Destroyer USS Spruance Deploying to Support NORTHCOM Border Mission
Destroyer USS Spruance (DDG-111) will deploy to support U.S. Northern Command’s ongoing mission at the southern border, USNI News has learned.…
Man of War
On Oct. 29, 1814 The U.S. Navy launched its first steam powered warship, designed by Robert Fulton. Naval History Magazine,…
Combating Cyber Warfare: The Alliance Between the Public and Private Sector
The following was excerpted from the U.S. Naval Institute’s 2012 annual history conference “The History and Future Challenges of Cyber Power” at…
Retired General Cartwright on the History of Cyber Warfare
The following was excerpted from the U.S. Naval Institute conference report. Opening the U.S. Naval Institute’s 2012 annual history conference…
Kevin Mitnick Speaks
Former federal inmate now turned ethical hacker Kevin Mitnick spoke to the U.S. Naval Institute about network vulnerabilities, exploiting cultures…
The Senkaku Islands Dispute: Risk to U.S. Rebalancing in the Asia-Pacific?
In September a major diplomatic crisis erupted between China and Japan over a group of five uninhabited islets and three…
The Asymmetric Nature of Cyber Warfare
Proceedings, Oct. 2012 How likely is it that a conflict between two combatants involving both kinetic and cyber operations would…
Romney’s Navy Plan
This week in a speech in Virginia, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney talked about his plan to build a 350-ship…
U.S. Leading Largest Mine Exercise in Recent Memory
Sea mines are historically the most dangerous threat to naval vessels. Since World War II, 15 U.S. Navy ships have…
Sebastian Junger: Tim Hetherington Didn’t Have to Die
U.S. Naval Institute’s Fred Schultz spoke with journalist and documentary filmmaker Sebastian Junger on Sept. 24 about Junger’s new organization…
Embassy Security: The Strategic Context
On the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, al Qaeda affiliates staged a series…