Dan White: On October 28th, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed a new maritime law for China that will ...

Adversaries do not need to build dedicated collection strategies when the commercial fleet functions as a distributed sensor ...

As the number of missile-equipped vessels shrinks, the Navy risks sailing into a dangerous trough, just as operational ...

Direct the Department of Navy to structure fleets, budgets, and procurement with oceanic missions in mind. Signal to allies ...

In late 2025, Turkey conducted a successful test of an air-to-air missile launched from an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV). At first glance, the event ...

The following is the first in a five-part series meant to shed light on Hainan Province’s maritime militia. For decades, these irregular forces have been an important element of Chinese maritime force ...

The solution may be a joint interagency task force—a Coast Guard-led structure that establishes command and control ...

June 2024 marks the 90 th year since commissioning the Ranger (CV-4), the first purpose-designed and built U.S. aircraft carrier. The Ranger stood on the legacies of several ships, most notably the ...

The Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits, together with the adjoining Marmara Sea, are known collectively as the Turkish Straits and provide the only access between the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. More ...

Today, Chinese underwater gliders operate throughout the Indo-Pacific, from the Bay of Bengal to the Bering Sea, from high seas to sovereign waters. These winged, torpedo-like submersibles are being ...

Naval vessels of all types have grown over the past 50 years. Even relatively low-end warship classes, such as the littoral combat ship, possessed significant system complexity. The tilt towards ...