Defense News – The U.S. Navy’s three-star admiral in charge of fixing submarine maintenance delays says it will take four years to get the attack sub fleet back to its proper state of readiness.
Navy planning to execute 3-year Ohio-class sub life extensions
Breaking Defense – The Navy is planning to move forward with extending the service life of up to five Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines, starting with the Alaska (SSBN-732).
The Strategic Impact of Military Drone Proliferation on Indo-Pacific Maritime Security
CIMSEC – The rapid proliferation of military drones in the Indo-Pacific region has become a crucial feature of contemporary maritime security dynamics. Unmanned aerial systems (UAS), commonly known as drones, have revolutionized the way naval operations are conducted, presenting both challenges and opportunities for regional security. Understanding the strategic impact of this technological advancement is essential for shaping effective policies, strategies, and operational concepts in the Indo-Pacific region.
Chief of Royal Canadian Navy Outlines Ottawa’s Pacific Strategy
USNI News – Canada is sending three frigates a year and a replenishment vessel into the Western Pacific as part of Ottawa’s new strategy, its top admiral said Friday.
Portrait of an active fleet – snapshot of the Royal Navy surface fleet today
Navy Lookout – Despite a slew of concerning news stories about the struggles of the service in the last few months, the RN is currently maintaining a high tempo of ships at sea on operations. Here we summarise the key activities of the surface fleet and the purpose of their deployments.
Streamline Certification and Leverage Lessons Learned
CIMSEC – Management makes warfighting possible, but management that enables warfighting needs to be better managed itself. Namely, overlapping lines of reporting and the lack of a strong feedback mechanism to spread the best practices of successful ships are hampering the Navy’s ability to maintain its warfighting dominance.
Senior Leaders Must Own the Lack of Warfighting Focus
CIMSEC – In order to prioritize one thing – warfighting – it is necessary to diminish the importance of conflicting requirements.
Manufacturing woes could sink US sub fleet. Can 3D printing save it?
Defense News – U.S. Navy officials say the Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence represents the future of the submarine industry — and perhaps the service’s only path to building the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine and Virginia-class attack submarine on time.
Russian Warship Seen Badly Damaged By Ukrainian Cruise Missile
War Zone – The brand new heavily-armed Russian corvette Askold is confirmed to have been badly damaged in new imagery after a Ukrainian missile attack.
China’s Gray Zone Tactics Show the US – Philippine Alliance is Working
War on the Rocks – In the coming weeks and months, China is likely to roll out new and creative gray-zone tactics to get the point across that it maintains sovereignty over Second Thomas Shoal. If this happens, then it will only reconfirm the fact that deterrence through the strengthening U.S.-Philippine alliance is actually working. Put a different way, because deterrence is holding, Beijing must reach into its toolkit to find additional coercive gray-zone tactics to stop future resupply missions, short of an armed attack. Rather than view such moves with frustration, Manila and Washington should consider them a victory.
This Buoy Helps Ballistic Missile Submarines Get Nuclear Strike Orders
War Zone – Ohio class ballistic missile submarines have tethered buoys allowing them to stay deeper and stealthier while receiving key transmissions.
Command By Example: Learning From San Jacinto’s War Council
CIMSEC – With Alexander and his Companions as a model, a select group of officers and enlisted leaders aboard USS San Jacinto (CG 56) met periodically to break bread, bond as warriors, and develop a shared vision of mission success. We called it the War Council.
Risk and Time: Calculating Tradeoffs in Warfighting Management
CIMSEC – Management, defined as the effective use of resources, is a process and skill that permeates the preparation and execution of warfighting. Commanders can prioritize several specific areas to improve their warfighting management.
Focus Areas For Putting Warfighting First
CIMSEC – Perpetual administrative burdens, general military training, perfecting PowerPoints and quad charts, cataloged trackers for trackers, and continuous connectivity to every servicemember erodes the quality of the military’s preparation and conduct of warfighting. Few practical steps exist below the four-star level that can offer substantial relief from these numerous demands, but warfighters must still strive to exercise deliberate management and find ways to put warfighting first.
China Maritime Report No. 32: The PCH191 Modular Long-Range Rocket Launcher: Reshaping the PLA Army’s Role in a Cross-Strait Campaign
Chinese Maritime Studies Institute – With its fielding of the PCH191 multiple rocket launcher (MRL) and its variety of long-range precision munitions, the PLA Army (PLAA) has become arguably the most important contributor of campaign and tactical firepower during a joint island landing campaign against Taiwan. No longer simply the primary source of amphibious and air assault forces, the PLAA is now capable of using its multiple battalions of PCH191 MRLs to support maritime dominance, the joint firepower strike, and ground forces landing on Taiwan’s shores and in depth. The Chinese ordnance industry has developed multiple low-cost rockets, an anti-ship cruise missile, and a tactical missile to be used with the PCH191, as well as its export variant, the AR3, including munitions that can quickly and precisely strike targets in the Taiwan Strait, across the island, and beyond. Recent demonstrations of the PCH191 during PLA training events and Eastern Theater Command response actions to politically charged visits, in addition to the fielding of new reconnaissance assets capable of providing targeting and battle damage assessments to the MRL, make it clear the Army intends to use the system to achieve effects in a future Taiwan crisis that formerly would have been the responsibility of other PLA services.
Interview With The Captain Of Philippine Frigate BRP Antonio Luna
Naval News – Amid a flurry of multilateral exercises, South China Sea tensions, and the start of Manila’s last phase of military modernization, Naval News caught up with the skipper of BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151), Captain Clyde Domingo.
Prepare For the Spectrum of Competition and Warfighting
CIMSEC – Warfighting focus should be reframed as competition focus. The challenge for leaders is to ensure that their organizations understand that the competition is already underway.
Switchblade Kamikaze Drone-Armed Uncrewed Fast Boat Tested
War Zone – Uncrewed surface vessels with loitering munitions could be well suited to force protection missions, including defending against boat swarms.
Royal Navy failing to get enough recruits into basic training
Navy Lookout – Here we report on serious issues hampering the flow of new sailors into the fleet.
Japan To Procure 12 New FFM In Just 5 Years
Naval News – Japan will acquire a total of 12 new FFMs in five years from 2024 to 2028 at a very high pace, which reflects the increasingly severe security environment surrounding Japan.
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Sa’ar 5 Corvettes Moved To Red Sea
War Zone – Facing barrages of aerial weaponry from Houthi rebels in Yemen, Israel is beefing up its air defenses in the Red Sea
Navy takes early steps with Australian, UK vendors on shared sub work
Defense News – The U.S. Navy is beginning to integrate its industrial base with those of Australia and the United Kingdom, despite Congress not yet passing several measures to enable the trilateral submarine-building arrangement AUKUS.
First Details Of Hamas’ New Submarine Drone Weapon
Naval News – Underwater drones are increasingly a feature of modern warfare. Now footage of Hamas’ own take on these vehicles, a form of limited scope torpedo, has emerged.
Warfighting Culture Starts With the CO
CIMSEC – Warfighting is as much a culture as it is an activity. To foster warfighting culture, commanders must include it in every aspect of their command – from training to administration to damage control to routine ship operations. Every aspect of shipboard life is connected to warfighting and therefore should be treated as such. This ethos begins with the commanding officer, but must also be embraced by the wardroom and the chief’s mess.
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