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Op-Ed: Maritime Security Sector Needs to Focus on Fundamentals, Not Tech
[By Jamie Jones and Ian Ralby] What good is the world’s most advanced “dark targeting” platform to...
Has the U.S. Ceded the Black Sea to Russia?
[By Charles P. (Chuck) Ridgway, Jr.] In 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an called the Black Sea a &ld...
Want to Revitalize American Shipbuilding? Change the Shift Schedule
[By Ryan C. Walker] Popular history and historians in public service have encouraged the public to view the production capacity...
China's Navy is Using Quantity to Build Quality
[By Matthew Hipple] The United States Navy holds up quality as the firebreak against the People’s Liberation Army Navy (P...
Op-Ed: Unmanned Naval Vessels Will Take Long-Term Development
[By James J. Wirtz] Will unmanned forces transform naval campaigning? Given recent events following the Russian invasion of Ukr...
Op-Ed: China is Fighting the Third Opium War - With Fish
[By Dr. Ian Ralby] In the 19th Century, the British East India Company was buying up huge amounts of Chinese goods –...
Unmanned Ships for the Navy: A Fleet to Do What?
[By Jonathan Panter] On March 18, 2021, former Congresswoman Elaine Luria of Virginia criticized the Navy’s the...
More Investment Needed in Submarine Search and Rescue Technology
[By Andrew Song] In the race against time, recent history demonstrates that technology remains limited for submarine search and...
Op-Ed: US Navy Needs a Small, Lightly-Manned Warship to Counter China
[By Shelley Gallup] In past wars, small and well-armed ships, such as destroyer escorts, torpedo boats, and riverine craft have...
Op-Ed: US Navy Needs to Expand Access to Education for Enlisted Sailors
[By Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Rodgers] In the U.S. Navy, maritime superiority and the readiness of its warfighters have a...