08/23/2017: Marines assigned to Marine Air Control Squadron 2 test the capabilities of the new AN/TPS-80 aviation radar system during a field exercise at Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic, August 1, 2017. There are only two AN/TPS-80 [G/ATOR] radar systems actively used within the United States Marine Corps today. The new…
2017-08-21 By Robbin Laird During recent conversations with Ross Babbage in the United States and then Australia, we discussed the dynamics of change in the global environment and the challenges posed to the liberal democracies by the illiberal powers. Ross is a well-known and well regarded Australian strategist with significant…
2017-08-20 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird The past decade prioritized the land wars, and the Navy along with the Air Force have provided key elements of support and engagement in the support of the ground forces. With the growing threat from competitors who would engage in high tempo and…
08/21/2017: The Royal Australian Navy’s newest ship, the air warfare destroyer (AWD) NUSHIP Hobart, arrived in her home port of Sydney for the first time prior to her commissioning in September. The future HMAS Hobart is the first of three Hobart Class destroyers. In 2017, Hobart successfully completed builder and acceptance…
2017-08-19 With the declining numbers of Tornados (the RAF is already on a clear sunset schedule) the German Air Force is closing its training facility in New Mexico. The German air force has entered its final stage of departure, however they are not expected to complete their departure from Holloman…
2017-08-21 By Robbin Laird and Norman Polmar Undersea warfare is becoming more complex as an increasing number of nations are operating submarines, advanced submarines and seafloor mines are being proliferated, and there are an increasing number of seafloor military and commercial activities world wide. Thus, there are increasing demands for…
2017-08-17 By Edward Timperlake and Robbin Laird When we were last at Fallon in 2014, we had a chance to talk to the officers involved in the last phase of training prior to going to the Carrier, namely what they call Air Wing Fallon. Naval Air Station Fallon is known…
2017-08-20 By Richard Weitz The latest Chinese-U.S. military meeting was refreshingly frank—the two sides made clear their areas of disagreement, which will place Sino-U.S. defense relations on a much firmer footing. This past week, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford undertook his first visit to China as Chairman of the Joint…
