– Medium – Should America panic or not?
US Navy – Navy Unveils Electrical Power ‘Road Map’
– DefenseTech – The U.S. Navy wants to improve its ability to store, generate and surge electricity on ships to accommodate exponentially increasing demand for power, service officials said.
US Marines – Marines See Asian Allies as Their Best Weapon Against China
– National Defense – Analysts predict that as Navy and Marine Corps forces expand their presence in the Asia-Pacific region, they will face so-called “anti-access” threats from emerging powers such as a China. But Marine leaders in the region do not fear such scenarios, and believe that by establishing close ties with Asian allies, the United States will have access when it needs it, said Brig. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, deputy commander of Marine Forces Pacific. The command is the Corps’ largest, with approximately 83,000 Marines and sailors.
US Navy – Navy to Equip Destroyers with Next-Gen Radar
– Defense Tech – The U.S. Navy plans to outfit destroyers with a next-generation radar that is far more powerful in detecting and locating potential threats than the system on ships today. The Air and Missile Defense Radar, or AMDR, now in development and slated for integration on ships by 2016, is part of a series of technological upgrades in what the Navy calls Flight III modernization increments for its fleet of DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class of destroyers.
US Navy – US Navy's New, Bigger Fire Scout To Fly This Fall
– Defense News – There’s a new Fire Scout in the pipeline — bigger, faster, longer legs, more muscle. It’s still being assembled and won’t fly until later this year, but it’s headed for the fleet as soon as late 2014. And it could fundamentally change some of the parameters expected of the US Navy’s seagoing unmanned helicopter program.
Russian Navy – Russia reports pullout from small base in Syria
– Washington Post – Russia has evacuated all military personnel from its small naval base in Syria.
US Navy – US has no 'plan B' for Bahrain naval base
– AFP – The US military has failed to prepare a realistic “plan B” if political turmoil forces the closure of a vital naval base in Bahrain, a naval officer argues in a report.
Chinese Navy – How China Got There First: Beijing’s Unique Path to ASBM Development and Deployment
– Jamestown Foundation – China’s deployment of the world’s first operational anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) has just been confirmed with unprecedented clarity by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). The ASBM’s development path was unusual in many respects, but may increasingly represent the shape of things to come for China’s defense industry.
Chinese Navy – The new masters and commanders
– Economist – China’s growing empire of ports abroad is mainly about trade, not aggression.
Royal Navy – The Type 45 Daring-Class Destroyer: How Project Management Problems Led to Fewer Ships
– US Naval War College Review – Characterized by cost overruns, delivery delays, and, initially, reduced capabilities, the Type 45 program has become a symbol in the United Kingdom for mismanagement of procurement.
US Navy – Print Me a Cruiser!
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – The 3D printing revolution will radically change naval construction and logistics.
Chinese Navy – Race to the North: China's Arctic Strategy and its Implications
– US Naval War College Review – Non-arctic states, including China, India, and Italy, as well as the European Union collectively, are making preparations to exploit a seasonally ice-free Arctic, thus complicating the Arctic’s already fragile security environment. As the Finnish Foreign Minister stated in 2009, “the Arctic is evolving from a regional frozen backwater into a global hot issue.” Most notable among these external actors is the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which has maintained a vast, well-funded Arctic research apparatus since the mid-1990s and has invested heavily in Arctic-resource projects in recent years. For China’s energy import–dependent economy, Arctic resources and sea-lanes present a welcome strategic remedy. In light of the nation’s growing Arctic interests, Chinese leaders have begun to promulgate the notion that China is a “near-Arctic state” and a “stakeholder” in Arctic affairs. Notwithstanding China’s assertiveness with respect to its Arctic interests, important questions remain as to how it will pursue these ambitions, as it possesses neither Arctic territory nor the ability to vote on official policy at the Arctic Council. Cognizant of these inherent disadvantages, the PRC is leveraging its economic, political, and diplomatic might in order to secure for itself a say in Arctic affairs.
Chinese Navy – Show of Force—or Just for Show?
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – The newly launched Chinese aircraft carrier appears to be merely symbolic and nothing more—at least for now.
Miscellaneous – Naval Operations in Peacetime – Not Just Warfare Lite
– US Naval War College Review – The role of naval power in peacetime today is much different from what it was in the days of Mahan, but unfortunately naval theory has not kept up…This article argues that naval theorists and practitioners should rethink their approach to naval activities other than war and that they should recognize the importance of fully understanding the source, nature, and implications of the authorities invoked for action during peacetime. A framework is offered as a step toward a reconceptualization of the continuum of naval operations from peace to war.
Geopolitics / Africa – Africa's Leaking Wound
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – An oil-based piracy of unrivaled proportion—born in the corruption and crime of Nigeria—is hemorrhaging across the Gulf of Guinea.
Ground Warfare – In The Crosshairs
– New Yorker – Chris Kyle, a decorated sniper, tried to help a troubled veteran. The result was tragic. Another look at the long shadow of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Geopolitics – Maritime Commerce Warfare: The Coercive Response of the Weak?
– US Naval War College Review – This article examines the evolution—and the conceptual links to the present— of the theory and practice of commerce warfare from the seventeenth century to the eve of World War I.
US Navy – Strategic Cooperation: Everybody Wins
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Deep yet pragmatic cooperation with our allies and partners could bring surprising strategic benefits—even under fiscal austerity.
Geopolitics – In Defense of Henry Kissinger
– The Atlantic – Robert D. Kaplan says he was the 20th century’s greatest 19th-century statesman.
Chinese Navy – Deepwater Oil Rigs as Strategic Weapons
– US Naval War College Review – Wang Yilin, chairman of the China National offshore oil Corporation (CNooC), reportedly told an audience at CNooC’s headquarters in Beijing in May that large-scale deepwater rigs are “our mobile national territory and a strategic weapon.” An interesting look at how this may be true…
US Marine Corps – Beware of Achilles
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – A combat commander reflects on mission success in Afghanistan.
US Navy – AirSea Battle’s Battle
– Air Force – The air and maritime concept is maturing, but must fight off interservice rivalries and Pentagon politics.
Geopolitics / Economic Warfare – Like Strangers Trapped in a Dark Room
– US Naval War College Review – A review of economic warfare in World War I, with lessons that can be applied to today.
US Navy – Abandon the Littorals . . . To Robots!
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Littorals are increasingly dangerous to naval forces. The proliferation of sophisticated shore- and ship-launched antiship missiles, asymmetric tactics such as the fast-boat swarm, and sophisticated anti-access/area denial technologies, makes these areas more difficult to penetrate and dominate. Though few groups or nations can challenge or threaten the U.S. Navy on or below blue water, the risks presented today to our manned warships by the green and brown waters of the world are neither negligible nor cheap to mitigate.
DoD Sheds First Clear Light On AirSea Battle: Warfare Unfettered
– Breaking Defense – Like the Holy Trinity or the designated hitter rule, the concept known as AirSea Battle has been much discussed but little understood. The Defense Department released an official and unclassified summary of the concept for the first time this evening on a Navy website . AirSea Battle would break down longstanding barriers: barriers to cooperation among the four armed services, barriers separating domains of conflict like submarine warfare and cyberspace, and, most problematically, barriers that have kept past crises from escalating to greater destruction and even, ultimately, to nuclear war.
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