Remember D-Day? BALTOPS 50 Kicked Off on June 6, 2021
You remember D-Day? Well, NATO kicked off BALTOPS 50 on the anniversary of D-Day. This is…
Read More »French and US Naval Cooperation in the Persian Gulf: The Key Role of Carriers
Separately deployed since February, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and the French…
Read More »Maritime Security and the Cabo Delgado Insurgency
When Mozambican insurgents known as Al-Sunna captured the port of Mocimboa da Praia in early September…
Read More »The USS Ford, Maneuver Warfare at Sea and Its C2 Infrastructure
Much like a visit to the USS America reveals the importance of having a three-deck large…
Read More »Building Blocks on the USS Ford: Weapons Workflow and Enhanced Sortie Generation Rate
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) can be viewed as a key infrastructure piece in…
Read More »The Coming of the USS Ford: Looking Back
Ed Timperlake and I highlighted the coming of the USS Ford in a series of interviews…
Read More »Training Surface Warfare Officers for the High-End Fight
I have argued that the shift from the land wars to the new strategic environment is…
Read More »RAN Offshore Patrol Vessel: Implications for Canada
Australia’s Defence Force is in the throes of an extensive transformation process, and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)…
Read More »Black Widow Exercise: Shaping a Way Ahead in Anti-Submarine Warfare
Anti-submarine warfare is a key element of the overall control of the seas and the defense…
Read More »An Update on the US Navy’s Approach to Maritime Remotes
Recent presentations by senior US Navy officials at the annual conference of the Association for Unmanned…
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