The Hybrid Fleet Concept: Taking a Hard Look at the Way Ahead
I read the critique of the UK’s Hybrid Navy concept when it was published, and I…
Read More »The Hybrid Navy Gamble: Why Britain’s Drone-Heavy Fleet Plan Is Drawing Fire
When the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence unveiled its Defence Investment Plan (DIP) on 30 June…
Read More »Japan’s Mogami-Class Frigate and Innovation in Ship Building
Japan’s Mogami-class frigate represents one of the more significant experiments in contemporary naval warfare: a major…
Read More »MASU and the Mesh Fleet: Three Operational Vignettes for Australia’s Kill Web Future
For more than a decade, Ed Timperlake and I have developed and applied the kill web…
Read More »The Dual Guardians: How the U.S. Coast Guard is Navigating the 21st Century
On the morning of September 11, 2001, the United States Coast Guard was engaged in what…
Read More »Beyond Battleships: Building a Maritime Force for 21st Century Conflict
The Wall Street Journal’s recent editorial on President Trump’s naval expansion plans reveals a fundamental disconnect…
Read More »How AI-Empowered Kill Webs Enhance Carrier Operations
Since I carrier-qualified on USS Lexington a generation ago, a familiar narrative has gained momentum: US…
Read More »Ukraine’s Sub Sea Baby Strike: A Strategic Inflection Point in Black Sea Naval Warfare
Ukraine’s December 2025 strike on a Russian Kilo-class submarine in Novorossiysk harbor represents far more than…
Read More »The Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter Program: The Challenge of Overcoming Persistent Structural Challenges
The Government Accountability Office’s latest report on the Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter program reads like…
Read More »Secretary of War Hegseth’s Maritime Domain Awareness Proposal for the South China Sea
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth concluded his Indo-Pacific tour in early November 2025 with a key emphasis:…
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