To counter communist China, America must restore its own industrial might, especially in shipbuilding, where China has the edge.
China released DeepSeek, but is spending much greater effort in building the kind of navy and merchant marine needed to dominate at sea.
The Chinese Navy has invested heavily and fruitfully in carrier aviation, with an already impressive fleet of ships and aircraft.
The Marine Corps is in serious trouble, from the misguided Force Design protocol. The next Secretaries of Defense and the Navy must fix this.
A retired rear admiral responds to attempts in the media to promote climate change panic by saying the military takes it seriously.
The U.S. Navy is not ready to fight wars, respond to crises, or send in the Marines, mainly because we can’t build ships as we once...
The U.S. Navy will shortly buy a new jet trainer for carrier pilots, but will not use it to train for carrier landings.
The era of the outsized surface ship (including aircraft carriers) is over; that of the submarine has now begun.
Naval power – as visible as it is great – is the best deterrent to war. A former naval combat officer takes inventory.
Russian ghost fleets have emerged as hazards to navigation, and could permanently imperil freedom of the seas.