Showing posts with label U.S. Navy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.S. Navy. Show all posts
Thursday, June 22, 2023

Debris From OceansGate Search Confirmed as Coming From External Body of 'Titan' Sub

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It was almost beyond hope, but now we know. The U.S. Coast Guard press conference on the loss of the OceansGate submersible is about to begi...
Monday, September 5, 2022

Sea Power Makes Great Powers

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At Foreign Policy, " History reveals a country’s rise and decline are directly related to the heft of its navy. So why is the United St...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Gregg Easterbrook, The Blue Age

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At Amazon, Gregg Easterbrook, The Blue Age: How the US Navy Created Global Prosperity --- And Why We’re in Danger of Losing It . 
Saturday, April 9, 2022

China Accelerates Nuclear Buildup

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Well that's just great. *Eye-roll.* At the Wall Street Journal , " China Is Accelerating Its Nuclear Buildup Over Rising Fears of U...
Monday, March 28, 2022

Bruce D. Jones, To Rule the Waves

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Bruce D. Jones, To Rule the Waves: How Control of the World's Oceans Shapes the Fate of the Superpowers .
Thursday, March 24, 2022

USS Harry S. Truman Flexes Muscle in the Mediterranean

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At Poliitco Europe , " ‘The only thing Putin understands is strength’: US aircraft carrier flexes muscle in the Med ":   https://w...
Monday, March 14, 2022

Putin's War Is Fortifying the Democratic Alliance

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I love this. And remember what I wrote the other day: " Unipolarity Is Not Over ." From Michael Beckley and Hal Brands, at Foreig...
Friday, March 11, 2022

Unipolarity Is Not Over

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Folks have been arguing that the American era of superpower primacy is over. Starting with the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of th...
Friday, January 7, 2022

Flying Marines

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This is hard to beat: Sure we could've chosen to vaccinate the world and thus dramatically reduce the chance of variants like delta and ...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept

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At Amazon, Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor .
Saturday, September 18, 2021

Biden's Bad Day

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Ooops! From yesterday, at NYT , " Pentagon Acknowledges Aug. 29 Drone Strike in Afghanistan Was Tragic Mistake ." And posted here ...
Friday, September 17, 2021

The Sharp U.S. Pivot to Asia Is Throwing Europe Off Balance

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Following-up. At the New York Times , " In Submarine Deal With Australia, U.S. Counters China but Enrages France ": BRUSSELS — Un...
Thursday, September 16, 2021

In Submarine Deal With Australia, U.S. Counters China but Enrages France

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Following-up, " Why Australia Bet the House on Lasting American Power in Asia ." At NYT , " In Submarine Deal With Australia,...

Why Australia Bet the House on Lasting American Power in Asia

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So you would think. I'm surprised the U.S. has waited this long to bring the Aussies into the nuclear loop. At NYT, " Less than thr...
Monday, September 6, 2021

Five Sailors Dead in Navy Helicopter Crash off San Diego Coast (VIDEO)

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Tragic. At the Sand Diego Union-Tribune, " Navy identifies 5 San Diego sailors killed in helicopter crash off coast ": SAN DIEGO...
Thursday, May 27, 2021

USS Theodore Roosevelt Returns to San Diego (VIDEO)

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The crew of the Roosevelt endured a massive coronavirus outbreak while deployed. The skipper, Admiral Brett Crozier, was relieved of his dut...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Blue Angels Cockpit Cam

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Seen just now on Twitter: The Defense Department just released this cockpit-cam footage of the Blue Angles honor flight over NYC today. pic...
Friday, June 21, 2019

President Trump Approved Strikes on Iran, Then Pulled Back From the Brink (VIDEO)

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At the New York Times, " Strikes on Iran Approved by Trump, Then Abruptly Pulled Back ." And at Free Beacon, " U.S. Exp...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Iran Shoots Down U.S. Military Drone Over Strait of Hormuz (VIDEO)

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Following-up, " Assessing the Iranian Threat to the Strait of Hormuz ." At the Washington Post, " Iran shoots down US surve...

Assessing the Iranian Threat to the Strait of Hormuz

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This piece, from Professor Caitlin Talmadge at International Security from 11 years ago, remains timely. See, " Closing Time: Assess...
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