– Information Dissemination – Excellent review of the Chinese anti-ship ballistic missile program by Jon Solomon. Make sure to read all 4 parts as listed at the top.
US Navy – America’s Newest Destroyer Is Already Outdated
– The Diplomat – To be effective, Zumwalt destroyers require command of the sea, which the US can no longer take for granted.
Danish Navy – Aboard Danish Frigate, Clean Lines and Room To Grow
– Defense News – It is striking how the now-familiar smooth, angled architecture of today’s warships, intended to reduce visual, heat and other signatures, is also somehow inherently Danish-modern. And the first thing one notices after boarding this ship is how clean and spotless everything is — almost relentlessly clean.
US Navy – Riders Of The Storm
– Aviation Week – As U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard Simcock acknowledges, when anyone mentions the number-one-country of concern in the Asia Pacific, everyone knows which one it is. But, China syndrome aside, there’s a much greater and immediate worry in the region. “The number-one threat in the Pacific is Mother Nature,” Simcock says.
Chinese Navy – Chinese Carrier Fighter Now In Serial Production
– USNI News – China has put the Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark carrier-borne multirole fighter into serial production, with at least eight production examples known to be flying already.
Chinese Navy – Your rules or mine?
– Economist – Trade depends on order at sea, but keeping it is far from straightforward.
US Marines – MARSOC Marines embrace amphibious role during Bold Alligator
– Marine Corps Times – A special operations company from MARSOC will launch from Navy ships and augment larger Marine missions at Bold Alligator this year as the Corps embraces a concept that has elite forces and fleet Marines working in tandem.
US Navy – Sequester Could Kill Shipyards, Says CNO Greenert
– Breaking Defense – Navy readiness won’t fully recover from the second-order effects of the 2013 sequester for another year, the Chief of Naval Operations said this morning — and if the Budget Control Act cuts (known as sequestration) return in full force for fiscal year 2016, the nation might lose two of its five remaining major shipyards.
US Navy – The Navy’s EA-6B Prowler Completes Its Final Carrier Cruise
– Foxtrot Alpha – Yesterday, four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ-134 ‘Garudas’ made a triumphant but bittersweet return to NAS Whidbey Island in upstate Washington. The squadron had been deployed aboard the USS George H.W. Bush for the last nine and a half months, and their arrival marked the end of the last EA-6B carrier deployment.
US Marines – Bold Alligator 2014 tests new ways of biting the enemy
– Navy Times – Exercise Bold Alligator 2014 is poised to take on an array of humanitarian, crisis response and contingency operations in new and unusual ways.
US Navy – U.S. Navy Deploys Its First Laser Weapon in the Persian Gulf
– Bloomberg – The U.S. Navy has deployed on a command ship in the Persian Gulf its first laser weapon capable of destroying a target. The amphibious transport ship USS Ponce has been patrolling with a prototype 30-kilowatt-class Laser Weapon System since late August.
US Marines – Corps fills key role in Ebola mission
– Marine Corps Times – Marines with a Spain-based task force were some of the first U.S. troops dispatched to West Africa to help combat the spread of Ebola, and since arriving in early October they’ve been kept busy laying the foundation for what’s expected to become a large-scale, long-term humanitarian mission. The Marine Corps force in Liberia numbers about 100 personnel and includes four MV-22B Ospreys and two KC-130J Super Hercules cargo airplanes. They’re being used primarily for aerial site surveys, reconnaissance and to transport senior U.S and African officials.
Swedish Navy – Sweden confirms foreign submarine entered its waters
– Swedish Navy – Sweden confirms foreign submarine entered its waters – Sweden has confirmed that a small foreign submarine entered its waters in October, triggering the country’s biggest military operation in years.
US Navy – How The U.S. Navy Turned An Oil Tanker Into A Helicopter Sea Base
– Foxtrot Alpha – The Navy and Marines’ sea basing dreams are quickly becoming a tangible reality, with two of their giant Mobile Landing Platforms already in the water. Now, the next variation of the sea basing concept has been floated, the Afloat Forward Staging Base USNS Willam P Fuller, which has more in common with the world’s first aircraft carriers than anything else.
Egyptian Navy – Egyptian Patrol Craft Attacked by Ships with Possible Ties to Terrorist Arms Trade
– USNI News – Eight Egyptian sailors are missing after a Wednesday clash with four vessels that could have been supplying arms to Islamist terror groups in the Sinai Peninsula.
Indian Navy – The Indian Navy Has a Big Problem: The Subsurface Dilemma
– National Interest – While much commentary has been made on the drivers and motivations behind China’s growing submarine fleet, the Indian Navy’s perception of the undersea domain has only infrequently been discussed. How do security managers in New Delhi view issues such as undersea warfare or the future of subsurface competition in the Indian Ocean? What are the Indian Navy’s priorities in terms of subsurface force structure and anti-submarine warfare (ASW)? How close is it to realizing its stated objectives? And what kind of acquisitions could best help the Indian Navy shield its fleet and maritime environs from unwelcome submarine activity?
Royal Navy – Admiral raises doubts on Scottish warship work
– BBC – The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has insisted that it will continue to ensure that Royal Navy warships are built in the United Kingdom.
Royal Australian Navy – Australian MoD: Russian Surface Group Operating Near Northern Border
– USNI News – The Australian government has confirmed its tracking a flotilla of Russian Navy warships operating in international waters near Australia’s northern coast.
US Navy – Senior intel officer removed after controversial comments on China
– Navy Times – A senior Navy intelligence leader whose provocative comments this year about Chinese bellicosity stirred an international controversy has been shelved in the wake of an investigation into his conduct.
Chinese Navy – China Commissions New Sub Hunting Corvette
– USNI News – China has commissioned a corvette variant focused on anti submarine warfare (ASW), expanding the capability of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) to find and hunt submarines in the South China Sea.
US Coast Guard – Nation’s last big icebreaker endures despite age
– Associated Press – The last U.S. icebreaker capable of crushing through the thickest ice of the Antarctic and Arctic resumed its mission after the latest repairs to postpone its already past-due retirement.
US Navy – Run Silent, Run Scared: ‘A Crucial Year’ For Navy’s New Nuke Sub
– Breaking Defense – “No one should be sleeping comfortably at night,” Rear Adm. Dave Johnson warned Navy submariners and contractors today. For the fleet’s top priority program, the replacement for the aging Ohio-class nuclear missile submarine, fiscal 2015 “is a crucial year,” the Program Executive Officer for all submarine programs said this morning.
US Navy – ‘Third Offset’ Addresses Operational and Economic Challenges
– Aviation Week – The proposed new Pentagon strategy is called Third Offset because it is considered as important as two previous strategic changes that took advantage of U.S. technological leadership to overcome operational challenges: President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s “new look” in the 1950s, which relied on nuclear weapons to offset Soviet force numbers, and the “offset strategy” pursued by Defense Secretary Harold Brown in the late 1970s, which combined precision weapons with new reconnaissance systems to disrupt potential Warsaw Pact aggression in Europe.
US Navy – Can the Navy’s $12 Billion Stealth Destroyer Stay Afloat?
– Daily Beast – The U.S. Navy is slowly preparing the first of its massive, 15,500-ton Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers for sea next year. But questions remain about many of the technologies onboard the new ships. First and foremost: can the thing even stay afloat?
US Marines – Marine Corps Modernization Challenge: How To Get Ashore In The Future
– Forbes – When General Joseph F. Dunford became the 36th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps at a ceremony in Washington last week, he inherited a dilemma that predecessor James Amos struggled with throughout his four-year tenure. Superficially, it’s a question about what kind of amphibious combat vehicles the service should be buying. In reality, it’s a debate about the future of the Marine Corps. Having organized its combat units for rapid response and forcible entry from the sea, the Corps faces a growing challenge in sustaining its core amphibious-warfare mission due to shrinking budgets and the increasingly sophisticated defenses of littoral adversaries.
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