– Marine Corps Times – Marines in Afghanistan handed over the Corps’ last remaining base there to Afghan National Army troops Sunday, marking the official end of the service’s primary work in support of the war.
US Marines – Marine Mideast Crisis Unit to Be Fully Capable by Nov. 1
– Bloomberg – A Marine Corps quick-reaction force in the Middle East for missions such as embassy evacuations and humanitarian aid will be fully manned by Nov. 1, according to the general behind the unit’s expansion.
US Navy – Pacific Fit
– Aviation Week – With the recent commissioning of the amphibious assault ship LHA 6 USS America in its new San Diego home, the U.S. Navy may be getting ready to soon deploy a perfect kind of ship to roam the waters of the Asia-Pacific.
Miscellaneous – Southeast Asia’s Emerging Amphibious Forces
– The Diplomat – ASEAN navies are rapidly acquiring amphibious capabilities. Their intentions, however, remain unclear.
US Navy – Deception and the Backfire Bomber
– Information Dissemination – *Excellent* series of posts by Jon Solomon on the Soviet Union’s strategies and tactics for using the Backfire bomber in the Cold War and the lessons they teach us in today’s AA/AD environment. Make sure to read all 5 posts indexed at the top of this one.
Royal Navy – Ebola outbreak: UK aid ship docks in Sierra Leone
– BBC – RFA Argus has arrived in Sierra Leone to help deal with the deadly Ebola outbreak in the West African country.
Russian Navy – Twitter Flap Exposes Continued Uncertainty of Russian Mistral Deal
– USNI News – A Wednesday tweet from Russia’s outspoken deputy prime minister — setting the date for France’s delivery of a Mistral-class amphibious warship to Russia — has raised questions over the final fate of the two-ship $1.53 billion deal.
US Navy – Flattop flip-flop: Repair problems force schedule change-up
– Navy Times – The flip-flop of two carrier deployments has revealed the Achilles’ heel of the latest deployment plan — designed to make ship schedules more predictable — before it was even able to get started.
Chinese Navy – Relax, China’s Aircraft Carrier Is Fine
– The Diplomat – Reports of Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning’s death are greatly exaggerated.
Russian Navy – Improved Russian Nuclear Attack Submarine Kazan to Deliver in 2016
– USNI News – The Russian Navy is set to take delivery of an improved Project 885M Yasen-class attack submarine in 2016 according to Russian state media. The new vessel, named after the city of Kazan, incorporates many improvements to the lead Project 855 boat, K-329 Severodvinsk, which was commissioned earlier in 2014.
US Navy – George H.W. Bush Strike Group Leaves 5th Fleet, Returns Home in November
– USNI News – The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG) has left U.S. 5th Fleet headed home after seven months of supporting air operations in the Middle East.
US Navy – Hull Based on San Antonio Design is Navy’s Preferred Option for Next Generation Amphib
– USNI News – Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has signed an internal memo recommending the service base its next generation amphibious warship (LX(R)) on the existing San Antonio-class (LPD-17) warship design.
Norwegian Navy – The Russian Military Despises This Strange Wedge Shaped Spy Ship
– FoxtrotAlpha – When it was launched it looked like nothing else. Its pizza slice-like design made it one of the most stable ships for its size and it has since spawned a whole new class of crazy looking vessels. Yet this clandestine spy ship is most notorious in Russia, whose military absolutely detests its existence. Meet Norway’s Marjata, one of the most advanced spy ships in the world.
Russian Navy – U.S. Navy Impressed with New Russian Attack Boat
– USNI News – One of the U.S. Navy’s top submarine officers was so impressed with Russia’s new Project 885 nuclear attack boats that he had a model of K-329 Severodvinsk built for his office.
Swedish Navy – Lessons from Sweden’s Sub Hunt
– USNI News – The search for a mystery submersible says much about the state of the Swedish navy in particular, and European fleets in general. It should also prompt a new effort to address the need for high-end warfighting capabilities across European navies.
US Navy – U.S. Command Ship Leaves Black Sea
– USNI News – The U.S. command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) has left the Black Sea after several port calls with allies in the region.
Chinese Navy – China’s Navy Is Already Challenging the US in Asia
– The Diplomat – The PLAN already contests maritime Asia with the United States.
Chinese Navy – Deep Threat
– Wall Street Journal – China’s submarines add nuclear-strike capability, altering strategic balance.
Chinese Navy – “Not an Idea We Have to Shun”: Chinese Overseas Basing Requirements in the 21st Century
– National Defense University – This paper addresses China’s expanding international economic interests, which are likely to generate increasing demands for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) to operate out of area to protect Chinese citizens, investments, and sea lines of communication. The frequency, intensity, type, and location of such operations will determine the associated logistics support requirements, with distance from China, size and duration, and combat intensity being especially important drivers.
Swedish Navy – Mysteries of the deep – what’s been lurking in the Baltic Sea?
– BBC – Sweden spent the past week trying, unsuccessfully, to find a foreign submarine thought to be lurking in its waters. But on Friday, having scoured the coast, the Swedish military called off the search. So what’s going on in the Baltic?
US Navy – Navy Forges New EW Strategy: Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare
– Breaking Defense – The Navy is crafting a battle plan to retake control of the electromagnetic spectrum, which the Pentagon’s chief of research says we’ve lost.
US Navy – Navy eyes new anti-ship missile
– Navy Times – It’s been nearly 40 years since the Navy started its relationship with the Harpoon missile, but now the service seems to have eyes for another surface-to-surface anti-ship missile: A younger, more agile Norwegian.
US Navy – Experts Question US Navy’s Decision To Swap Out DDG 1000’s Secondary Gun
– Defense News – Bigger often means better, especially when the discussion is about one gun versus another. But a decision to replace a secondary weapon on the US Navy’s new Zumwalt-class destroyer with a smaller gun caliber is raising some eyebrows within the surface warfare community.
Swedish Navy – Sweden submarine search called off
– BBC – The Swedish military has called off its week-long search for a suspected submarine in the sea south of Stockholm, officials say.
Indian Navy – Coming to the Indian Ocean, the Chinese Navy: How Should India Respond?
– National Interest – Chinese submarines prowling South Asia’s briny deep? No longer is this some hypothetical prospect. A nuclear-powered People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Type 093 Shang-class attack boat was sighted cruising regional waters last winter. Indian naval proponents long maintained that Beijing would cross a redline if it dispatched nuclear subs to the Indian Ocean. It would set Sino-Indian maritime competition in motion—a seesaw process with unforeseeable repercussions.
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