The Required Minimum
The restoration of the combat capabilities of the submarine fleet is a priority of Russia’s military-technical policy. However, the requirements laid out for the structure of the Russian submarine fleet are very different from those made by the U.S. Navy; in part, they are determined by the geopolitical ...
New phase of radical changes to the fleet structures of leading naval powers
For a long time surface ships were the only effective instrument to wage war at sea apart from coastal artillery in coastal regions. Submarines and naval aviation (deck and land-based) radically changed naval ...
The Chinese Aircraft Carrier Fleet
When Dai Mingmeng
took off from and landed on an aircraft carrier
on November 23, 2012, he became the first Chinese pilot to do so, and attracted the attention of both experts and the general public. Some observers called the event the turning ...
... great oceans will undergo qualitative changes. However, the fundamental factors that determine the naval activities of mankind will remain unchanged, and the trends in this area are visible today. Having a long-term outlook for the coming changes of the fleet and naval power will help shape strategic priorities in the Russian state policy in this sphere.
Naval Pluralism
In naval terms, today’s world is largely unipolar. The previous Mistress of the Seas, Great Britain, followed the “two countries’ ...
... feature enhanced displacement, a cross-shaped tail and air-independent propulsion enabling them to stay underwater for up to several weeks without battery recharging.
The JMSDF plans to build five submarines by 2015, and eight more by 2020, while the fleet’s total requirement is 20
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.
Co-Prosperity Revisited?
Photo: olegkorea2002.ru
North Korean class San-O diesel submarine,
grounded in the territorial waters of South Korea
in 1996
In the fiscal year 2009, Japan’s naval budget amounted ...
... foundation of the U.S. Navy and a key tool for national security policy. Despite this, there is constant debate in the American expert community about the role and place of aircraft carriers in today’s world and about the need to maintain the fleet of aircraft carriers in its current form.
Current state of the carrier components of the U.S. Navy
Today,
the United States Navy has
11 nuclear-powered supercarriers (CVN) with a displacement of 100,000 tons each – 10 Nimitz-class carriers ...