– Forbes – Robert D. Kaplan says that North Korea would have to be crazy to give up its nuclear capability. Why? Because of one word: Libya. American behavior toward Libya over the past decade may have convinced North Korea’s ruling elite never to negotiate away its nukes.
Chinese Navy – China Uses ADIZ As Part Of Buffer-Building Strategy
– Aviation Week – East Asia and the U.S. had better get used to this sort of thing. China’s heavy-handed declaration of an unusually demanding air defense identification zone (ADIZ) is only one in a series of moves in which the country will gradually try to exert control over its maritime approaches. Worryingly, it may also be an early example of China’s Communist Party contriving to raise international tension as a means of rallying popular support at home.
US Marines – An Amphibious Force for Emerging Demands
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – National security and economic vitality are intertwined, and both depend on naval expeditionary capabilities that are as flexible and evolving as the challenges ahead.
Geopolitics / Syria – Augustine’ World
– Geopolitics / Syria – Augustine’ World – Robert D. Kaplan on what What Late Antiquity says about the 21st century and the Syrian crisis.
French Navy – French Aircraft Carrier deploys to Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, will train with U.S. Navy
– Navy Recognition – The French Navy announced its carrier battle group (CVBG) just deployed for Operation “Bois Belleau”. The group is centered on the French Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91). Its escort is consists in the Horizon class AAW Destroyer Forbin (D620), the Georges Leygues class anti-submarine Frigate Jean de Vienne (D643), the Durance class replenishment oiler Meuse (A607) and Rubis class SSN (nuclear-powered attack submarine)
Russian Navy – Maritime ‘black hole’: Russia launches new ‘stealth’ submarine
– RIA Novosti – Russia has launched its new state-of-the-art Novorossiysk submarine, which set sail from a St Petersburg shipyard to become the first of six diesel-electric stealth subs delivered to the Russian Black Sea fleet in the next two years.
US Navy – The Song Remains the Same
– Aviation Week – There may be a new sheriff in LCS Town, but I wouldn’t expect much to change with the program.
Miscellaneous – To improve the U.S. military, shrink it
– Washington Post – Tom Ricks opines that the best way to fix the US military is to shrink it drastically, and thus force it to become creative…
US Navy – Pentagon Readies Ship for Syrian Chemical Weapons Disposal
– USNI News – The Pentagon is preparing a ship-borne facility to neutralize of Syrian chemical weapons at sea. MV Cape Ray (T-AKR-9679) — a ship in the U.S. Maritime Administration’s (MARAD)Ready Reserve Force — will be leased by the Navy through U.S. Military Sea Lift Command to field a chemical weapon disposal package.
Angolan Navy – Why Does One of the World’s Smallest Navies Want One of the World’s Biggest Warships?
– USNI News – Angola’s bizarre, rumored aircraft carrier ambition.
US Navy – Model Ships
– Aviation Week – The Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), which already has garnered attention for its operational promise, is now getting rave reviews for, shall we say, its programmatic prowess.
US Navy – U.S. Navy Launches UAV from a Submarine
– USNI News – The U.S. Navy has demonstrated the launch of a small unmanned aircraft from submarine for the first time, the service announced in a statement on Dec. 5. The successful test could herald the arrival of potentially revolutionary new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for the Navy’ submarine force and special warfare communities.
Singaporean Navy – Singapore Buys New Class of German Attack Submarines
– USNI News – Singapore has inked a deal with German submarine builder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems for two new Type 218SGs— a previously unknown type of attack submarine.
US Navy – The US Navy: 5 Questions to Ponder
– War on the Rocks – An insightful summary of the state of the US Navy today.
Chinese Navy – China’s Ballistic-Missile Submarines: How Dangerous?
– National Interest – On October 27, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency released a slideshow showing what the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) touted as the country’s first nuclear ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN). Though the “unveiling” of China’s Type 092 Xia-class SSBN comes as no surprise, Beijing’s open display of the submarine, coupled with technical improvements to the Chinese JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), raises the question of whether China is approaching a credible sea-based nuclear deterrent.
US Navy – America’s Undersea Advantage is Eroding
– The Diplomat – With the U.S. Navy’s diminishing submarines and outdated armaments, the undersea balance in Asia is changing.
Iranian Navy – Iran Launches New Submarine Class
– USNI News – Iran has launched a new class of indigenous submarine. The construction of the 500-ton submarine demonstrates an improvement in Iran’s ability to produce military hardware despite the ongoing sanctions on the country.
US Navy – Full Speed Ahead
– Aviation Week – The Joint High-Speed Vessel (JHSV) program is certainly getting a lot of attention these days.
Iranian Navy – Iran deploys warships after overhaul
– AP – Iran’s official news agency says the country has redeployed two warships after refitting them with new anti-ship missiles.
US Navy – Syrian chemical arms ‘to be destroyed on US Navy ship’
– BBC – The body charged with overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons has confirmed some will be “neutralised” aboard a US Navy ship.
Operations Other Than War – China’s Hospital Ship Helps Out in The Philippines—America’s Stays Home
– War is Boing – The Chinese navy’s giant hospital ship Peace Ark has begun search-and-rescue operations in The Philippines, some three weeks after one of history’s biggest recorded typhoons smashed into the archipelago nation and killed thousands of people. Meanwhile America’s own Pacific Ocean hospital ship, the much larger Mercy, remains in port in California—Washington having determined that, nearly a month after the storm, Manila no longer needs the vessel’s expansive, cutting-edge facilities.
US Navy – China’s presence looms amid massive U.S.-Japanese AnnualEx war games
– CNN – The deafening roar of state-of-the-art warplanes being catapulted into the air from its huge flight deck signaled that the USS George Washington was back in combat mode after its recent detour to the Philippines to take part in the aid effort in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan…
Afghanistan – How Is Hamid Karzai Still Standing?
– New York Times Magazine – Enemies left, enemies right, and then there’s his family. Building an Afghan legacy is even more complicated than it appears.
Indian Navy – India’s Emerging Blue-Water Navy
– The Diplomat – Delivery of a new aircraft carrier caps a mostly impressive year for the Indian Navy.
Operations Other Than War – HMS Illustrious crew miss Christmas to deliver aid
– BBC – When the decision was taken to deploy HMS Illustrious to the Philippines it was patrolling for pirates off the coast of Somalia.
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