Navy Matters

The Air Force has publicly stated that large UAVs are not survivable on the modern battlefield.   ComNavOps has emphatically stated that, al...

We’ve all seen the photos of deck mounted racks of anti-ship missiles, right?   It’s almost always two 4-cannister racks mounted in a side...

There are a lot of misconceptions about satellites in war.   So many people believe that they can be used to instantaneously target and at...

We tend to think of UAVs as new technology.   The Navy has visions of UAVs cruising out to leisurely circle over enemy forces and report tar...

Much is being made of the Navy’s “plan” to forego the USS Truman’s midlife refueling and overhaul (RCOH) and retire the Nimitz class carrier...

Once upon a time (as all good fairy tales begin), the Navy required electromagnetic pulse (EMP) hardening in all its electronics to counter ...

The lethality of the modern land battlefield argues against the survival and effectiveness of unprotected infantry.   Indeed, it strongly ...

There is a persistent faction of naval thinkers out there who believe that a carrier is an outdated, obsolete, vulnerable target just waiti...

We just discussed alternative methods of achieving stealth (see, "Alternative Stealth" ).  Well, survivability follows along simi...