– USNI News – The future attack submarine fleet will have a longer reach, deliver a range of kinetic and nonkinetic effects and be better able to share information without compromising stealth.
Souda Bay: NATO’s Military Gem in the Eastern Mediterranean
– Lexington Institute – A look at the opportunities afforded to NATO by its naval base at Souda Bay in Crete.
These photos show how the Marines are using their new fire base in Iraq against ISIS
– Washington Post – Photographs and information released by the U.S. military provide new details about a fire base recently established by the Marine Corps in northern Iraq to target Islamic State militants, including its austere nature and how troops arrived there last week.
Pakistan’s Navy: A Quick Look
– CIMSEC – Traditionally the junior service, operating in the Army’s shadow and receiving a ten percent share of the 2015 defence budget of $6.6 billion, Pakistan’s Navy personnel numbers more than 22,000 active, plus 5,000 in the reserve. This secondary role stands in contrast with the economy’s dependence on the sea, with the port city of Karachi contributing 25 percent of GDP and the proposed China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) raising the country’s maritime profile even further.
LCS Program Seeking Commonality In Frigate Transition, Review Of Manning Construct
– USNI News – As the Navy prepares to field its Littoral Combat Ship in numbers as well as transition the acquisition system from block buys of LCSs into the new frigate program, both the fleet and two shipbuilders are working to plot a path forward.
New U.S.-Philippine Basing Deal Heavy on Air Power, Light on Naval Support
– USNI News – Over the weekend, the United States and the Philippines concluded their Sixth Annual Bilateral Security Dialogue session in Washington, D.C. At that forum, one of the first fruits of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) came to bear: the announcement of five bases where the United States could rotate troops and pre-position facilities and materials in support of the U.S. Pacific Pivot.
Navy Hits Gas On Flying Gas Truck, CBARS: Will It Be Armed?
– Breaking Defense – More gas. Less stealth. Maybe weapons. New name. Same money. Tighter schedule. That, in a dozen words, is how the Navy is evolving its program for carrier-launched drones.
Barack Obama’s Revolution in Foreign Policy
– The Atlantic – Niall Ferguson writes that when you think you’re the smartest person in the room, it’s tempting to make up your own grand strategy.
Day of Submariner: An Inside Look At Russia’s Naval Fleet
– Sputnik – Russia marks the Day of the Submariner on March 19. The date was not chosen by chance – it was on this day in 1906 that the submarines in the Russian Navy were ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to be allocated as a separate class of warships.
Russian Subs Are Reheating a Cold War Chokepoint
– DefenseOne – As the GIUK gap returns to importance, NATO must look to regenerate its anti-submarine forces.
U.S. sets up firebase in Northern Iraq
– CNN – The Marine killed in an ISIS rocket attack in Iraq on Saturday was at the first American firebase that had only become operational a few days earlier CNN has learned.
A Contest for Maritime Superiority
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Early in his term, Admiral John Richardson focuses on his priorities as the top U.S. naval officer in the fleet.
DOD 2.0: High Tech Is Eating the Pentagon
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – The military and the private sector have neglected the innovative relationship between the two that won the Cold War and built the modern U.S. economy. This old partnership needs to be reinvented.
A Fiscal Pearl Harbor
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Without some shifting of priorities and tweaking of defense-spending percentages, Navy shipbuilding faces some tough hurdles ahead.
Innovation is a Team Sport
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – The Navy can reduce its shipbuilding costs by drawing inspiration from preexisting commercial techniques, but both operators and designers must be allowed to share their ideas.
Singapore’s Fleet Modernization: Slow and Steady?
– CMISEC – Among the maritime forces of the small Southeast Asian states, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) stands as one of the most robust.
Navy’s Future Attack Sub Will Need Stealthy Advanced Propulsion, Controls for Multiple UUVs
– USNI News – The Navy won’t begin buying its next-generation attack submarine until 2034, but researchers are already hard at work on two key components of the SSN(X) program: an advanced propulsion system for quieter operations, and the ability to control multiple unmanned underwater vehicles at once for extended influence.
Why Is America Using These Antique Planes to Fight ISIS?
– Daily Beast – The U.S. Navy is testing a dependable, rugged little vintage bomber as it battles elusive ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq.
Get Ready, India: China’s Navy Is Pushing West
– National Interest – New Delhi needs to be clear-eyed about Beijing’s ambitions.
Anti-Aircraft Missile Sinks Ship: Navy SM-6
– Breaking Defense – The supersonic SM-6 Standard Missile, designed to shoot down incoming aircraft and cruise missiles, has sunk a target ship in a test. The decommissioned frigate Reuben James went down off Hawaii in the January event, just disclosed today. The test was part of the Navy’s effort to rebuild its firepower to destroy enemy fleets, a concept called Distributed Lethality. Repurposing defensive missiles as offensive ones also reflects a Pentagon push to make old weapons do new tricks for a minimum added cost.
Russia’s Kirov-Class Battlecruiser Fleet Is Expanding And Becoming Far More Capable
– Foxtrot Alpha – There is no doubt that Russia’s Kirov class super-sized nuclear cruisers are charismatic fighting machines. Bristling with sensors and weaponry, and seemingly alien in design when compared to anything in the west, they are intimidating. But the truth is that they are also very dated and only one has remained in service for decades. That’s all about to change.
Russian warships and naval assets sailing through Bosphorus strait has Turkey frightened
– The Independent – The strait that separates the Black Sea from the Mediterranean is where Putin flaunts Moscow’s naval prowess. A fun look at open source intelligence in action.
LCS Veteran Takes Helm Of Troubled Program
– Breaking Defense – Rear Adm. John Neagley helped write the requirements for the controversial Littoral Combat Ship some 13 years ago. Now Neagley, who’ll pin on his second star, is returning to LCS as Program Executive Officer at a particularly troubled time.
Can ‘Quad Plus’ Flex Its Muscles Against China?
– National Interest – It remains to be seen whether the four Quad countries will ever convene regularly at an official level to caucus on security matters…
Navy Finds Urgency In Staving Off A Sub Shortfall Decades In The Making
– USNI News – A spike in demand for the Navy’s attacks submarines, just ahead of a spate of decommissionings and a dip in new SSN construction, is leading the Navy to look at some previously unthinkable measures to mitigate the upcoming shortfall in the fleet.
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