Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy faces a “worsening attack submarine deficit” because its aging Los Angeles-class submarines are retiring faster than...
Key Points and Summary – The USS Gerald R. Ford’s presence off Venezuela projects pressure without promising a large air war. -If Washington ordered...
Key Points and Summary – Chinese officers have long threatened to sink U.S. aircraft carriers, banking on DF-21D/DF-26 and DF-17 “carrier-killer” salvos, swarming drones,...
Key Points and Summary – In 1981’s Ocean Venture/Magic Sword North, a Canadian Oberon-class diesel-electric submarine stunned NATO by evading layered U.S. anti-submarine defenses...
Key Points and Summary – China’s navy is rapidly expanding its carrier fleet—with three carriers now operational and a fourth Ford-class-like supercarrier on the...
Key Points and Summary – The 1999 simulated sinking of the USS Theodore Roosevelt by a “silent” Dutch diesel-electric submarine, HNLMS Walrus, proved that...
Key Points and Summary – The Seawolf-class began as a 29-boat, deep-water “super-sub” built to stalk Soviet submarines under ice, packing HY-100 hulls, big...
Key Points and Summary – China and Russia are developing advanced underwater drones (UUVs) that pose a “critical threat” to U.S. naval dominance. -China’s...