2013-11-14 by Oscar Nkala The Nigeria Navy (NN) has contracted the China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Company (CSOC) to upgrade its naval dockyard into at Port Harcourt into a world-class factory that will build offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) and carry out maintenance on vessels The Chinese company, which won a contract…
11/13/2013:Earlier this year (June 14th), an Osprey landed onboard the JS Hyuga (DDG-181) during Dawn Blitz off of the coast of Naval Base Coronado. [slidepress gallery='osprey-lands-on-japanese-ship-operating-in-the-pacific'] Credit:III MEF:11/12/13 https://sldinfo.com/osprey-lands-on-japanese-ship-for-the-first-time/ https://sldinfo.com/osprey-mates-with-japanese-ship/ Now this has been done from Okinawa to a Japanese ship deployed in the Pacific. Lt. Gen. John Wissler and…
2013-11-12 In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on November 7, 2013, the Service Chiefs addressed the challenges the military is facing with sequestration. They addressed what the future might look like if sequestration was not jettisoned. Sydney Freedberg, Jr. in an overview piece on the hearings provided a…
2013-11-12 by Ed Timperlake The largest storm on the globe slammed into the Philippines and the U.S. Military and many others are now helping a nation suffering. It is important to understand the impact of typhoons in the Pacific. I wrote in an earlier piece that: "The question of how…
2013-11-11 By Su Wang In November 2, Russia and Japan held their first 2+2 meeting in Tokyo. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and their Japanese counterparts Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera attended the meeting. This meeting was initially decided when Japanese Prime Minister…
2013-11-11 The Brazilian Armed Forces have requested an increase in the 2014 budget. The leadership of the Brazilian forces are concerned that priority programs are at risk unless the budget is enhanced. Commanders of the Air Force, the Army and the Navy asked on Thursday (7) the members of the…
2013-10-30 By Robbin Laird, Ed Timperlake and Richard Weitz We have just published our new book on shaping a 21st century strategy for Pacific defense. The book examines the challenge of re-shaping U.S. forces to deal with 21st century strategic realities for Pacific defense. It is often stated that the 21st…
2013-11-11 In recent testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, the Commandant of the USMC highlighted the importance of readiness to the Corps in performing its global missions. Our nation expects a force capable of responding to crisis anywhere around the globe at a moment’s notice. Readiness is the critical…
