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February 2, 2020 by navaldiplomat

Is the Ford class worth the price?

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Maybe not; battleships never lost their value, but no one advocates building new ones either –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/are-us-navys-new-aircraft-carriers-worth-cost-oid-battleships-might-give-us-clue-119656

January 26, 2020 by navaldiplomat

Things may be looking up for the navy’s littoral combat ships

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Let’s hope so.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navys-littoral-combat-ship-successful-catastrophe-117311

January 18, 2020 by navaldiplomat

It’s feeling like 1940 again . . .

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. . . in the U.S. Navy. Sort of –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/2020-really-1940-us-navy-115096

January 15, 2020 by navaldiplomat

Deng Xiaoping was . . .

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A billboard of former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping

. . . China’s George Washington.

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/january/deng-xiaoping-was-chinas-george-washington

January 11, 2020 by navaldiplomat

It’s feeling like World War I . . .

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. . . in the Western Pacific today –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navy-going-fight-world-war-i-against-china-112941

January 5, 2020 by navaldiplomat

Will a U.S.-Iran war happen?

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Not in a big way –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/why-us-iran-war-isnt-going-happen-111211

January 1, 2020 by navaldiplomat

Does China really need aircraft carriers?

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No. And yes!

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/does-china-really-need-aircraft-carriers-109931

 

December 29, 2019 by navaldiplomat

The Sino-Indian great game’s afoot . . .

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. . . in the Andaman Sea –

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/475837-india-hoists-a-metal-chain-in-the-indian-ocean

December 23, 2019 by navaldiplomat

Could the USN mount an effective blockade of North Korea?

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Yes, but it would cost us –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/what-if-trump-ordered-naval-blockade-north-korea-107781

December 20, 2019 by navaldiplomat

Santa Clausewitz . . .

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hachhach: 30ième Balade santé mplp sur le champ de bataille de Rocourt (Raucoux) de 1746

. . . has few good gift ideas for Kim Jong-Un on his list.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/how-should-president-trump-respond-north-koreas-christmas-gift-107056

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