By Ashley Calingo Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.—The Marine Corps’ top modernization priority is fulfilling the requirement for a ground-based anti-ship missile capability. The operational requirement for this ship-killing capability is a relatively new development stemming from the Commandant’s Planning Guidance and the Corps’ Force Design 2030 efforts. “As…
On September 12, 2021, Japanese Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo delivered an address at the Vietnamese defense ministry during his visit to the country. He referred to China's new law, which authorizes its coast guard to use weapons. Kishi said Japan will never be able to accept the law, which he…
U.S. Air Force Forward Area Refueling Point personnel assigned to the 18th Logistics Rediness Squadron refuel an MH-60 Blackhawk with U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Northern Territory, Australia, July 18, 2021. TINDAL, NT, AUSTRALIA 07.18.2021…
By Pierre Tran Paris - The temperature in the Indo Pacific region has risen for the Western allies in general and for France in particular. President Emmanuel Macron clearly sees a pressing need for a switch to a new principal partner after Australia cancelled a planned order for the French…
By Robbin Laird The news this past few days has been filled with discussions, arguments, “fake news,” and other desiderata about the Australian decision to enter the nuclear attack club. But what can be missed is that the Australians have been driving innovations in the United States and the United…
Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Mike Noonan said the announcement was the single most consequential decision made in relation to the navy in his lifetime. In this video, he explains why. We have published a four part series on defense.info focused on the shift from the new conventionally powered attack…
By Robbin Laird The distributed laydown which started in 2014 has now been re-calibrated to focus on Marines operating further forward in the Pacific and doing so with closer joint force integration while retaining the capabilities to contribute significantly to full spectrum crisis management with allies and partners. To do…
U.S. Marines with Charley Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin 21.2, prepare to conduct a night insertion as a part of Operation Sea Raider during Talisman Sabre 2021 in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, July 23, 2021. TOWNSVILLE, QLD, AUSTRALIA 07.23.2021 Video by Lance Cpl. Alyssa Chuluda U.S.…
