F/A-XX Stealth Fighter Selection To Finally Come By August: Navy's Top Admiral The Navy is hoping to take the next in the F/A-XX program after Congress rescued it from budgetary purgatory.

F/A-XX Stealth Fighter Selection To Finally Come By August: Navy’s Top Admiral www.twz.com/air/f-a-xx-s...

Indeed.

New undersea cable cutter risks Internet’s backbone China cable-cutter demo coincides with more sabotage of subsea Internet cables.

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Middle East crisis live: Iran to fully open strait of Hormuz during ceasefire, foreign minister says Abbas Araqchi says passage for all commercial vessels is declared completely open for the remaining period of the ceasefire

And just like that the threat posed by mines so discussed evaporates - well fine print is important here and we'll see how or if traffic picks up in the next 48-hours as that is the only measure that counts. The ceasefire being a permeable concept too.

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Making ships less detectable in the Arctic YouTube video by NATO Science & Technology Organization

Making ships less detectable in the Arctic

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Scarborough Shoal, but then that blockade is ongoing so strictly isn't a candidate for your futures list. In terms of the materials I would add food, it's a timeless one not going away and if anything becomes more important.

Very Short Introduction to Naval Warfare -sounds like core reading.

The Case for Blockade One day you think a blockade is something from the annals of history and then boom, it’s all over the 24-hour rolling news. Everyone wants to know what they are, how Iran can do it, how the US can do ...

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'Iron Dome may be needed' to protect London from missile attacks EXCLUSIVE: Former National Security Adviser Lord Sedwill says UK has to strengthen its air defences to protect the capital and other parts of the country

Sedwill “We certainly need proper air defences”

No kidding! The failure for generations to invest in IAMD outside of the maritime context is the crucial gap in UK defences and as yet unaddressed. Take PAAMS onto land like 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 and develop its BMD capability.

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This is the crux of the matter. Arbitrary numbers and increases without an overall new concept is problematic. Even a substantial and fiscally painful 1-2% increase now is just going to plug shortfalls in the existing set up when then are some fairly substantial gaps which aren't being addressed.

UK navy foiled Russian submarines surveying undersea cables, defence minister says John Healey says warship and aircraft forced Russia to abandon activity in North Sea in month-long operation

A few noteworthy points, duration and scale of the Russian operation are more extensive than past ones that have been reported on. Timing given the US focus on Iran and the Gulf region is probably no coincidence. Timely and detailed UK reporting also a signal.

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Naval Group Offers Blacksword Barracuda to Greece - Naval News Naval Group has proposed its Blacksword Barracuda design to the Hellenic Navy as part of the service’s next-generation submarine program

Naval Group is proposing its Blacksword Barracuda design to the Hellenic Navy for a four-submarine program intended to replace Greece’s aging Type 209 submarine fleet, following a request for information (RFI) issued in late 2025 🇫🇷 🇬🇷

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Denmark: Warship sunk by Nelson's British fleet discovered Over 200 years after being sunk by the British Royal Navy under Admiral Horatio Nelson, one of Denmark's most famous warships has been discovered at the bottom of Copenhagen Harbor — complete with som...

"The wreck of an iconic Danish warship has been discovered on the seabed of Copenhagen Harbor where it has lain for over two centuries since being sunk in a battle with the British Royal Navy under the command of its most famous admiral, Horatio Nelson." DW
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#OTD 2 April 1801 the Battle of Copenhagen - Contrary to popular (British) belief the Danish-Norwegian Navy was not destroyed:

Of 28 ships of the line 7 old hulls were engaged in the battle with 7 lost/captured (25%)

Of 14 frigates 3 were engaged with 1 lost (7%)
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So what should Germany have invested in instead......

If a reinterpretation hinges on a single word then it might need a bit more work. In WW2 terms I can think of quite a significant revision that hinges on 3 statements, but I still would not be comfortable making a big thing out of it.

The slightest of changes in terms of vocabulary, in political and strategic terms a significant shift.

Also which 'island', it unlikely would stay at just one.

Not a small incident then.

Military briefing: How mines could tighten Iran’s Gulf chokehold US navy appears ill-prepared for potential use of relatively cheap and plentiful weapon in narrow Strait of Hormuz

No element here, or with the overall situation, is either surprising or new.

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It has no sense of individual subject matter specifics. I've had a bit of time in the past few weeks to write again and for fun have been running some pages through AI to check spelling, grammar etc.. What comes out from a subject perspective is unusable and takes longer to repair than time it saves

Lots of discussion about the ARG/MEU team recently.

Here’s a few of our thoughts on what ARG/MEUs can, could, and should do.

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Well fuck.

Not sure Sparta was reachable by phone.

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True story.

Yes western warfare has been based on the silver bullet opening salvo that is operationally impressive, but if it doesn't deliver a knockout blow won't win the war. Again not new, how long did 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇮🇹 alone maintain precision warfare in Libya? 1-2 days.

There are two issues here, 1.) the Tomahawk, its characteristics and appeal and my only point was there is more to that FT graph on second glance 2.) the economics and sheer cost of warfare - Air and Missile Defence shows this better in a way though the surprise of the 5000 €/$ 155mm shell does too

not a new problem. Equally though TLAM is not employed on every target nor alone the measure of strike potential or wartime endurance. There the situation is different in the 2020s to 10-20 years ago. There is greater array of ordnance in the pipeline and the economics of weapon usage more of thing.

No question magazine depth and the production of complex munitions are fundamental issues when it comes to high intensity and sustained operations. With a view to longer wars it is a problem that has not been solved. US policy has always partial to the instant gratification of the TLAM salvo. It is