A Look Back at the History of US Navy ASW Con-ops and Capabilities

03/06/2019
By Ed Timperlake The view of the US Navy and its approach to ASW throughout history was laid down over sixty years ago by one of the most accomplished CNO’s in Naval History, Admiral Arleigh Burke. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Arleigh Burke initiated “Project Nobska,” which carved out a…

21st Century Anti-Submarine Capability as a Key Element for Shaping Escalation Dominance

03/05/2019
By Ed Timperlake The famous battle winning lineage of the Navy’s Anti-submarine force (ASW)  is being called to “Sound General Quarters Battle Stations” because  America is being directly threatened by the President of Russia’s  submarines with low flying air-breathing nuclear tipped hypersonic cruise missiles.  The significant change in the direct…

The Strategic Shift and German Defense: The Perspective of Brigadier General (Retired) Rainer Meyer zum Felde

03/04/2019
By Robbin Laird During my visit to Germany in February 2019, I had the chance to discuss the return of direct defense in Europe and the way ahead for German defense with an experienced Bundeswehr officer and thinker with many years of NATO experience, Brigadier General (ret.) Rainer Meyer zum…

Dealing with the Sub-Launched HSCM as a “Smaller Chunk” Within Escalation Dominance

03/04/2019
By Edward Timperlake In the first article in the series, we introduced the notion developed by Paul Bracken of breaking escalation dominance into smaller chunks. In his book on the Second Nuclear Age , he argued that mastering the maneuver space for the threat to use nuclear weapons was part…

Putin Works to Shape Escalation Dominance: Challenging the US Navy and the US Kill Web

03/03/2019
By Edward Timperlake President Putin has recently threatened a direct attack against the United States with nuclear weapons if we do not comply with his strategic approach to Europe and the West. The Russian PR machine has kicked in and we have a recent you tube visit from a St.…

Avalon Air Show 2019: The Perspective of Air Marshal Davies

03/01/2019
We will have a chance to interview Air Marshal Davies next month when in Canberra for the latest Williams Foundation Seminar. Air Marshal Davies opened the airshow, an airshow which featured the announcement of the loyal wingman program, with his perspective on the key role of industry and partnering with…

Creating a 21st Century NATO Deterrent Approach: The Role of Nuclear Weapons

02/28/2019
By Robbin Laird The build up of the Russian missile arsenal, short, medium and long range, with clear violations of INF limitations are designed less to create a so-called anti-access and area denial capability than an arsenal designed to make the recovery of classic conventional deterrence seem beyond reach in…