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Debate over USS Fitzgerald collision still misses point about broken US Navy procedures

2019-02-12 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

USS Fitzgerald

The debate about the USS Fitzgerald accident is still off track. The interesting discussion is what to do about the fact that the US Navy has deficient navigation procedures.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Navigation and seamanship, USA

Russian speaking U.S. soldiers on exercise in Estonia is brilliant information work

2018-12-17 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Nikita Ivanov

A television performance by two U.S. soldiers has achieved remarkable strategic effect. In fluent Russian they explain what the American soldiers are doing during an exercise in Estonia. It sends the right message to both the Russian minorities in the Baltic countries and to Russia as a potential enemy.

Filed Under: Army Tagged With: Estonia, Russia, USA

Sanctions are a tool of reward, not of punishment

2018-12-14 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

It is doubtful that Western sanctions have had any effect on Russia’s behavior but that doesn’t mean that the sanctions don’t work. They will be good bargaining chips some day when things are less emotional.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: EU, Russia, USA

U.S. Navy wants more submarines but cannot maintain the number they have

2018-11-25 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

The U.S. Navy wants to increase the number of attack submarines from 56 to 66. But a new government report documents that their shipyards cannot maintain even the ones they have already.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: USA

Infrastructure projects must be smarter about cybersecurity

2018-11-16 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Could the Washington Metro be hijacked by ransomware? Andrew Grotto has some suggestions about how to get cybersecurity back on track in infrastructure projects.

Filed Under: Cyber Warfare Tagged With: USA

We should think about why Russia breaks the INF Treaty

2018-11-05 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Iskander-K launcher

Before the INF Treaty collapses, it is worth pondering why Russia is building a missile that breaks it. I argue that it is because they want a conventional missile akin to Tomahawk. It is silly if we turn this into a nuclear race.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics, Nuclear weapons Tagged With: NATO, Russia, USA, Weapons of Mass Destruction

U.S. Navy plans to develop two new classes of submarine

2018-10-28 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

The U.S. Navy plans to develop a new cruise missile submarine and a new attack submarine. It is an expensive solution that comes just days after president Trump’s announcement of defense cuts.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: USA

We need better IR theories to explain Russia

2018-10-20 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Traditional theories about International Relations are simply not good enough to explain what is going on between Russia and the West. Andrej Krickovic delivers the argument in this policy memo for PONARS Eurasia.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: NATO, Russia, USA

Did a Russian frigate track down an Ohio class submarine?

2018-08-10 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Admiral Essen

The Russian frigate Admiral Essen tracked down an American Ohio class submarine back in April. That claims a Russian newspaper which puts great pride in the accomplishment. But isn’t it a weird thing to brag about? After all, it does reveal that most of the time you have no clue where the American submarines are.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Russia, USA

Article recommendation: The Status Quo Killed 17 US Sailors. The Navy Must Change.

2018-06-08 By Anders Puck Nielsen 1 Comment

Jon Paris makes a compelling case that the U.S. Navy needs to change its education system and introduce specialized career paths for engineering and operations. This step is well overdue. The idea that one can have the responsibility of either engineering or navigation of a large warship with a one-size-fits-all educational background is just mind boggling.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Navigation and seamanship, USA

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