USN Preparednes for China Challenge
Long-range missiles, missile defenses, and robotic ships will be essential adjuncts to the big, expensive “Death Stars” that dominate the Navy budget, says Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute. By […]
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SA Navy Exercise with China and Russia
The Smoke that Blunders — Russia, China and SA navy exercise is Immoral, Stupid and Impractical The confirmation that South Africa’s navy is going to exercise with its Russian and […]
SSBNs on Display
OF SUBMARINES AND NUCLEAR UMBRELLAS By Rod Lyon – January 4, 2023 The US Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee (foreground), a UK Royal Navy Vanguard-class nuclear submarine, an […]
Cultivating a “Nuclear Mindset”
‘Australia’s navy is cultivating “a nuclear mindset”, says SSN taskforce chief’ 29 Dec 2022| Brendan Nicholson Originally published 27 October 2022. After a year of intense research, the head of […]
China Aspirations In Indian Ocean
CHINA LOOKING TO SUBMARINE OPERATIONS TO ACHIEVE DOMINANCE IN INDIAN OCEAN By Trevor Hollingsbee – December 20, 2022 Photo: People’s Liberation Army The Indian Ocean features numerous trade routes, […]
South China Sea Build Programs
China and Vietnam Pick Up Island-Building Activity in S. China Sea Barque Canada Reef; the dredged channel and Vietnamese outpost are just visible at center (Sentinel-2) PUBLISHED DEC 20, 2022 […]
Royal Thai Navy Corvette Sinking
Sequential press reports covering the sinking. December 18, 2022 6:29 PM 38 Thai corvette HTMS Sukhothai listing starboard after taking on water on Dec. 18, 2022. Royal Thai Navy […]
AUKUS Build in US Considerations
AUKUS Lets US Slow New Sub Deliveries, Fix Submarine Maintenance Problems Congressman Rob Wittman, a Virginian eager to claim the top U.S. House spot as America’s next naval tastemaker, has […]
Indian Navy Fighter
Rafale-M Fighter Edges Out F/A-18 Super Hornet in Equipping INS Vikrant Forward movement by the Indian Navy would mean that the proposal for more Rafale jets for the IAF is […]
Ghost Shark USV
Australia Unveils ‘Ghost Shark’ Unmanned Submarine Prototype The testbed for Australia’s “Ghost Shark” unmanned submarine. Photo: VADM Mark Hammond RAN Australia has unveiled an early prototype of its “Ghost Shark” […]