Category Archives: China

Foggo: Changing Conditions Require New Arctic Strategy, International Code of Conduct

June 26, 2020 1:21 PM

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), front, the Royal Navy Type-23 Duke-class frigate HMS Kent (F78), the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) and USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) conduct joint operations to ensure maritime security in the Arctic Ocean, May 5, 2020. Royal Navy photo.

The head of U.S. naval forces in Europe would like to see more coordination and more dialogue in the Arctic, where military and commercial traffic are increasing, and so is the risk of miscalculations. Read More →

Incoming Air Force Chief Gen. Brown Focused on China, New Maritime Weapons

By: Dzirhan Mahadzir

June 24, 2020 1:15 PM

Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown responds to a question, May 7, 2020 on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to consider his nomination to be the next Air Force chief of staff. US Air Force Photo

KUALA LUMPUR — The U.S. Air Force is expanding their maritime capabilities in the Western Pacific and mulling creating its own operating concept similar to the U.S. Marine Corps Force Design 2030, the Air Force’s next top commander told reporters on Wednesday. Read More →

Lack of Future Fleet Plans, Public Strategy Hurting Navy’s Bottom Line in Upcoming Defense Bills

By: Sam LaGrone

June 18, 2020 4:24 PM

NASA Photo

Frustrations are mounting in Congress over the limited insight lawmakers and the public have into the Navy’s future fleet, and the service now faces fiscal consequences in upcoming defense bills. Read More →

Report to Congress on New START Treaty

June 12, 2020 10:06 AM

The following is the June 10, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, The New START Treaty:
Central Limits and Key Provisions. Read More →

COVID-19 Pandemic Changing How NATO Thinks of Global Security

By: John Grady

June 9, 2020 1:40 PM

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

The global pandemic is prompting NATO to look beyond China and Russia in how it can protect its 30 members against deadly threats, NATO’s secretary general said in an online forum on Monday. Read More →

Marines Look to Two New Ship Classes to Define Future of Amphibious Operations

By: Megan Eckstein

June 8, 2020 4:41 PM

Sea Transport Solutions Image

The Navy and Marine Corps are looking to quickly overhaul their Cold War-era way of moving Marines around, with the services already agreeing on the basic requirements for a new Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) and in the early phases of looking at a separate small amphibious ship class. Read More →

Report to Congress on Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance for Great Power Competition

June 7, 2020 8:26 AM

The following is the June 4, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Design for Great Power Competition. Read More →

Marines Testing Regiment at Heart of Emerging Island-Hopping Future

By: Megan Eckstein

June 4, 2020 5:18 PM

Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Radio Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (MIG), hike during a field exercise (FEX) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. on May 28, 2020. US Marine Photo

The Marine Corps is starting to form and experiment with the littoral regiment at the heart of its modern-day island-hopping strategy, the head of Marine Corps combat development told USNI News. Read More →

USS Russell Transits Taiwan Strait

By: Ben Werner

June 4, 2020 3:58 PM

Ens. Ryan O’Neal, from Wichita, Kan., searches for surface contacts from the pilot house as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG-59) transits the Taiwan Strait on June 4, 2020. US Navy Photo

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG-59) transited the Taiwan Strait Thursday, days after China’s newest aircraft carrier departed for sea trials.

New Air Bases, Baby Cabbage Key to Chinese Long-Term Claims in South China Sea