Vice Admiral William Joseph Houston is a thoughtful and experienced United States naval officer, entrusted with command of perhaps the most potent US capability: its submarine fleet. Houston is also steeped in the history of the US submarine service, and the outsized role it played in defeating Japan in World War II. Following the attack on […]
How China’s Maritime Militia Takes Advantage of the Grey Zone 16 Jan 2023|Masaaki Yatsuzuka In recent years, China has used paramilitary forces to put pressure on neighbouring countries that have conflicting claims with Beijing. Japan has been one of the targets over which China seeks to gain dominance by deliberately creating grey-zone situations at sea. For […]
Chinese navy warship spotted in South Pacific may have been on high seas resupply trial run: analysts PLA guided-missile destroyer Yinchuan spotted by French military in the South Pacific, far beyond the range sustainable without resupply Warship’s trip seen as ‘testing the waters’ for replenishment capacity on voyages further into the Pacific to protect China’s […]
Long-range missiles, missile defenses, and robotic ships will be essential adjuncts to the big, expensive “Death Stars” that dominate the Navy budget, says Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute. By BRYAN CLARK on January 09, 2023 A Navy submariner turned seapower strategist, Bryan Clark has written for Breaking Defense since 2015. As Navy officers, defense […]
The Smoke that Blunders — Russia, China and SA navy exercise is Immoral, Stupid and Impractical The confirmation that South Africa’s navy is going to exercise with its Russian and Chinese counterparts next month is as immoral as it is plain stupid and impractical. It highlights just how far SA has strayed from its relationships […]
OF SUBMARINES AND NUCLEAR UMBRELLAS By Rod Lyon – January 4, 2023 The US Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee (foreground), a UK Royal Navy Vanguard-class nuclear submarine, an E-6B Mercury airborne command aircraft, and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter conduct bi-lateral at-sea training in the Atlantic Ocean, November 22, 2022. Late in 2022—a […]
‘Australia’s navy is cultivating “a nuclear mindset”, says SSN taskforce chief’ 29 Dec 2022| Brendan Nicholson Originally published 27 October 2022. After a year of intense research, the head of the 350-strong nuclear-powered submarine taskforce is confident the Royal Australian Navy will be equipped with SSNs. Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead tells The Strategist he believes […]
CHINA LOOKING TO SUBMARINE OPERATIONS TO ACHIEVE DOMINANCE IN INDIAN OCEAN By Trevor Hollingsbee – December 20, 2022 Photo: People’s Liberation Army The Indian Ocean features numerous trade routes, is ringed by naval bases, and is the stage for many maritime operations and exercises involving assets from a range of nations. Unsurprisingly, therefore, this […]
China and Vietnam Pick Up Island-Building Activity in S. China Sea Barque Canada Reef; the dredged channel and Vietnamese outpost are just visible at center (Sentinel-2) PUBLISHED DEC 20, 2022 Land-claim activity is heating up in the Spratly Islands, the chain of reefs and atolls in the South China Sea that are claimed by six […]
Sequential press reports covering the sinking. December 18, 2022 6:29 PM 38 Thai corvette HTMS Sukhothai listing starboard after taking on water on Dec. 18, 2022. Royal Thai Navy Photo The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) corvette HTMS Sukhothai (FS-442) sank in the Gulf of Thailand at 11:30 p.m. local time on Sunday 18 December […]
