The following is the Jan. 23, 2023, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Chinese Nuclear and Missile Proliferation. Read More
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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Jan. 23, 2023
USNI News Graphic
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Jan. 23, 2023, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Read More
Japanese Scrambled Fewer Fighters Against Foreign Aircraft Last Year, Says MoD
Russian and Chinese aircraft flight patterns in FY 2022. Japanese Ministry of Defense Photo.
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force carried out a total of 612 fighter scrambles against foreign aircraft by the end of the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2022, a decrease from a total of 785 scrambles in the same period for FY 2021, according to a report released Friday by the Joint Staff Office of Japan’s Ministry of Defense. Read More
Report to Congress on Patriot Missiles for Ukraine
The following is the Jan. 18, 2023, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, PATRIOT Air and Missile Defense System for Ukraine.. Read More
GAO Report on Emerging Pentagon Battle Management Programs
The following is the January Government Accountability Office report, Battle Management DOD and Air Force Continue to Define Joint Command and Control Efforts. Read More
CNO Gilday: Next-Generation Air Dominance Will Come Ahead of DDG(X) Destroyer
Notional Navy DDG(X) hull design. PEO Ships Image
ARLINGTON, Va. – First the fighter, then the destroyer and finally the submarine. That’s the order the Navy is set to introduce its next three major acquisition programs in the 2030s, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said last week. Read More
Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group Operating in Indian Ocean, Deploys Fighters to Singapore
JS Suzutsuki conducted a bilateral exercise with the French Navy Charles de Gaulle CSG in the vicinity of Western Arabian Sea. JMSDF Photo
The Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group is now in the Indian Ocean exercising with the Indian Navy. At the same time, three Rafale fighter aircraft embarked on FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) deployed to Singapore as part of the Rastaban joint power projection exercise with the French Air Force. Read More
UPDATED: Navy Training Aircraft Crashes in Alabama, Pilots Ejected Safely
The last T-6B Texan II in production arrives at Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi on Feb. 1, 2018. US Navy Photo
A Navy training aircraft crashed in Alabama Tuesday morning, a service spokesperson told USNI News on Tuesday. Read More
Report to Congress on LGM-35A Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
The following is the Congressional Research Service, Defense Primer: LGM-35A Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile on Jan. 10, 2023. Read More
Carrier USS Nimitz Operating in the South China Sea
Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) transits through the South China Sea on Jan. 12, 2023. US Navy Photo
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is now operating in the South China Sea, U.S. 7th Fleet announced Friday, marking the first time USS Nimitz (CVN-68) entered the body of water during the group’s 2022 to 2023 deployment. Read More
