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Informed thought on naval strategy, global power, and the maritime commons. By navalists, thinkers, strategists and citizens. Since 2016.

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Breaking down the brown shoe - black shoe wall: a memo from the fleet
Sep 23, 2018
Breaking down the brown shoe - black shoe wall: a memo from the fleet
Sep 23, 2018
Sep 23, 2018
Chaos Becomes Complex
May 16, 2018
Chaos Becomes Complex
May 16, 2018

Chaos theory is indeed gone and complexity is in, but maybe it was just coincidental timing. 

May 16, 2018
High Speed Transport… Destroyers?
Nov 29, 2017
High Speed Transport… Destroyers?
Nov 29, 2017

Examining the pre-WWII roots of the LCS and HSV.

Nov 29, 2017
Beyond Hardware and Technology: The Intangibles Of China’s Naval Power (Part 3)
Sep 22, 2017
Beyond Hardware and Technology: The Intangibles Of China’s Naval Power (Part 3)
Sep 22, 2017

Looking beyond the hardware into the paradoxes of China's naval rise. Part three of a three-part series.

Sep 22, 2017
Profound Simplicity, Part II:  Arming for New Missions—Aegis BMD
Sep 20, 2017
Profound Simplicity, Part II: Arming for New Missions—Aegis BMD
Sep 20, 2017

Building complex weapon systems is "profoundly simple." Part 2 of two-part series.

Sep 20, 2017
Profound Simplicity, Part I:  Aegis as a High Reliability Organization
Sep 18, 2017
Profound Simplicity, Part I: Aegis as a High Reliability Organization
Sep 18, 2017

Building complex weapon systems is "profoundly simple." Part I of two-part series.

Sep 18, 2017
In the Weeds with Littorals
Aug 24, 2017
In the Weeds with Littorals
Aug 24, 2017

Littoral warfare is not some dramatic new concept.  All naval warfare is connected to land.  However, repackaging a concept and placing renewed emphasis on studying it is not a bad thing.  This is especially true when political and technological developments have made US freedom to operate in the maritime environment less assured.

Aug 24, 2017
Supporting the Fight Ashore (Part II)
Jul 11, 2017
Supporting the Fight Ashore (Part II)
Jul 11, 2017

When the Marines ask for someone to bring the rain, the US Navy is in a drought. Can we seed the clouds?

Jul 11, 2017
Supporting the Fight Ashore (Part I)
Jun 22, 2017
Supporting the Fight Ashore (Part I)
Jun 22, 2017

When the Marines ask for someone to bring the rain, the US Navy is in a drought

Jun 22, 2017
Beyond Hardware And Technology: The Intangibles Of China’s Naval Power (Part II)
Jun 7, 2017
Beyond Hardware And Technology: The Intangibles Of China’s Naval Power (Part II)
Jun 7, 2017

Looking beyond the hardware into the paradoxes of China's naval rise. Part two of a three-part series.

Jun 7, 2017

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