2013-02-06 Recently, the USCG has ordered an additional aircraft to its Maritime Patrol aircraft fleet. This order will bring the fleet size to 18. The role of the Ocean Sentry (the USCG's version of the CN-235) is central to the USCG's missions. [caption id="attachment_50622" align="alignnone" width="300"] A USCG CN-235 in…
2013-02-06 By Lt. General (Retired) Gaviard With the advent of "network centric operations," it is becoming more and more difficult, to conceive the use of drones in an isolated fashion. On the contrary, the use of drone must be envisioned as fully transverse within an independent 'system of systems". Following this…
2013-02-03 We have just posted a new Special Report on Pacific strategy. We published several pieces on AOL Defense which appeared over the past six months. We have brought those articles together into a single report for our readers. The report can be downloaded here: https://sldinfo.com/re-shaping-pacific-strategy/
2013-02-03 By Lt. General (Retired) Gaviard In a recent interview with the French weekly, L’Express, Lt. General (Retired) Gaviard discussed the progress of the French intervention to date. At this stage in the Serval operation, what are the reasons for the French armed forces success in Mali? The first phase of…
2013-02-01 by Robbin Laird At Second Line of Defense, we have conducted a number of interviews with Commander’s with special roles in the Pacific. In this article, we want to bring together some of those insights into a more comprehensive look at the challenges as seen by the Commander’s who are…
2013-02-01 By Richard Weitz Russia’s new (fourth) generation Project Mk 955 Borey-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), equipped with the new RSM-56 Bulava (NATO code name SS-NX-30) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM), officially entered service with the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet this month. Christened the Yuri Dolgoruky, the ship was under…
2013-02-01 In a recent interview with the weekly newsmagazine, L’Express, Lt. General (Retired) Gaviard discussed France, Europe and the Mali crisis. Why are the European states reticent to engage with the French forces in the Serval operation? Historically, France always had a hard time convincing European countries to commit at…
2013-01-31 By Col. Bradley Weisz, Deputy Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group TWO, United States Fleet Forces Command, Little Creek, Virginia “I believe that our nation needs fast, austere and lethal expeditionary naval forces that can execute missions across the spectrum of conflict. The Navy-Marine Corps team is that key.” In 2008, the…
