– The Drive – The potential threat to international commerce posed by naval mines remains palpable. This is especially true when it comes to their deployment around known geographical bottlenecks. When those bottlenecks convey a large portion of the world’s daily oil supply, destabilizing any one of them could have massive economic and even life-safety repercussions around the globe. This is why the growing threat of naval mines in the Strait of Mandeb, the narrow body of water that ties the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, is so concerning.
Chinese defence adviser says Djibouti naval facility is a much-needed ‘military base’
– South China Morning Post – Jin Yinan, a former director of the strategic research institute at the PLA’s National Defence University, calls the East Africa navy installation that Beijing has termed a ‘support facility’ a critical military base necessary to protect China’s overseas interests
Minding the Interoperability Gap
– CIMSEC – A significant science and technology gap currently exists between the military forces of the United States and those of most of the rest of the world. This gap is by design and has long served as a centerpiece of U.S. defense strategy. While it has allowed the U.S. to maintain military primacy for decades, the technical capabilities of many allies and partners now lag far behind, raising concerns about the gap’s impacts on interoperability.
How Trump Can Build a 350-Ship Navy
– Politico – The president promised to restore America’s strength on the high seas. Here’s how he can actually do it.
Japan Considering Buying Tomahawks for Destroyer Fleet to Deter North Korea
– USNI News – Officials in Japan are weighing arming their fleet of guided-missile destroyers with Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles as a hedge against North Korean missile attacks.
Q&A with Chris Cavas
– C-SPAN Q & A – Chris Cavas talked about the U.S. Navy’s s “Fat Leonard” scandal involving Malaysian defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis and more than two dozen Navy officials, including several admirals.
Mahan Rules
– Proceedings of the US Naval Institute – Potential U.S. adversaries are studying the ideas of the great maritime strategist; we should be doing the same.
Too Big to Sink
– Proceedings of the US Naval Institute – The aircraft carrier has become so central to the U.S. Navy that its defeat would be catastrophic.
New Cold War at Sea Is Brewing
– Proceedings of the US Naval Institute – While we are not quite yet in a full blown “Cold War,” the outlines of one are emerging, and an important scenario will be at sea.
Is China the World’s New Colonial Power?
– New York Times Magazine – The rising superpower has built up enormous holdings in poor, resource-rich African countries – but its business partners there aren’t always thrilled.
The View From Olympus: Korea
– Traditional Right – William Lind on what a new Korean War could look like…
Japan Plans To Donate Decommissioned P-3C Patrol Aircraft To Malaysia
– Defense World – Japan is looking to gift its decommissioned military patrol aircraft P-3Cs to Malaysia to help the South East Asian country effectively guard the South China Sea.
Indian Maritime Airpower Part 1
– CIMSEC – An overview of Indian naval airpower.
What’s the Deal With China’s Surface Skimming Anti-Ship Drone-Missile Hybrid?
– The Drive – Could this emerging weapon system become yet another effective threat layer in China’s ever-expanding anti-access/area-denial maritime bubble?
Russia’s Massive Arctic “Research” Submarine Will Be The World’s Longest
– The Drive – The highly modified Oscar II class nuclear guided missile sub will have a bunch of new tricks up her sleeve, and a very sensitive and challenging mission set to use them on.
Waters of Black Gold: The Straits of Hormuz Part 1
– CIMSEC – This article deals with the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz for global energy markets and political stability in the Arab Gulf region, as well as understanding Iran’s maritime strategy of using asymmetrical warfare to disrupt vital energy shipping transiting the Strait.
The Role of Cruisers in Promoting Russian Presence and Deterrence in Peacetime
– CIMSEC – The first a two-part series on the role cruisers played in the Soviet and Russian Navy. The first part examines historical inspiration for developing a cruiser-focused force, concepts of employment, and strategic rationale.
Japan may help Sri Lanka buy P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft
– Daily Mirror – Japan may help Sri Lanka buy P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft, apart from persuading India and the US to make Sri Lanka a base for strategic maritime surveillance over the Indian Ocean Region.
Russia Installed System in Crimea to Snoop on U.S. Destroyers, Jam Communications
– USNI News – Russia has installed a modern mobile electronic warfare system in Crimea to eavesdrop on U.S. ships in the Black Sea and potentially jam their communications.
Japan sends biggest warship to protect US supply vessel
– BBC – Japan has dispatched its biggest warship, the helicopter carrier Izumi, to escort a US supply vessel within Japanese waters, in the first such operation since it passed controversial laws expanding the role of its military.
‘It feels like Groundhog Day’: US Marines return to Helmand province
– The Guardian – With the Taliban resurgent and the security situation deteriorating, elite US forces have been redeployed in southern Afghanistan.
Sea power underpinning US response to Korea
– Defense News – The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson is operating in the Philippine Sea and, according to the head of U.S. Pacific Command, is within about two hours’ flying time to the Korean Peninsula.
French amphibious carrier visits Japan ahead of Pacific show of power
– Reuters – As tension spikes on the Korean peninsula, a French amphibious assault carrier sailed into Japan’s naval base of Sasebo on Saturday ahead of drills that risk upsetting China.
Sinking of Surveillance Ship Highlights Increase in Russian Navy Operations
– USNI News – The sinking of the Russian signals intelligence ship Liman after a collision with a Togo-flagged freighter bound for Jordan puts the spotlight back on a Russian Navy that is increasingly active in the maritime domain in and around Europe and a Black Sea region that continues to be tense in the wake of the 2014 Ukraine crisis when Russia annexed Crimea.
Chiefs’ mess meltdown: Seven chiefs on a deployed cruiser go to mast
– Navy Times – Something has gone terribly wrong on the cruiser Hue City’s deployment. Seven chief petty officers on Hue City were punished by their commanding officer, six in relation to adulterous affairs.
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