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September 14, 2019 by navaldiplomat

More advocacy for diesel subs

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More than ever, there’s a case for the U.S. Navy to buy or build non-nuclear submarines –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/enough-nuclear-all-reasons-us-navy-needs-diesel-submarines-80566

 

September 12, 2019 by navaldiplomat

Competitors get a say in “readiness” too

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Competitors can run us ragged all over the map to wear us down –

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/september/competitors-get-say-readiness-too

September 7, 2019 by navaldiplomat

Are navies dying?

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Thinking the unthinkable about sea power –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/are-navies-dying-78686

September 1, 2019 by navaldiplomat

Reflections on the outbreak of WWII eighty years on

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The nature of strategic competition and war never changes, but their character changes all the time –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/world-war-ii-teaches-us-how-world-war-iii-could-happen-and-would-be-hell-77306

August 27, 2019 by navaldiplomat

Yes, China can pummel our bases with missiles . . . but we have options too

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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/yes-china-can-pummel-us-bases-asia-missiles-76226

August 19, 2019 by navaldiplomat

A humble weapons technology with (potentially) big implications

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Distribute lethality within the U.S. Navy fleet — and beyond –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-adaptable-deck-launchers-could-turn-almost-any-ship-missile-firing-warship-74171

August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 by navaldiplomat

Talking Red Star over the Pacific over at CIMSEC . . .

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Red Star Over the Pacific: A Conversation with James Holmes on China’s Maritime Rise

August 11, 2019 by navaldiplomat

Cutting Afghanistan loose to liberate resources for other things

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Trump is 'triaging' Afghanistan

“Strategic triage” is a painful but sometimes necessary thing when you’re overcommitted–

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/456611-trump-is-triaging-afghanistan

August 8, 2019 by navaldiplomat

China’s defense white paper is bunk

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Always ask how the Chinese Communist Party defines its terms –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/don%E2%80%99t-believe-china%E2%80%99s-commitment-peace-and-stability-70996

July 29, 2019July 28, 2019 by navaldiplomat

What if Theodore Roosevelt had lived into the 1920s?

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It’s doubtful he would have been the same sensation he was during his 1901-1909 tenure in the White House –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/alternative-history-if-theodore-roosevelt-had-lived-69566

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