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Op-Ed: Retire the LCS and Hand Off Small-Ship Patrols to the USCG
[By Bryan Clark and Craig Hooper] News recently leaked that the Navy’s Independence-class Littoral Combat...
U.S. Navy Can Demonstrate the Freedom to Operate in the Taiwan Strait
[By Capt. Raul (Pete) Pedrozo] Introduction A Turkish news report indicated that the transit of the Taiwan Strait by the USS...
How Would the Russian Navy Fight in a Full-Scale Conflict?
[By Michael B. Petersen] How might Russian maritime forces be brought to bear against the United States and its allies? This qu...
Beware Buyer's Remorse: Why the Coast Guard Should Avoid the LCS
[By Lt. Joseph O’Connell] With all the negative publicity surrounding the Navy’s littoral combat ship (LCS) program...
Could There be a Role for Wing-in-Ground Craft in Naval Warfare?
[By Cmdr. Michael Knickerbocker] The People’s Liberation Army – Navy, PLA(N), has rapidly modernized and grown thei...
Op-Ed: Russian Hypocrisy and "Unlawfare" in the Black Sea
[By Dr. Ian Ralby and Col. Leonid Zaliubovsky] Despite Russia continuing to bomb civilians and target hospitals amid an aggress...
The Islamic State's Maritime Operations: Fighting, Fishing and Filming
[By Lucas Webber] In 2004, two US Navy personnel and one member of the Coast Guard were killed in a blast while attem...
Gliders With Ears: A New Tool in China's Subsea Surveillance Toolbox
[By Ryan Martinson] Today, Chinese underwater gliders operate throughout the Indo-Pacific, from the Bay of Bengal to...
Where are the Russian Navy's Closely-Watched Amphibs Headed?
]By Ben Claremont] The past several weeks have seen some extraordinary Russian naval activity. On 17 and 18 January 2021,...
Argentina Deploys New Patrol Ships to Ward Off China's Squid Fleet
[By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez] The Argentine Navy has deployed its two newest offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), ARA Bouc...