Tag Archives: Falklands
China and the Falklands Analogy: Preparing for the Wrong War?
If the Pentagon’s reading of China’s interest in “Falklands-style” campaigns of long-range power projection is accurate, the task of maintaining a U.S.-centric security order in East Asia may turn out to be more manageable than expected. But the PLA Navy cannot be counted on to dilute its efforts to the extent DoD now thinks plausible. [...]
Read MoreWill China Fight Falklands-Style Wars?
The Pentagon’s analogy of China and Falkland-Style wars does not mean that it is yet meeting all such necessary criteria. Instead, the analogy tells us about the PLAN’s present and future rank in the hierarchy of navies. Although Europe is in decline, Europeans should not bury their heads in the sand. There are still useful efforts that can be done.
Read MoreThe Sinews of War
I don’t know what the hell this “logistics” is that Marshall is always talking about, but I want some of it. – Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King to a Staff Officer, 1942 Carting around beans and bullets has never much interested me until recently. Of course, the Military Sealift Command has been on my mind [...]
Maritime Security on TheRiskyShift.com
Kurt Albaugh and I were honored to be asked to to sit down for an interview last week with James Sheehan for TheRiskyShift.com, a british blog. The result is the premiere edition of their new podcast, Debrief. Although I have yet to hear the results (I don’t particularly care to hear my own voice played back), I can say without reservation [...]
Read MoreA Nuclear Reaction…
This week the British Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, announced a £1.1billion contract to build nuclear reactors for the next generation of British submarines that will replace the current Vanguard-class SSBNs. Though he stopped short of saying that this guaranteed Britain would renew Trident, with a formal decision due to be made in 2016, it is [...]
Parallel Rocks
Civilian authorities spot a foreign fishing vessel trawling their nation’s territorial waters. The authorities move to intercept but are held at bay by the offending vessel’s government escorts. The scene: Gibraltar. The actors: The U.K. and Spain. As readers of this blog know, stand-offs over fishing rights and territorial disputes have made a lot of news of [...]
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