Where is the U.S. Navy Going To Put Them All? (Part Two)
Where is the U.S. Navy Going To Put Them All? Part 2: UUVs, Fire Scouts and buoys and why the Navy needs lot’s of them. Sketch by Jan Musil. Hand drawn on quarter-inch graph paper. Each square equals...
View ArticleWhere is the U.S. Navy Going To Put Them All? (Part Three)
Where is the U.S. Navy Going To Put Them All? Part 3: Two New Ship Classes. Sketch by Jan Musil. Hand drawn on quarter-inch graph paper. Each square equals twenty by twenty feet. This article, the...
View ArticleIs There a Class of Armored Cruisers in the U.S. Navy’s Future? (Part Four)
Is There a Class of Armored Cruisers in the U.S. Navy’s Future? Sketch by Jan Musil. Hand drawn on quarter-inch graph paper. Each square equals twenty by twenty feet. This article, the fourth of the...
View ArticleIs Russia’s Maritime Strategy Adrift?
This article originally appeared on The Strategy Bridge. You can read it in its original format here. The Russian defense industry has always had a flair for the dramatic. The Soviet...
View ArticleOK, Explain Again Just Why the American Taxpayer Should Pay For All This...
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View Article‘Indo-Asia Pacific’ Explained: An Assessment of US Maritime Strategy 2015
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View ArticleChina’s Military Modernization: The Legacy of Admiral Wu Shengli
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View ArticleOctober Member Round-Up Part One
Welcome to Part One of the October 2015 Member Round-Up, covering the first two weeks of the month. Over the past two weeks CIMSEC members have examined several international maritime security issues,...
View ArticleOctober Member Round-Up Part Two
Welcome to Part Two of the October 2015 Member Round-Up, covering the second two weeks of the month. Over the past two weeks the U.S. freedom of navigation operations (FONOPS) in the South China Sea...
View ArticleJanuary 2016 Members’ Round-Up Part One
Welcome to part one of the January 2016 members’ round-up! Over the past month CIMSEC members have examined several international maritime security issues, including future development programs for the...
View ArticleA Call for an EU Auxiliary Navy – under German Leadership
By Dr. Sebastian Bruns A popular quote reads “A ship in port is safe. But that’s not what ships are made for.” Correspondingly, one could quip “Navies are very good in constabulary tasks. But that’s...
View ArticleFebruary Members’ Roundup Part One
By Sam Cohen Welcome to part one of the February 2016 members’ roundup. Over the past month CIMSEC members have examined several international maritime security issues, including recent Indian Navy...
View ArticleMembers’ Roundup: September 2016
By Sam Cohen Welcome to the September 2016 members’ roundup. Throughout the month, CIMSEC members examined several international maritime security issues, including the successful testing of Raytheon’s...
View ArticleScales on War: The Future of America’s Military at Risk
Robert Scales, Scales on War: The Future of America’s Military at Risk. Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 2016, 248 pp, $25.46. By Colin Steele “Wars break armies, and they have to be put back together...
View ArticleGame-Changing Unmanned Systems for Naval Expeditionary Forces
By George Galdorisi Perspective In 2018 the United States remains engaged worldwide. The 2017 National Security Strategy addresses the wide-range of threats to the security and prosperity of United...
View ArticleWhy Peacetime Naval Buildups are Difficult
By Steven Wills Introduction There has been much gnashing of teeth and complaint in response to the U.S. Navy’s slow build toward a goal of 355 ships. Peacetime naval buildups by free societies have...
View ArticleTrees Without a Forest
A good measure of a military’s intellectual health is it’s dedication to firmly connect present procurement to future purpose. In discussions with peers in the American Navy, I often find myself a...
View ArticleAn Influence Squadron in the Making?
Commander Henry Hendrix’s Proceedings article “Buy Fords, Not Ferraris” has entered the canon of innovative naval concepts and has received extensive attention at Information Dissemination and...
View ArticleThe Counter-Piracy Failure: Andromeda Strain
We Won but We Failed: What We Should Learn In Andromeda Strain, the scientists of the Wildfire Team struggled against their pathogen foe, (spoiler alert) only to have their problems solved by...
View ArticleSecuring the Swarm: New Dogs, Old Tricks
As the tide of automated warfare rises, optimists are already attempting to ride the wave. I do so in Proceedings, suggesting possible paths of development for autonomous platforms, and at the...
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