US Navy News and updates
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John Fedup
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This article points out the difficulties of sustaining nuclear power for the USN due to the decline of the commercial nuclear reactor business. Not sure I buy into this. As long as the USN maintains a continuous build of nuclear subs and CVNs the prime suppliers should stay in business. The Western commercial nuclear business has been comatose for a decade now but new emerging technologies may make the commercial market viable again.
Declining Commercial Nuclear Industry Creates Risk for Navy Carriers, Subs - USNI News
Advanced nuclear finds a more welcome home in Canada than the U.S.
Declining Commercial Nuclear Industry Creates Risk for Navy Carriers, Subs - USNI News
Advanced nuclear finds a more welcome home in Canada than the U.S.
A sobering article. One can only hope that the war planners prioritize neutralizing as much of the threat at the start of the conflict but it takes a lot of guts to sail into hostile waters under those conditions.
‘You’re on your own’: US sealift can’t count on US Navy escorts in the next big war
Military Sealift Command is focusing more on operating inside contested waters, said Tom Van Leunen, the command’s spokesman...
As part of those efforts, the command has developed a basic and advanced operations course for its mariners and has been participating in more fleet exercises, he said.
Mewborne’s efforts on “mariner resiliency” have been setting the right tone, Buzby said. The effort focuses on containing electronic emissions, becoming physically fit to be able to combat damage over long periods and a sobering reminder at the end, he added.
“The last bullet point on one of the slides is ‘Learn how to swim,’” he said. “It’s to that point. There’s not going to be a bunch of destroyers around us as we take those ships over there. We’re going to be hitting the sea buoy, cranking it up and going hell-bent for leather, hoping to stay undetected.”
‘You’re on your own’: US sealift can’t count on US Navy escorts in the next big war
Military Sealift Command is focusing more on operating inside contested waters, said Tom Van Leunen, the command’s spokesman...
As part of those efforts, the command has developed a basic and advanced operations course for its mariners and has been participating in more fleet exercises, he said.
Mewborne’s efforts on “mariner resiliency” have been setting the right tone, Buzby said. The effort focuses on containing electronic emissions, becoming physically fit to be able to combat damage over long periods and a sobering reminder at the end, he added.
“The last bullet point on one of the slides is ‘Learn how to swim,’” he said. “It’s to that point. There’s not going to be a bunch of destroyers around us as we take those ships over there. We’re going to be hitting the sea buoy, cranking it up and going hell-bent for leather, hoping to stay undetected.”
The frontal part looked like a Udoloy/Sovremennyy but if I'm not mistaken both classes don't have an RBU [in red Storm Rising the US sub in Russian waters was damaged by RBUs fired from a Grisha] up front.
In the movie, the ship's sonar console was in the bridge. Shouldn't it have been in the CIC? Also, one of the SEALs was carrying a standard 1 quart plastic canteen. In a real life scenario wouldn't SEALs be using something like a Camelback?
In the movie, the ship's sonar console was in the bridge. Shouldn't it have been in the CIC? Also, one of the SEALs was carrying a standard 1 quart plastic canteen. In a real life scenario wouldn't SEALs be using something like a Camelback?
The US Navy is reportedly revamping it's training curriculum for countering the threat from Russian and Chinese subs by establishing a TopGun-style aggresor horce to train it's SSN crews. Can the movie be far behind? Lol...
World War 3: US Navy create aggressor squadron to ATTACK China and Russia
The admiral compared the plan for the submarine forces to create an advanced training regimen for attack submarine crews similar to the Navy’s Topgun program for fighter pilots.
Mr Richards wants a submarine aggressor squadron made up of active duty and reserve sailors and civilians for other Navy submariners to train against...
More at the link
World War 3: US Navy create aggressor squadron to ATTACK China and Russia
The admiral compared the plan for the submarine forces to create an advanced training regimen for attack submarine crews similar to the Navy’s Topgun program for fighter pilots.
Mr Richards wants a submarine aggressor squadron made up of active duty and reserve sailors and civilians for other Navy submariners to train against...
More at the link
Typically poorly written and researched, and confused article by the Express, which singularly seems to not understand the role of an “aggressor” squadron, and doesn’t seem to understand the differences between submarines and aircraft in a tactical sense.
The first minute of the video at the link is what Admiral Richards actually said without the journalistic spin.
The second few minutes are just photo ops of various boats.
What he said makes perfect sense and simply redirects training away from the torpor of normal peacetime ops to greater combat readiness.
An interesting read from the USNI
https://m.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018-11/build-corvette-hornet’s-sting
Why not fit minor combatants with similar level (or possibly derivatives) of sensors and systems as combat aircraft? Yes the minors would be more expensive but the increase in capability would far outstrip the investment.
https://m.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018-11/build-corvette-hornet’s-sting
Why not fit minor combatants with similar level (or possibly derivatives) of sensors and systems as combat aircraft? Yes the minors would be more expensive but the increase in capability would far outstrip the investment.
The troubled LCS slowly makes progress.
USS Detroit Begins Operational Testing of LCS Surface-to-Surface Missile Module
The LCS has become a short range expensive OPV.
USS Detroit Begins Operational Testing of LCS Surface-to-Surface Missile Module
The LCS has become a short range expensive OPV.
LCS will get some serious fangs once NSM is integrated,
It’s official: The US Navy has a new ship killer missile
It’s official: The US Navy has a new ship killer missile
And LRASM when it comes on stream.
I'm not sure about LRASM; didn't LM decline to bid for the FFG because the missile's advanced capabilities and higher cost weren't competitive with the Navy's specs which seemed to favor NSM?
Yep they did, but doesn't mean that it can't / won't go on the DDG's etc., and foreign FFG / DDGs, as well as airborne assets.
the concerned
Active Member
With recent reports of the Chinese navy calling for US navy ships to be stopped and rammed in it's waters. Would the US navy be able to respond with force as this is a deliberate act.
t68
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All these FON ex will always have a contingency plan to them but its not like some precedents have not occurred in the past in respects to the USSR ramming USN assets in the cold war.
USSR ships ram american navy in the black sea youtube - Bing
As for hawkish comments it can come from both sides, remember the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson calling for a blockade way back when, id imagine there would be numerous comments from inside the pentagon on the subject.
Trump and Tillerson could make waves for US-China relations - CNN
t68
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yeah true, I guess you would call that shoulder rubbing in racing terminology
It's not the PLAN per se calling for that. It is one officer within it. However, that fact that it is being reported by the mouthpiece of the CCP does give it some credence, because the PLA, PLAN & PLAAF do not belong to the Peoples Republic of China but to the CCP. As far as what the USN reaction would be, they would act in self defence and if a PLAN ship attempted to or stopped or rammed a USN ship that is an act or war and would give the US casus belli and the legal and moral high ground.