Perils of alternative force structure
By Steve Wills*
Navies have historically sought alternative force structures in response to changes in their nation’s grand strategy, rising costs of maintaining existing force...
CNO Richardson: Navy Shelving A2/AD Acronym
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Pentagon terms-of-the-moment go, Anti-Access-Area Denial has been on the forefront of strategic conversation across the services and military academia for...
Navantia, Australia release further details on RAN tanker
The two 19,500-tonne oilers, ordered under an AUD642 million (USD471.4 million) contract placed in May 2016, will replace the RAN's two current AORs HMAS...
Submarine project ‘to end in tears’
By Jon Stanford*
The Turnbull government’s decision on the future submarine (FSM) represents bad policy. It is bad for the Navy, bad for the taxpayer and bad for the future defence of Australia. Given the key role the FSM is meant to play in the future of the naval shipbuilding industry, it is also bad news for South Australia. NZ Navy Chief: nuclear ship issue ‘behind us’
NEWPORT, R.I. – After more than 30 years, an American warship will pull into a New Zealand port in November and could mark the start of regular port visits for the U.S. Navy, New Zealand’s Chief of Navy told US Naval Institute News. Littoral cobalt assumes greater importance
By Steve Wills*
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, like the rest of the Navy, has been in the midst of a large turn since the end of the last decade when the Navy began to come to grips with a new global strategic situation. Rotary-wing aviation in the Canadian Navy
By Matthew Gamble*
A key part of any modern navy is its rotary-wing component. The capabilities that helicopters bring to naval operations are essential in...
Mobile riverine force’s effectiveness
By Rick Chersicla*
An American Infantryman, laden with equipment and weaponry, steps off the ramp of a specially modified landing craft. He is not storming the beaches of Normandy or moving ashore on Guadalcanal – in fact, he is not even landing from the open ocean or a sea. China’s grand strategy
Maritime Disputes in Perspective
By Sam Goldsmith
(This is a text-only version of the executive summary. A PDF of the whole article with illustrations and tables...
Shipyards serving US Navy already use Chinese-built drydocks
By Sydney J. Freedberg (Breaking Defense)
WASHINGTON: At least three shipyards that do work for the US Navy have bought and used drydocks from China....