China Maritime Studies Institute – Chinese state media’s Channel 7 recently released a series of videos that described China’s aircraft carriers and the carrier battle groups, including their history, composition, and operational theory.
Could China’s Navy Avoid U.S.-Style Fleet Aging Issues?
National Interest – During a Q&A session, an Indian Navy student suggested that China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA Navy) could maintain fleet readiness by rapidly replacing or demoting aging ships instead of facing the maintenance issues typical of older vessels.
Italy’s Carrier-Capable F-35B Stealth Fighters To Get New Advanced Weapons
The War Zone – Italy has announced plans to equip the F-35B stealth fighters operated by its naval air arm with the Kongsberg Joint Strike Missile (JSM), among other weapons. Details of the armament for the Italian Navy’s short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35Bs emerge as the aircraft take part for the first time in the large-scale Pitch Black drills in Australia, aboard the aircraft carrier Cavour.
Aircraft Carrier Math Is No Conundrum
Center for Maritime Strategy – People question the carrier in terms of cost, but no fleet can operate without the air superiority that carrier aviation provides. The problem of the last 35 years is not that the carrier is obsolete, it is that the United States has not maintained enough carriers to conduct the kind of persistent global operations that have been the norm over those decades. Trying to cheat the carrier math has resulted in a run-down carrier force with new challenges appearing on a regular basis as the result of overworking a force that is too small. The only carrier “conundrum” is that the U.S. Navy is an 11-carrier navy in a 15-carrier world. Naval aviation is as good as its leaders say, but they also need to make a stronger case for more carriers.
EA-18G Growler Scored Its First Air-To-Air Kill
The War Zone – The EA-18G Growler from VAQ-130 “Zappers” executed the air-to-air engagement as part of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower’s combat deployment off Yemen.
Japan’s Submarine Industrial Base and Infrastructure – Unique and Stable
CIMSEC – The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) possesses a modern and highly capable fleet, including light carriers, large AEGIS destroyers, and advanced conventional submarines which are renowned for their size and stealth. While individual Japanese naval vessels and their crews are certainly world class, Japan’s unique approach to naval industrial base strategy is often underappreciated, especially its submarine industrial base. This approach relies on three deliberate policy pillars.
Japanese Defense White Paper Warns Pacific at Greatest Risk Since WWII
USNI News – In its annual defense white paper released on Friday, Japan’s Ministry of Defense warned that the possibility of a situation similar to Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine occurring in the Indo-Pacific. Japan also again singling out China, North Korea and Russia as threats to Japan and the region.
How SECNAV’s claims about S. Korean, Japanese shipbuilders do and do not line up
Breaking Defense – Experts tell Breaking Defense, the secretary’s praise obscures a more nuanced reality about the differences between how the US Navy’s staple shipbuilders stack up against the biggest names in Asia. Chiefly, they say, the strict requirements instituted by the Navy combined with the instability of annual congressional budgeting makes a one-to-one comparison apples and oranges.
809 Naval Air Squadron returns to the skies
Navy Lookout – On 4th July, an F-35 of 809 Naval Air Squadron took to the air for the first time. This was the first independent flight since the RN fast jet squadron was stood up last year and is another small step in the development of UK Carrier Strike capability.
770 Weapons Expended By Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group On Historic Red Sea Deployment
The War Zone – We have a tally of how many Standard Missiles, Tomahawks, and air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons Ike’s strike group launched at Houthi targets.
China’s newest military base abroad is up and running, and there are more on the horizon
Breaking Defense – With the months-long presence of Chinese warships at Cambodia’s Ream naval base and a major bilateral military exercise there in May, China’s newest overseas military facility appears to be up and running, confirming years of suspicions about China’s presence in the Southeast Asian country.
Situation Well In Hand: A Day In the Life Of An EAB
CIMSEC – A FICINT short story.
AIM-174 Missile Brings Navy’s Future Counter-China Air Combat Strategy Into Focus
The War Zone – The air-launched SM-6 will disrupt China’s carrier-killing kill chain and pierce open its anti-access bubble.
Marines Experiment with Next-Generation Logistics During ‘Valiant Shield’
USNI News – How to meet the logistics needs of Marines and sailors in an Indo-Pacific conflict is a major question in how the U.S. could fight in the region and one that seasoned logistical leaders within I Marine Expeditionary Force began to tackle during last month’s Valiant Shield exercise.
U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets Now Have SM-6 Missiles (China Should Worry)
National Interest – The U.S. Navy has announced a major advancement with the successful integration of the SM-6 missile onto carrier-based F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, designated as AIM-174B.
US teams with Canada, Finland on polar icebreakers to chill Russian, Chinese power up north
Breaking Defense – The US, Canada and Finland announced today a new trilateral effort, dubbed the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort or “ICE Pact,” to work together on the production of a “fleet” of new polar icebreakers, in what a US official said was a “strategic imperative” in the race of dominance of the high north.
Navy To Explore Arming Other Ships With Missiles Amid Constellation Frigate Woes
The War Zone – Congress wants the Navy to look at turning large uncrewed vessels into crewed missile ships, arming cargo ships, or buying something new.
US says Gaza’s floating aid pier to shut down soon
BBC – The US says the floating pier designed to increase the amount of aid getting into the Gaza Strip will “soon cease operations”, less than two months after it was installed.
Canada commits to buying 12 new conventionally-powered, under-the-ice submarines
Breaking Defense – The Canadian government announced today it is “taking the first steps” towards buying 12 conventionally-powered, under-ice capable submarines — a massive acquisition with numerous shipbuilders from the around world already eyeing the program reported to be worth at least $60 billion Canadian dollars.
New Development In Black Sea, Russian Navy Using Base In Georgia
Naval News – A Russian Navy Ship has been observed in Ochamchire, in the Abkhazia separatist region. The Black Sea port may become an important base for the Russian Navy, acting as a safe refuge from the Ukrainian surface drones. It is officially Georgian territory however, making the move politically bold, and complicated.
AIP-Enabled Submarine: Indian Navy To Get Indigenous Air-Independent Propulsion System Fitted On Its Subs By 2025
EurAsian Times – The Indian Navy does not have a single submarine with Air-Independent Propulsion, a technology that helps conventional submarines to lurk under the surface of water for a longer duration. The indigenously developed AIP technology is reportedly ready and will be fitted on board the French Scorpene submarine in the Indian Navy fleet by next year.
(Thanks to Alain)
Greek Warship Guns-Down Houthi Drone In New Video
The War Zone – The Hydra class frigate used its deck gun and possibly non-kinetic measures to bring down two Houthi drones as hostilities off Yemen’s coast continue.
Budget for Taiwan’s next 7 submarines to wait until Narwhal tests completed
Taiwan News – Budgets for seven new submarines will only be activated after tests are completed for the country’s first indigenous submarine.
(Thanks to Alain)
First US Navy Submarine Will Deploy With New UUV Capability This Year
Naval News – The US Navy has announced that it is set to deploy a torpedo-tube launch-and-recovery uncrewed underwater vehicle capability onboard an operational submarine for the first time, with the operational deployment set to commence by the end of 2024. The deployment will take place in the European theatre of operations.
New investments in Jan Mayen to strengthen Norway’s strategic presence in North Atlantic
The Barents Observer – Several hundred million kroner will be spent on a major refurbishment of buildings and infrastructure at the remote Norwegian island.
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