Damage Control Training Makes Sailors Feel The Heat
For sailors on a fighting ship, fire is not a friend. But don’t be alarmed. Shipboard damage control training ensures …
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Obama’s UAV Strikes in Pakistan
President Barack Obama is reported to have a kill list that he reviews on Tuesday mornings. There are many bad …
Knifefish Mine-hunting UUV to Begin Operational Testing in 2015
“Knifefish provides capability that we don’t have with UUVs today,” said Capt. Duane Ashton, a program manager for unmanned maritime …
Naval Missiles Today
The state of the art (SOTA) in naval missiles, as with so many other military systems, is not a simple …
Shipboard Firefighting Robots Being Developed
The new $17.2 million Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR) at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, D.C., is …
100 Percent Cargo Screening Was a Stupid Idea
Sometimes you have to call a spade a spade, no matter who you’re talking to. Dear Congress, 100 percent cargo …
Book Review – Exit Plan, by Larry Bond
Few authors in the techno-thriller genre have matched – and none have surpassed – Larry Bond’s ability to deliver white-knuckle …
Droning on Around Us
Look, up in the sky … It’s a bird! It’s a plane. It’s a … drone?
While those are not …
An Empty Battlefield?
The demands of two wars have driven American doctrine, training, and acquisition to such an extent that the question, “How …
Can the Indian Navy Get the New Warships It Wants, When It Wants Them?
The Indian Navy’s ongoing recapitalization program is guided by its 15-year Maritime Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP) which calls for a …