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Nuclear Torpedo Drones and Their Legality in War
[By Raul (Pete) Pedrozo] Russia and North Korea are both fielding a novel type of naval weapon – nuclear-armed torpedo dr...
Digital Horizon: Proving the Value of Unmanned Naval Surface Vehicles
[By Capt. George Galdorisi] The international community has been tremendously proactive in undertaking operations, ex...
The Dreadnought After Next
This article appears courtesy of CIMSEC and The Royal Navy. It was the first place, Gold Prize-winning essay of the Firs...
How Container Ships Could Provide Naval Capabilities
[By Tyler Totten] The U.S. Navy should pursue commercial containerships and compatible containerized mission systems. These shi...
U.S. Navy Should Pursue Commercial Containerships
[By Tyler Totten] The U.S. Navy should pursue commercial containerships and compatible containerized mission systems. These shi...
Op-Ed: Permanently Assign Unwanted LCS to U.S. Southern Command
[By Wilder Alejandro Sánchez and Ryan Markey] The United States Navy has announced plans to decommission two Littor...
The Global Effort to Accelerate Unmanned Systems Development
[By George Galdorisi] While it will take years to unpack all of the lessons learned from the ongoing war in Ukraine, one method...
Winning High-End War at Sea: Insights Into PLA’s Strategic Concept
[By: Ryan D. Martinson] American leaders have finally awakened to the challenges posed by an ascendant People’s Republic...
Why the U.S. is Losing the Race for the Arctic
[By Josh Caldon] Almost weekly there is another story insinuating that the US is losing the “race for the Arctic.”...
China is Preparing Merchant Ro-Ro Ferries for Amphibious Warfare
[By Conor Kennedy] The role of civilian roll-on/roll-off (RO-RO) ferries in a PLA invasion of Taiwan deserves its growing notor...