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By Jon Solomon* The Combat Logistics Force might be undersized for sustaining high-tempo forward U.S. Navy operations in the event of a major Sino-American war...

By Sydney J. Freedberg Russia’s most advanced attack submarine, the Severodvinsk class. (Navy graphic) NATIONAL HARBOR: Russia could hinder US reinforcements headed to Europe in the...

Last month (Aug 2916) the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) returned home from a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific – the...

The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) air warfare destroyer, Hobart, has begun its first series of sea trials. During these trials, the ship’s propulsion, maneuvering,...

The Royal Australian Navy is conducting the multinational maritime exercise, Kakadu 2016, in Darwin, Australia.Ex ercise Kakadu 2016 is the 13th iteration of the...

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has witnessed a large-scale biennial exercise conducted by the Navy in the Java Sea (Sep 2016). This year the event involved...

The U.S. Navy last week announced an overhaul of its troubled Littoral Combat Ship program that will include turning the first four ships into...

A senior official with the Canadian Forces says there's been a slight delay in issuing a complex request to industry for an off-the-shelf design...

By Richard Mosier* Defining a warfare area’s mission and function is the foundation for all activities required to conduct mission area analysis to determine requirements,...

Affirmative: Neptune’s Navy: A Navy by any Other Name

By Chris Rawley and Claude Berube A rarely asked but fundamental question is: how do we define a navy? The answer might appear to be self-evident. Merriam-Webster defines a navy as: the part of a country’s military forces that fights at sea; a group of ships; a nation’s ships of war and logistic support; and the complete naval establishment of a nation including yards, stations, ships, and personnel.