US Navy – A possible future for the US Navy that is being pushed by some elements within the Pentagon – smaller and more numerous ships using unique hull forms.
Indian Navy – An interview with the Indian Naval Chief, at the time of the International Fleet Review held in February.
Indian Navy – Experts are urging the Indian government to pay more attention to the importance of the Indian Navy.
US Navy – Part one of a series on the Pentagon defense review, which will urge the military to fundamentally rethink their approach to the weapons they buy.
Canadian Navy – The Canadian Navy continues to hint it will soon retire its Tribal-class destroyers, along with 2 of its supply ships.
Indonesian Navy – The Indonesian Navy assisted in evacuating refugees from the recent ethnic clashes in the province of Central Kalimantan in Borneo.
Pakistani Navy – The Pakistani Navy intends to equip its submarines with nuclear weapons.
Malaysian Navy – the Malaysian Navy recently intercepted 15 Filipinos who entered Malaysia illegally.
Black Sea – background – Members of the newly created Blackseafor have met for the first time.
Taiwanese Navy – How Taiwan uses its Guppy-class submarines.
Background – US Defense Review – A potential flaw of the current defense review is that it is focusing on the forces needed for common, low and medium intensity conflicts; but not on the forces needed for rare high intensity conflicts.
US Marine Corps – An article advocating that the Marines need to change their assault rifle, and a suggestion on what it should be changed to.
US Navy – the US Navy will expand its Master-at-Arms force, to increase security for ships in port.
US Marine Corps – An excellent investigation into what went wrong at Osprey squadron VMMT-204, and why there are so many problems with the Osprey.
Egyptian Navy – The Egyptian Navy will soon be upgrading its fast attack craft and their surface-to-surface missiles.
Indian Navy – The Indian Navy again appears to be close to a deal with Russia to lease a nuclear submarine.
Royal Navy – The current and projected state of the Royal Navy’s submarine force.
Pakistani Navy – The Pakistani Navy is exercising with the navies of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
US Navy – Continued debate over whether low frequency active sonar harms marine mammals.
US Navy – China will allow the US to inspect the EP-3, as a first step towards returning the aircraft.
US Navy – The final word on the USS Greeneville affair, including questions that remain unanswered.
Royal Navy – The Royal Navy has launched the last of its 12 Sandown-class minehunters.
Royal Navy – A protester penetrated the Royal Navy’s Trident base as Faslane, and painted the hull of a Trident-class submarine.
Royal Australian Navy – The Chinese Navy has challenged an Australian naval flotilla for “intruding” even though it was in international sea lanes.
United Arab Emirates – The UAE has purchased four C-295M ëPersuaderí maritime patrol aircraft.
US Navy – Life aboard a Los Angeles-class attack submarine.
Indian Navy – The Indian Navy is integrating its war fighting plans with the other Indian armed forces.
NATO – What life is like with NATO’s Standing Naval Force Atlantic.
US Navy – Some interesting things we do not know about the flight of the EP-3???
Royal Navy – The Type 22 and Type 23 frigates are to receive an upgrade to their Seawolf missile systems.
Taiwanese Navy – It remains unclear just how the US will supply Taiwan with diesel submarines.
US Navy – General Dynamics has made a bid to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding, which would result in the creation of the dominant supplier of ships to the US Navy.
Background – Submarine Rescue – A recap of NATO exercise Sorbet Royal 2000, held last summer.
Taiwanese Navy – The US has approved the sale of 4 Kidd-class destroyers, 8 diesel attack submarines, and 12 P-3 Orion patrol planes to Taiwan. Aegis destroyers are not to be sold at this time. Of interest is that the deal is complicated by the facts that US cannot indigenously produce the diesel submarines and will have to seek plans from others (Germany perhaps) and the P-3 production line is currently mothballed and Lockheed may be unwilling to reopen it for a run of only 12 aircraft.
US Air Force – A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) just set a world record for the longest non-stop flight by a UAV, flying from the USA to Australia. In Australia it will participate in military excercises, including its use in a maritime surveillance role.
US Navy – The Captain of the USS Greeneville gives his version of the sinking of the Japanese trawler. He will not be court-martialed, but was found guilty of dereliction of duty and will be reprimanded and will retire from the Navy.
US Marine Corps – A USMC investigation into the most recent crash of an MV-22 Osprey casts doubt on whether the aircraft is ready for deployment. Meanwhile, an external review panel will recommend redesigning of several systems before the aircraft should be considered for full production.
Russian Marines – Russian Marines are being moved to positions on the border near Chechnya.
US Navy – The US Navy accepted the first of its new C-40 cargo aircraft for intratheater airlift. The C-40’s will replace its C-9’s.
Sri Lankan Navy – The Tamil Sea Tigers have suffered a defeat at sea and the Sri Lankan Navy is adopting more aggressive patroling techniques.
US Navy – The US is considering using F-15’s based on Kadena, Okinawa to escort future EP-3 and RC-135 flights off China.
US Navy – Human error was the cause of an accidental bombing of allied troops by a US Navy F-18 in March.
Malaysian Navy – Malaysia is becoming more active in policing the Straits of Malacca, leading to a decrease in piracy.
Background – Submarine Rescue Systems – A review of the state-of-the-art in submarine rescue systems.
Background – China – A well reasonsed essay that draws parallels between Japan in 1941 and China today, concluding that China is a paper tiger.
Background – China – Some interesting suggestions for how to deal with China in a politico-military sense.
Russian Navy – The CINC of the Russian Navy has recently laid out his short term plan for the Russian Navy,
Taiwanese Navy – The Taiwanese Navy is holding exercises which simulate the invasion of Taiwan by China.
US Marine Corps – Is it time for the Marines to loose their fixed-wing aircraft and abandon the close air support mission? Many analysts think so???
US Navy – Japan and Taiwan are concerned that their datalinks and ELINT sensors may have been compromised by the Chinese inspection of the EP-3.
Royal Australian Navy – The pros and cons of purchasing the new combat system for the Collins-class submarines from the US or Germany.
Royal Marines – Because of the foot and mouth disease epidemic in the United Kingdom, the Royal Marines are temporarily moving their training to the US.
Taiwanese Navy – The Taiwanese Navy’s data links have been upgraded by the US Navy to allow them to more easily communicate and exchange data with US Navy ships.
Tamil Sea Tigers – The Tamil Sea Tigers bases were attacked by the Sri Lankan Air Force.
Taiwanese Navy – To speed up the acquisition of Aegis-equipped ships, the Taiwanese Navy would like to build its own.
Phillipine Marines – Phillipine Marines participated in an operation to free an American held hostage by guerillas.
US Navy – an Iraqi tanker that sunk off the United Arab Emirates was smuggling oil for Iraq.
Royal Australian Navy – Australian troops, with the assistance of the South African Navy, and after a very long chase, have captured a fishing boat accused of illegally fishing in Australian waters.
US Navy – The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk is steaming towards the South China Sea, to be in position to use its fighters to protect future EP-3 intelligence gathering flights in the South China Sea.
Royal Air Force – RAF electronic intelligence Nimrod R1 aircraft of 51 Squadron have been assisting EP-3’s in their flights off China; they have been temporarily stood down until the controversy subsides.
North Korean Navy – North Korean Navy patrol boats continue to cross into South Korean territorial waters.
US Navy – The Chinese are worried the US may launch a special operations attack to destroy the EP-3 on the ground in China.
US Navy – The pilot of the EP-3 gives his version of the events???
US Navy – The court of inquiry has recommended against court martialling the Captain of the USS Greeneville.
Information Warfare – Background – Southeast Asian countries are taking a lead in information warfare.
Royal Navy – The commander of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Grafton which ran aground on rocks off the coast of Norway has pleaded guilty to negligence and been severely reprimanded at a court martial.
US Navy – Can unmanned aerial vehichles replace aircraft such as the EP-3? It has happened before, why can’t it happen again?
Russian Navy – The commander in chief of the Russian Navy still sees a big role for submarines in his fleet.
Indian Navy – A summary of the Indian International Fleet Review, along with a photographic tour of its most interesting participants.
Russian Navy – The Russian Navy is hoping to step up its operational deployments, which have dwindled to almost none in the last few years.
US Navy – A celebration of 90 years of US naval aviation.
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