North Korea’s sea-based nuclear threat
Despite its emphasis on land-based systems such as the new Hwasong-12, North Korea’s evolving sea-based nuclear delivery potential is beginning to pose a considerable threat, lending additional credibility to the Kim regime’s nuclear deterrent.
Canadian ship-building hit by delay
Hopes that the multibillion-dollar effort to replace the (Canadian) navy’s warship fleet would move along quickly have taken a hit amid word the massive...
US Navy aircraft intercepted by Chinese jets: Pentagon
Two Chinese aircraft conducted an unprofessional intercept of a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea, the Pentagon said 2 June 2017,...
World naval developments May 2017
*By Norman Friedman
On 26 April the Chinese floated out their second aircraft carrier. Although the project had long been known through satellite photos, the...
Car and mining workers ‘to retrain to build ships’
Retrained mining, oil and gas workers and laid-off automotive employees will be part of a shipbuilding boom in South Australia and Western Australia, according...
Shipping BlueScope steel to Spain for naval ship build
BlueScope steel will be used to build one of Australia’s new naval ships, the country’s defence department has revealed. The steel, produced at BlueScope’s...
Is Trump’s 350-ship Navy on the rocks?
By BRYAN MCGRATH
CAMPAIGN promises are pesky things. President Donald Trump is finding it difficult to deliver on his promise to increase the size...
Shipbuilding Plan ‘dropped from the sky’ says SA
By Patrick Durrant*
While welcoming the release last week of the Federal Government's Naval Shipbuilding Plan, SA Minister for Defence Industry Martin Hamilton-Smith has said...
Geography and the coming Sino-American war at sea
Soon, steel-hulled ships will clash in battle. Missiles belching fire will rise quickly from launch tubes, rapidly gathering speed and maneuverability before slamming into enemy vessels at supersonic speeds. Sailors will die, ships will sink and nations will either rise or fall. Although the time of the battle remains hidden, the site of the battles are known all too well. US Navy ships still don’t have enough sailors: report
The US government's watchdog is calling out the Navy for continuing to underman its ships years after the official demise of "optimal manning" initiatives...