According to a story published by the UK Ministry of Defence on October 5, 2021, the UK Carrier Strike Group looks forward to a busy autumn in the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East. Having passed the midway point of its first operational deployment, the UK Carrier Strike Group is preparing…
By MC1 Tyler Fraser, USS Carl Vinson PHILIPPINE SEA - Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conducted a fueling-at-sea (FAS) with Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), Sept. 17, delivering more than 150,000 gallons of fuel and setting a milestone of more than 1 million gallons…
By Pierre Tran Paris - Britain and France, once close friends and military allies, are at each other’s throat. The cultural approach of the British is pragmatism, while the archetypal French character is the intellectual. A sample of both those qualities may be what is needed to defuse the tension,…
By the Australian Defence Business Review The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has hosted seven air forces at its biennial Exercise Blue Flag at Ovda Airbase near Eilat in southern Israel. Blue Flag is described as an international training exercise hosting air forces from around the world to strengthen cooperation between…
According to a UK Ministry of Defence article published on October 20, 2021, HMS Prince of Wales hosted the Pacific Future Forum. The Royal Navy’s next generation aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is hosting the international defence, security, trade and technology summit, the Pacific Future Forum (PFF). PFF provides…
By Robbin Laird With the return of the high-end fight, and the challenge of delivering tailored military capabilities to ensure escalation dominance in the maritime domain, a broadened focus on maneuver warfare in the maritime space has emerged. Distributed operations within a wider capability to integrate the force is a…
Joint statement, European Intervention Initiative, Meeting of the ministers of Defence in Stockholm, Sweden, 24. September 2021. Since the launch of the European Intervention Initiative in 2018, it has grown to include thirteen European states who share the aim to develop a common strategic culture to meet the challenges facing Europe.…
By Robbin Laird and Pierre Tran The European Union’s pursuit of military and security capabilities can be seen in the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) project, a cooperative framework for the 25 EU member states which have signed up to work together. One of the largest PESCO projects is the European Patrol…
