Opinion: Gaming Distributed Lethality
“We have to stop thinking of adversary maritime forces as ‘threats’ and instead what they really are: ‘targets’ for our…
Opinion: Expanding the Distributed Lethality Web
The U.S. Navy’s Aegis Weapon System revolutionized fleet air defense at the height of the Cold War. The 1983 commissioning…
Opinion: U.S. Mine Countermeasures Forces Should Train Like They Fight
“Train like we fight . . . fight like we train!” This has been a military maxim for eons. Two…
Essay: When it Comes to Ship Survivability, Prayer Isn’t Enough
In the early morning of Feb. 18, 1991, the U.S. amphibious warship USS Tripoli (LPH-10) struck an Iraqi contact mine…
Essay: Taking Distributed Lethality to the Next Level
The evolving Distributed Lethality (DL) concept ––announced last year –– offers a new approach for how the nation might use…
Opinion: U.S. Carrier Force is a Cost Effective National Security Asset
“What kind of navy do Americans want?” columnist George F. Will asked in an August Washington Post commentary. “The answer…
Opinion: Don’t Short The Coast Guard’s New Cutter
The U.S. Coast Guard has in place ambitious programs to revitalize the U.S. cutter force to meet the daunting requirements…
Arabian Gulf Mine Exercise is Needed Practice for U.S.
When an obviously lost tourist approached Arthur Rubenstein on a Manhattan street and asked how to get to Carnegie Hall,…
Iranian Mines in the Strait of Hormuz not ‘Showstoppers’
A version of this story originally appeared in June. It has been updated by the author to reflect recent events.…
Mine the Gap: Iranians and the Strait of Hormuz
Iran threatens to mine the Strait of Hormuz, petroleum markets react, world economies take notice, and more naval forces are…