought’ or ‘Doctrinal Dilemma’?
– CIMSEC – What dilemma does China’s new aircraft carrier fleet present to China?
Iranian Navy Missile Boat Harasses Three U.S. Navy Ships, Marine Helo in Strait of Hormuz
– USNI News – Three U.S. Navy ships and a Marine helicopter were harassed during a night transit of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, including the shining of a laser at a CH-53 helicopter.
How to fast-track to an improved Navy
– Defense News – U.S. Marines based out of Norway, another Marine expeditionary unit operating from Sicily. U.S. submarines forward-deployed to Scotland, littoral combat ships in the Mediterranean. Supply ships, fleet oilers and amphibious ships armed with cruise missiles. A third aviation-centered assault ship. More networked connectivity. Those are just some of the changes and enhancements proposed by the new iNavy concept – i for Improved Navy — a set of force enhancements that, according to its proponents, can be implemented over the next five years to make the existing fleet more lethal and effective.
Being SECNAV with Ray Mabus
– CIMSEC – A conversation with Ray Mabus, former Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), to talk about his experience leading the Navy.
Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2017
– US Department of Defense – The DOD’s latest update on Chinese military power.
US Navy Looking At Bringing Retired Carrier USS Kitty Hawk Out Of Mothballs
– The War Zone – Bringing back its last operational conventionally powered supercarrier would help the Navy make its 12 carrier fleet goal a reality.
The Arming of China’s Maritime Frontier
– US Naval War College China Maritime Reports – China’s expansion in maritime East Asia has relied heavily on non-naval elements of sea power, above all white-hulled constabulary forces. This reflects a strategic decision. Coast guard vessels operating on the basis of routine administration and backed up by a powerful military can achieve many of China’s objectives without risking an armed clash, sullying China’s reputation, or provoking military intervention from outside powers…but this decision is undergoing a change…
Marine Airpower’s Future: Networking F-35s, V-22s, & MUX Drones
– Breaking Defense – The Marine Corps’ top pilot sketched a vision of fast-paced and networked air operations, spearheaded by F-35 fighters, V-22 tiltrotors, and the future MUX drones, all linked to each other and the rest of the force by Link-16 and MADL.
Sailors abandoning Royal Navy’s new warship ‘because they are bored’, it is claimed
– Daily Telegraph – he Navy’s delayed new aircraft carrier is facing a morale crisis, it has been claimed, as sailors ‘abandon ship’ because they are bored. In the last few weeks, around 21 sailors have quit aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth – the largest and most powerful warship ever built for the Royal Navy – amid claims morale has dropped “to an all-time low”
Russia Says It’s Going To Build This New Amphibious Assault Ship
– War Zone – Though Russian officials have delayed plans to move forward with two of its major surface ship programs indefinitely, including a new aircraft carrier, the Kremlin insists it will move ahead with work on a modern amphibious assault ship. Despite assurances to the contrary, there is little evidence that the country’s shipbuilding infrastructure is anymore ready for this task, and the project could easily end up deferred in the face of other priorities.
BALTOPS 2017 Focuses On Air Integration To Support Realistic Coalition Warfighting Scenarios
– USNI News – Fifty ships set sail in the Baltic Sea this week for the annual NATO exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS), with this year’s event including a larger aviation component and a larger adversary “red force” in the hopes of creating a realistic scenario for high-end warfare in Europe.
Turnbull government rejected US advice to prefer Japanese subs
– The Australian – Washington was rebuffed by the Australian government when it tried to convey strategic concerns about the $150 billion new submarine project. Washington was “not able to have a serious alliance discussion” with the Turnbull government about the Americans’ preference for Japan to build the navy’s new submarines to strengthen Australia-US-Japan ties in the face of a rising China.
The Future of Naval Warfare Will Have a Lot More Spy Submarines
– War Zone – Advanced, but relatively small kits will allow even conventional subs to become increasingly powerful intelligence collectors.
Developing the Five Power Defence Arrangements
– Straits Times – The Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) is a low-profile but important regional security institution established in 1971 between Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom in the wake of the latter’s withdrawal of most of its military forces from “East of Suez”. Far from anachronistic, the FPDA has continued to fulfil vital security roles to the benefit of not only its members but also the wider security and stability of South-east Asia. But an important question for its member countries’ ministers when they hold their triennial meeting in Singapore on June 2, just before the 16th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue, is how to develop the FPDA in the future.
India blocks Australian bid to join Exercise Malabar naval war games
– ABC – India has declined an Australian request to take part in multilateral naval exercises in July over fears it could unnecessarily enflame diplomatic tensions with China.
Japan’s military begins major drill with U.S. carriers watching North Korea
– Reuters – Japan’s navy and air force began a three-day military exercise with two U.S. aircraft carriers in the Sea of Japan on Thursday adding pressure on North Korea to halt an accelerating ballistic missile program.
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