- Daily Telegraph – Spending on the successor to Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent will take up to a third of the defence budget within the next decade, defence experts are warning.
Monthly Archives:: February 2013
US Navy – A Fleet out of Balance
- US Naval Institute Proceedings – While naval strike capacity has grown since the Cold War, it’s come at a cost to the amphibious capabilities vital to U.S. power projection.
US Navy – ‘Shipbuilding Is a Priority’
- US Naval Institute Proceedings – An interview with Sean J. Stackley – The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition.
US Navy – Sequestration More Than A Fleeting Concern For U.S. Navy
- Aviation Week – You would have to cast a net far, wide and deep to find anyone of U.S. Navy rank who doubts sequestration will happen. Instead of dealing with “what-if” scenarios, the brass is talking more about “this will happen when … “ And the first big thing that will happen is that [...]
US Navy – Budget cuts would force Navy to shut down four active aircraft carriers
- Washington Times – The Navy plans to shut down four of its active aircraft carriers in one of the worst-case scenarios presented to Congress by the service since the debate on budget cuts heated up this winter.
Chinese Navy – China’s 14th escort fleet sails for Somali
- Xinhua – The 14th naval squad, sent by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, departed Saturday from China to the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters for escort missions. The fleet comprises three ships — the missile destroyer Harbin, the frigate Mianyang and the supply ship Weishanhu — carrying two helicopters and a [...]
Royal Navy – Royal Navy sends warship to Libya to showcase defence equipment
- The Guardian – Undeclared arms race among European defence contractors to re-equip Libya’s armed forces causes concern among locals.
Ground Warfare – Last Marine Standing: A Life Tormented by Survival
- Wall Street Journal – Many troops have lost a close friend in combat. Travis Williams lost them all. Marine Lance Cpl. Williams is the sole survivor of his 12-man squad. His comrades were wiped out by a roadside bomb in Iraq, leaving him physically unharmed but with psychological wounds that remain unhealed seven years [...]
Geopolitics / China – China wages a quiet war of maps with its neighbors
- Washington Post – Bitter maritime disputes between China and its neighbors have recently sent fighter jets scrambling, ignited violent protests, and seen angry fishermen thrown in jail. But beneath all the bellicose rhetoric and threatening posture, China also has been waging a quiet campaign, using ancient documents, academic research, maps and technical data to [...]
US Coast Guard – Amid cuts, Coast Guard holds steady, for now
- San Diego Union Tribune – While the Pentagon complains about massive budget cuts, the U.S. Coast Guard — the smallest and sometimes overlooked arm of the armed forces — has been faring fairly well, moneywise.
US Navy – Inside the Navy’s Big Aircraft-Carrier Budget Gamble
- Wired – The Navy is dealing with the military’s impending budget fiasco by putting its premier hardware — aircraft carriers — on the firing line. It’s unexpected, but it might actually be a smart move — if Congress cancels the deepest budget cuts. But if Congress keeps the cuts, then the Navy’s readiness to [...]
US Navy – The Accidental Combat Ship
- Aviation Week – U.S. Navy Undersecretary Robert Work created some waves with the recent posting of his draft U.S. Naval War College white paper, “The Littoral Combat Ship: How We Got Here, and Why.”
Editorial Note – NOSI Archive for 2012 Now Available
The archive for all of 2012 is now available at 2012 Archive
Editorial Note – 2012 World Naval Operational News Highlights
2012 World Naval Operational News Highlights The ten most significant naval news stories / themes this year included: The drawdown of troops from Afghanistan. What exactly was accomplished by the surge? The continued tensions over Iran’s nuclear program and the US Navy presence in the Persian Gulf. What will Israel do? The increasing Chinese sabre [...]
US Marines – Marines reset training for the next war
- San Diego Union Tribune – The U.S. military spent the last decade fighting entrenched insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. What will the next war be like? Will it involve desert, mountains or jungle? An enemy who speaks Farsi or Korean? A national army fighting with tanks, or guerillas planting homemade bombs? It is impossible [...]
Chinese Navy – China To Find A Target-Rich Environment
- Time – If Chinese warships escalate from locking-on radars to actually pulling the trigger in the East China Sea, they’ll have lots to shoot at – and it won’t be just the Japanese.
US Navy – JSF-Centric Warfare
- Aviation Week – Bill Sweetman critiques a study from the American Enterprise Institute.
US Navy – Navy’s No. 2 Civilian Chronicles Missteps in Littoral Combat Ship
- National Defense – Few Navy ships have been as doggedly assailed by naysayers as the Littoral Combat Ship, laments Navy Undersecretary Robert O. Work…Work, who has for years been one of the Navy’s most ardent defenders of LCS, contends in a new white paper that although critics are entitled to their opinions, they continue [...]
US Navy – Navy mishaps, mistakes could cost $1B
- Military Times – The past year has been a banner one for the U.S. Navy in at least one unhappy category — major mishaps. The number of major mishaps involving aircraft carriers, ships and submarines was higher than in recent years, and the unbudgeted repair bill is just one more factor squeezing fleet maintenance [...]
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Senkaku/Diaoyu islands: Japan may release China radar data
- BBC – Japan says it may release evidence to prove a Chinese naval frigate locked its fire-control radar onto a Japanese ship near disputed islands.
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