How Israel is preparing for potential hostilities with Hezbollah over a gas rig
Israeli forces in the north are on high alert, but a diplomatic solution could still play out.
Eye On Africa, Navy’s New Ship Homeports in Crete
As Russian fighters fly in Libya and Turkey steps up operations in the region, the US just put its new sea base capable to surging Marines and commandos ashore into Crete
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Answering the demand signal to move faster, field sooner, iterate continuously
As threats rapidly evolve, digital engineering, manufacturing capacity and robust supply chains are critical to meeting challenges.
America Must Act In Libya Against Turkey, Russia
Turkey’s recent intervention in Libya is intensifying a proxy war and regional energy competition that threaten vital U.S. interests, while Washington mostly observes from the sidelines. As fighting grows in the Mediterranean country, the United States urgently needs to assume an overdue leadership role to end or mitigate this spiraling conflict. The time […]
Thousands of Marines Sail To Middle East; Iraqis Vote To Eject US Troops
As President Trump threatens strikes on Iranian military and civilian targets, British warships and a US Marine MEU head to the Middle East.
CNO: USS Lincoln Persian Gulf Trip No Surprise — ‘Planned For Some Time’
CNO John Richardson said Monday that, essentially, the Persian Gulf deployment was business as usual. "The Abraham Lincoln Strike Group was planned to deploy for some time now," he told the SeaAirSpace conference.
Allies Diplomatic Note To Moscow: 2 Carriers, 7 Ships, 1 Ambassador
While two carriers attracting most of the attention, a smaller US footprint is being established between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, where Russia -- and Turkey -- are raising concerns.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
New Second Fleet To Stay Lean, Unpredictable, Commander Says; & Watching China
The Arctic will become increasingly crowded in the coming years, and the US Navy's Second Fleet is making it a priority to get up there more often.
Royal Navy Lands 1st F-35B on New Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth
"We're not going to pretend it's easy,” Rear Adm. Keith Blount, assistant chief of the Naval Staff told reporters. “But this isn't unfathomably difficult for us. We are enjoying going back into the big time, and this is one of those big steps on that ladder. It's hugely exciting and should be reassuring to those back home and to those on this side of the Atlantic."
NATO, Russia Prep Biggest War Games Since Cold War
WASHINGTON: Within the next several weeks, both Russia and NATO will kick off some of the largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War. Hundreds of thousands of troops, tens of thousands of vehicles, hundreds of aircraft, and dozens of warships will charge into action in a series of mock engagements stretching from […]
Pentagon Sounds Alarm Over Sub-Hunting Tech Shortage, Hypersonic Funding
WASHINGTON The Navy says it is running short of critical submarine-detecting sonobuoys, thanks to stepped-up submarine activity by Russia in the Mediterranean and around Europe. As a result, the service has asked Congress to reprogram $20 million to buy more of the detection devices in an Omnibus funding package the Pentagon sent to Congress earlier […]
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
US Ships, Planes Challenge 22 Countries’ Claims — Not Just China’s
WASHINGTON: In 2016, the Defense Department flew aircraft or steamed ships through territories claimed by Albania, Brazil, Italy, Japan, Malta, and, well, China, according to the Pentagon’s annual report released today. So should Beijing be relieved it was not the sole focus of American Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPS) or should it feel slighted that it […]
Russia Builds ‘Arc Of Steel’: Adm. Ferguson
WASHINGTON: “We are observing the manifestation of a more aggressive, more capable Russian navy,” the US Navy’s top commander in Europe said today. And if that fleet is Putin’s seagoing hammer, missile bases ashore are his land-based anvil. Complementing Russian naval modernization, Adm. Mark Ferguson said, we have seen “the construction of an arc of […]
Russians In Syria Building A2/AD ‘Bubble’ Over Region: Breedlove
WASHINGTON: In keeping with its increasingly aggressive behavior over the past two years, Russia is deploying lethal and long-ranged anti-aircraft defenses to keep Western forces out of three key regions: the Baltics, the Black Sea, and, now, the Levant. From where NATO’s top commander Gen. Philip Breedlove sits, the Russian forces flowing into Syria don’t look […]
Do Marines Have To Hitchhike At Sea? The Real Story
WASHINGTON: Is the US Navy really so short of warships that Marines must catch a ride on foreign vessels, like heavily armed hitchhikers? The answer is, well, sort of. Where there’s smoke, there’s often fire — the Marines definitely could use more amphibious warfare ships — but on this story, politicians, lobbyists, and some of […]