– New York Times – The Navy on Monday officially disciplined the admiral who had commanded a carrier strike group until being abruptly removed from the position last fall while the vessels patrolled the North Arabian Sea.
US Navy – After the Aircraft Carrier: 3 Alternatives to the Navy’s Vulnerable Flattops
– Wired – The U.S. Navy’s huge, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers — capital ships that have long dominated military planning and budgeting — are slowly becoming obsolete, weighed down by escalating costs, inefficiency and vulnerability to the latest enemy weapons. But if the supercarrier is sinking, what could rise to take its place? Smaller, cheaper flattops; modified tanker ships; and missile-hauling submarines are three cheaper, more efficient and arguably more resilient options.
Chinese Navy – Chinese navy makes waves in South China Sea
– USA Today – A Chinese navy flotilla is conducting military drills at an island chain that is claimed by nearby Malaysia in a rare and provocative visit to the southernmost part of the South China Sea.
US Navy – DARPA Expands Anti-Ship LRASM to Surface Launches
– US Navy – DARPA Expands Anti-Ship LRASM to Surface Launches – DARPA’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) program to develop a stealthy next-generation weapon for the US Navy is gaining heft.
US Navy – Clock is Ticking For LCS
– Aviation Week – If there is one significant difference in the management of the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program compared to a year ago it is this: the service brass has become noticeably more transparent about the hiccups slowing LCS progress.
USN looking at adding conformal fuel tanks on F/A-18E/F–also a look at Super Hornet RCS reduction measures
– Flight International – The US Navy is very interested in exploring the possibility of adding conformal fuel tanks onto the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, sources says. Test flights are scheduled for later this year.
US Navy – 'More than Submarine vs. Submarine'
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Undersea warfare encompasses a wide array of moving parts. What the Navy needs now is a broader strategy to cover it where none currently exists.
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – The Consequent Interest of Japan's Southwestern Islands: A Mahanian Appraisal of the Ryukyu Archipelago
– US Naval War College Review – A century later, as we observe the relative balance of economic and military powers shifting to Asia and the Pacific and Indian Oceans, Mahan’s teachings on geography are again instructive, as once seemingly insignificant bodies of water and island chains take on a new importance in regional security matters.
US Navy – Semper Huh?
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Though not for lack of effort, the Navy’s organizational identity is shadowy at best. Here’s how its culture could readily be imbued with more spirit.
Chinese Navy – The Senkaku/Diaoyu Island Controversy: A Crisis Postponed
– US Naval War College Review – Overall, a confluence of economic, military, and geopolitical factors suggests that the Senkaku/Diaoyu issue will increasingly define and shape the geopolitical environment in East Asia—to include the possibility of major-power war—for the foreseeable future.
US Navy – At What Cost a Carrier?
– Center for New American Security – In At What Cost a Carrier?, career naval flight officer Captain Henry J. Hendrix (Ph.D.), argues that the aircraft carrier — the centerpiece of American naval operations for over 70 years — is in danger of becoming too vulnerable to be relevant in future conflicts. Captain Hendrix examines the life-cycle costs and utility of the aircraft carrier and recommends a new approach for American naval operations.
US Navy – From Enterprise to Enterprise
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – From CV-6 to CVN-80, the developments of and improvements to aircraft-carrier design form a continuum from the early days of naval aviation to the horizon of tomorrow.
Geopolitics – Congressional Abdication
– The National Interest – Fascinating article by James Webb on how Congress is dangerously absent without leave in the realm of our foreign policy.
Iranian Navy – Gulf III: Iran’s Power in the Sea Lanes
– US Institute for Peace – What is the record of interaction between the U.S. and Iranian navies in the Persian Gulf?
US Navy – Navy Sends New Ship To Singapore Amid Budget Cuts
– Associated Press – The U.S. Navy’s hottest new ship and the centerpiece of its renewed focus on Asia isn’t its largest vessel, or its most technologically advanced. But it has advantages that its bigger siblings lack.
Chinese Navy – New Fleet on the Block: China’s Coast Guard Comes Together
– Wall Street Journal – In a move with significant implications for territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas, the Chinese government announced on Sunday that it plans to centralize bureaucratic control over its maritime law enforcement agencies by consolidating them under the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) and its parent ministry, the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources.
US Marines – Air wing back from war
– San Diego Union Tribune – Miramar general talks Afghan hand-off, accountability after Bastion attack.
US Navy – California regulators reject U.S. Navy's offshore training
– Associated Press – The California Coastal Commission on Friday rejected a U.S. Navy explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics said could harm endangered blue whales and other sea life.
Russian Navy – Russia to Resurrect Titanium Submarines
– RIA Novosti – The Russian Navy will refit, modernize and recommission two Sierra class (Project 945) titanium-hull nuclear-powered attack submarines by 2017, the Zvezdochka shipyard said on Tuesday.
Russian Navy – Russian Warships Complete Gulf of Aden Anti-Piracy Patrol
– RIA Novosti – The Russian Navy’s Udaloy-class destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov has completed an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden and set course for its Vladivostok base.
US Marines – Navy's New Mobile Landing Platform, Montford Point, To Revolutionize Amphibious Warfare
– AOL Defense – Saturday saw the formal christening of the USNS Montford Point, the first of a new class of Navy vessel, the Mobile Landing Platform, meant to revolutionize the conduct of amphibious operations. By serving as a kind of floating pier, the MLP allows an amphibious force to offload heavy combat vehicles and bulk supplies at sea, without having to capture a major seaport — which can be a bloody chokepoint in seaborne operations.
Russian Navy – Kiev Seeks Foreign Clients for Carrier Pilot Training Site
– RIA Novosti – Ukraine is considering leasing out a carrier-deck pilot training site in Crimea to other countries.
German Navy – German Navy Completes K 130 Fleet
– Aviation Week – The German navy’s 1st Corvette Squadron received its fourth K 130 Braunschweig class corvette, the Erfurt, yesterday during a ceremony at Rostock-Warnemünde naval base on the Baltic Sea.
US Navy – DARPA's New TERN, a Predator on a Frigate
– Aviation Week – Now DARPA wants to enable small ships such as the 2,800-ton Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to launch and recover Predator-class medium-altitude, long-endurance UAVs. The Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) program seeks to demonstrate a MALE UAV, and associated automated launch and recovery system, that can carry a 600lb payload 600-900nm from its host vessel.
Royal Australian Navy – Australia’s Biggest-Ever Warships Still On Track
– Aviation Week – Five years after contract signature, work on Australia’s largest-ever warships, the landing helicopter dockships HMAS Canberra and Adelaide, is going better than for previous large defense programs, according to the Australian government and prime contractor BAE Systems. “The project expects to successfully deliver the LHDs on time, on budget and to the contracted capability,” says an Australian defense department official.
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