China, S.Korea Flex Naval Muscle as U.S. Wanes

Posted by Matt in February 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Koreas, Military, Chosun Ilbo, Daily News, Fleets, Flex, Heritage Foundation, Last Tuesday, News China, Pacific Ocean, South-Korea, Submarine, submarines, U S Navy

China and South Korea are expanding their submarine fleets as the U.S. Navy shrinks its own. The conservative Heritage Foundation in a report last Tuesday said that by 2025 the number of U.S. submarines in the Pacific Ocean will fall from 30 to 27 while China will have 78 submarines and South Korea 26.
The [...]

How the United States Lost the Naval War of 2015

Posted by Matt in December 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Conflict, U.S., Aircraft Carrier, Aircraft Carriers, Decline, Dominance, East China Sea, Force Structure, George Washington, Hegemon, Impressive Systems, Liberation Army Navy, Maritime Strategy, Naval Strategy, Naval War, Nuclear Submarines, Oceans Policy, Pacific Ocean, Political Fallout, Range Ballistic Missile, Submarine, Uss George Washington

Years of strategic missteps in oceans policy, naval strategy and a force structure in decline set the stage for U.S. defeat at sea in 2015. After decades of double-digit budget increases, the People’s Liberation Army (Navy) was operating some of the most impressive systems in the world, including a medium-range ballistic missile that could hit [...]

Quake triggers tsunami in Samoas, killing dozens – Yahoo! News

Posted by Matt in September 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Dozens, Earthquake Waves, Killing People, National Park Service, Pacific Ocean, Pago Pago American Samoa, Quake, Tsunami, Tsunami Waves, Yahoo, Yahoo News

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa – A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa, flooding and flattening villages, killing dozens of people and leaving several workers missing at devastated National Park Service facilities.
Quake triggers tsunami in Samoas, killing dozens – Yahoo! News

Israeli navy in Suez Canal prepares for potential attack on Iran – Times Online

Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Blogged, Clear Signal, Deployment, Exercises, Flock Browser, Iran Nuclear, Israeli Air Force, Israeli Navy, Israeli Officials, Missile Defence Shield, Missile Range, Missile Strike, Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Missile, Pacific Ocean, Red Sea, Strike Force, suez, Suez Canal, warships

Two Israeli missile class warships have sailed through the Suez Canal ten days after a submarine capable of launching a nuclear missile strike, in preparation for a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The deployment into the Red Sea, confirmed by Israeli officials, was a clear signal that Israel was able to put its strike force [...]

Soviet Subs In The Sunset

Posted by Matt in November 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Budget, Cold-War, Current, Era, Independent Fire, Leaves, Navy, Nuclear Accident, Nuclear Subs, Pacific Ocean, Rapid Decline, Reuters, Russia, Russian Navy, Russian Nuclear Submarine, Russian Submarine, ships, Spokesman, Submarine Fleet, submarines, Sunset

Russia’s nuclear submarine fleet is fading away. The navy budget, despite recent increases, is not large enough to build new ships to replace the current Cold War era fleet that is falling apart. This is not much noticed. The rapid decline of Russia’s nuclear submarine fleet got some attention only because Russia needed international help [...]

Aegis BMD Satellite Shoot-Down Documentary

Posted by Matt in June 7th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Missiles, U.S., Aegis Weapon System, Aws, Ballastic Missile Defense, BMD, Cg, Debris, Documentary, Fuel Tank, Hydrazine Fuel, Impact Velocity, Lake Erie, Pacific Ocean, Satellite Tracking, Sm, Spy Satellite, Standard Missile

On 20 Feb 2008 HST, the USS Lake Erie (CG-70) fired a modified tactical Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) missile at the malfunctioned spy satellite USA 193. The impact occurred at about 150 miles above the Pacific Ocean and at an impact velocity of around 22,000 mph. The Aegis Weapon System (AWS) confirmed a successful hit and [...]

Subs vs. carriers — Part 2

Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, Aircraft Carriers, Attack Submarine, Billy Mitchell, Giant, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Submarine, Ostfriesland, Pacific Ocean, Patrick Tyler, Policymakers, Soviet Submarine, submarines, Subs, Top Speed, Uss Enterprise, Vulnerability

Similarly, neither U.S. policymakers nor the American public realize the vulnerability of giant aircraft carriers to torpedo attacks from modern fast submarines was demonstrated in 1968 when a fast Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine matched the USS Enterprise at top speed in the Pacific Ocean. That moment, vividly and thoroughly discussed in Patrick Tyler’s “Running Critical,” [...]