By Pierre Tran Paris - France heaped bitter resentment on Canberra’s axing an industrial partnership to build 12 attack submarines for the Australian navy, while opting to order American-designed boats as part of a strategic alliance with the U.S. and the UK. The French foreign and defense ministers filled on…
SCI Is Important for Navy Training. SAN DIEGO, CA, 07.20.2021 Video by Kevin Dixon Naval Base Coronado
By Pierre Tran Paris - France has warned of pulling military support out of Mali following a media report of a prospective deal between Bamako and the Wagner Group, a shadowy Russian company of mercenaries seen to be expanding its presence in Africa. The French defense and foreign ministers told…
During my visit to Honolulu to visit PACAF and MARFORCOM in August 2021, I had a chance to discuss how U.S. forces are shaping a way ahead for Pacific defense. Ed Timperlake and I are finishing our book entitled Maritime Kill Webs, 21st Century Warfighting and Deterrence which highlights the…
U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, and U.S. Air Force Airmen with Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System into a MC-130J Commando II aircraft during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21, in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, July 21, 2021. TS21, the ninth iteration…
By Robbin Laird As the Marines rework how they work Pacific defense both with the joint and coalition forces, three key weapon systems enabling the effort are the F-35, the Osprey and C2 capabilities at the tactical edge. Each of these systems brings different capabilities to the fight, but the…
U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems with 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, and U.S. Army HIMARS with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, 12th Field Artillery Brigade, fire rockets during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 on Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 18,…
By India Strategic New Delhi. Sea trials have begun of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) ‘Vikrant’ designed by Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design (DND) and which is being built at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), a Public Sector Shipyard under Ministry of Shipping (MoS). “This is a major milestone and…
