By Walker Mills

Commander Michael Knickerbocker joins the program to speak about his recent article, “Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels.” He discusses the threat of unmanned surface vessels (USVs), what the U.S. Navy should do about them, and how the U.S. Navy should direct its own USV programs.

Download Sea Control 491 – Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels With Michael Knickerbocker

Links

1. “Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels,” by Michael Knickerbocker, War on the Rocks, January 3, 2024

2. “Trashing Energy Needs: A Cast for Expanded Plasma Gasification Use by the US Military,” by Michael Knickerbocker, The Defense Post, October 23, 2023.

3. “Episode 101: UUVs: Underwater Drones and Seabed Warfare,” by The Red Line Podcast, August 8, 2023. 

4. “Sea Control 426: “Every Ship A SAG” with Lt Kyle Cregge,” by Andrea Howard, CIMSEC, April 13, 2023.

5. “Autonomous Pickets for Force Protection and Fleet Missile Defense,” by Walker D. mills, CIMSEC, May 8, 2019.

Walker Mills is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast and a CIMSEC Senior Editor. Contact the podcast team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

Marie Williams edited and produced this episode.

By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Hassan Khalilieh joins the podcast to discuss Islamic maritime law, to include his book: Islamic Law of the Sea: Freedom of Navigation and Passage Rights in Islamic Thought. Hassan is a senior lecturer in the departments of Maritime Civilizations and Inter-disciplinary Studies at the University of Haifa.

Download Sea Control 490 – Islamic Maritime Law with Dr. Hassan Khalilieh

Links

1.  Islamic Law of the Sea – Freedom of Navigation and Passage Rights in Islamic Thought, Cambridge University Press, April 2019. 

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Brendan Costello.

By Jared Samuelson

Julian Pawlak joins us to discuss his 2022 report on NATO’s northern flank. Julian is a research associate at the Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg and the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies. His research covers NATO’s Northern Flank and the Baltic Sea region.

Download Sea Control 489 – The Strategic Importance of NATO’s North Flank with Julian Pawlak

Links

1. “Collective Defence and Bastion: The Strategic Importance of NATO’s Northern Flank,” by Julian Pawlak, German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies, March 2022.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Jim Jarvie.

By Jared Samuelson

Journalist and author Robert Kolker joins the program to discuss his deep dive for The Atavist into the disaster at Honda Point, the U.S. Navy’s largest peacetime loss of ships. Robert is the author of the New York Times best-selling Lost Girls and Hidden Valley Road. He is a National Magazine Award finalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek, and New York magazine.

Download Sea Control 488 – Disaster at Honda Point with Robert Kolker

Links

1. “Dead Reckoning,” by Robert Kolker, The Atavist Magazine, No. 142, August 2023. 

2. Robert Kolker’s official website.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Marie Williams.