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“Amphibious Ships are the Dreadnoughts of the modern maritime era”

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 26 Comments / 2 September 2008 22 October 2011

One of the top sources of insight about modern maritime strategy is Galrahn at Information Dissemination. He has advice for those watching US forces in the Middle East: Amateurs watch the carriers; professionals watch the Expeditionary Strike Groups (ESGs). Amphibious Ships are the Dreadnoughts of the modern maritime era. How can this be true, when …

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A step towards building a Navy we can afford

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 3 Comments / 16 July 2008 9 February 2009

Elements of the US government are having second thoughts about building a third DDG-1000 (cool website for an ugly ship). Hat tip to Information Dissemination (a professional Navy-centric blog). That a nice return to sanity, as a global maritime power needs a large Navy — but one that we can in fact afford. The next four years …

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A lesson in war-mongering: “Maritime Strategy in an Age of Blood and Belief”

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 6 Comments / 8 July 2008 18 October 2010

Summary: This post describes an article wells worth reading, a sophisticated example of war-mongering. For a contrast see Geopolitical analysis need not be war-mongering. At the end are links to other articles on this topic. This is a review of “Maritime Strategy in an Age of Blood and Belief“, Sandy Winnefeld (Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy), Proceedings, …

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Update to the “Navy Death Spiral”

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 4 Comments / 22 April 2008 28 September 2008

This is an update to DoD Death Spiral — the US Navy version. “Two ships deemed ‘unfit’ for combat“, Navy Times (21 April 2008) — The full article is worth reading, as usual for the Navy Times. It is not yet clear if this is the first sign of a serious problem, or just random bad …

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DoD Death Spiral – the US Navy version

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 7 Comments / 31 January 2008 28 September 2008

The following article not only provides an excellent example of the Defense Death Spiral (see here for a description), but also illustrates other important points. (1) The mainstream media report these problems in the perky, amnesiac fashion of a fool — as if each time they discover the problem it is an original insight. Since …

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