By Tim McGeehan In late 2008, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) sorties flown from Balad Air Force Base in Iraq dropped from 100s of sorties per day to 10s of sorties per day.1 Most UAV flights – unable to push full-motion imagery back to Nevada’s Creech Air Force Base due to an unexpected loss of bandwidth – … Continue reading Tumult in the Deep: The Unfolding Maritime Competition Over Undersea Infrastructure
By Jared Samuelson Dr. Douglas Guilfoyle joins the program to discuss his paper in British Yearbook of International Law: “Litigation as Statecraft: Small States and the Law of the Sea.” Douglas Guilfoyle is Professor of International Law and Security at the University of New South Wales Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy. His principal … Continue reading Sea Control 438 – Small States and the Law of the Sea with Dr. Douglas Guilfoyle
This article is part of the Irregular Warfare Initiative’s Project Maritime, a series exploring the intersection of irregular warfare and the maritime domain. It is republished with permission. Read it in its original form here. By Walker Mills The Dnipro River runs more than 1,300 miles, beginning near Smolensk in Russia and emptying into the … Continue reading More Than “Wet Gap Crossings”: Riverine Capabilities are Needed for Irregular Warfare and Beyond
Read Part 1 on defining distributed maritime operations. By Dmitry Filipoff Introduction As navies look to evolve during the missile age, much of their ability to threaten other fleets will come down to how well they can mass missile firepower. The ability to combine fires against warships heavily depends upon the traits of the weapons … Continue reading Fighting DMO, Pt. 2: Anti-Ship Firepower and the Major Limits of the American Naval Arsenal
