Naval Power

Naval fleet reactivated to confront Russia now operational as North Atlantic rivalry heats up

January 2, 2022

(Great Power War) As a “cost-cutting measure” during the Obama administration, the U.S. Navy decommissioned the Second Fleet, merging its activities and personnel into [...]

Iran said to be jamming shipboard GPS in Persian Gulf to lure vessels into its waters

August 8, 2021

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) The Iranian military may be jamming GPS signals in the Persian Gulf in an effort to lure unsuspecting vessels into its territorial waters [...]

Pentagon sending carrier battle group, bombers to Persian Gulf after indications Iran planned attack on U.S. forces

May 6, 2021

By Jon Dougherty The White House instructed the Pentagon to dispatch an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf after U.S. intelligence agencies caught wind of a potential ploy [...]

War games: America ‘keeps getting its ass handed to it’ by simulated Chinese, Russian attacks

March 10, 2022

By Jon Dougherty The United States spends around $700 billion a year on its military but following a series of wargames over the past couple of years, “blue” [...]

What a Chinese admiral gets wrong about ‘sinking two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers’

January 2, 2022

To one admiral in the Chinese navy, allowing Beijing to get the upper hand in Asia it seems like such an easy strategy. Just sink two American aircraft carriers while killing [...]

U.S. Navy commander: China has built a ‘great wall of SAMs’ in South China Sea

November 18, 2021

(National Sentinel) Militarized: Quietly, the Chinese have been fortifying and militarizing the artificial atolls they have built in the South China Sea, even as Bejing [...]

State Dept. says U.S. playing ‘catch up’ with great powers in era of competition

September 7, 2021

After orienting the U.S. military to fight low-intensity conflicts against low-tech forces and terrorist organizations for more than 15 years, the U.S. and Western allies are [...]

U.S. Navy’s Second Fleet to meet increased Russian presence in the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic

September 3, 2021

Late last month the U.S. Navy formally reconstituted the Cold War-era Second Fleet to counter an increased Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean Sea and the North [...]

Rubio: China close to ‘destroying’ U.S. alliances in the Pacific

August 30, 2021

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says that China is currently in the process of “destroying our alliances” throughout the Pacific Rim using various strategies [...]

Chinese navy rapidly expanding as Beijing’s shipbuilding hits overdrive

August 27, 2021

The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has been on a shipbuilding binge, adding 15 surface combatants since the beginning of the year. On 3 July the PLAN launched two [...]

Pentagon officially recognizes China’s ‘third naval force’ as threat to U.S. security

August 21, 2021

The 2018 annual Defense Department report to Congress, released last week, for the first time provides official recognition, and extensive coverage of, China’s [...]