The US has been ruthlessly militarising what some Pentagon strategists have called the island chains of defence in the Indo-Pacific with quiet ‘Five Eyes’ help. There are many straits and passages with unfamiliar names across the Indo-Pacific. Some are potential flashpoints in the event of ...
Another awareness is that naval captains generally consider themselves low on fuel at half capacity. How many times has it been written ships broke away when low on fuel without mentioning an actual fuel state though capital ships have ranges in the thousands of miles? Finally, an answer!
In addition to their ships, the Navy uses a variety of aircraft for transport and combat. A key requirement for many Navy aircraft is that they have the capability to operate from the deck of an aircraft carrier. This means they must be able to take off and land in a relatively short ...
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Around 300 ships have been rerouted so far, according to data from Windward, a maritime AI company, 45 of which were carrying approximately £79m each in new cars from Korea and Japan. The company said approximately £3.55bn worth of new cars have been sent on the longer, ...
sometime in the future to intervene in another conflict between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza, or directly against Israel itself. Or the ships could eventually make their way toward Lebanon-based Hezbollah, or even farther north to Syria, where the Russians conveniently have a naval base at ...
"It doesn't matter how beautiful your idea is, it doesn't matter how smart or important you are. If the idea doesn't agree with reality, it's wrong", Richard Feynman (paraphrased)
Certain naval ships have their own ZIP codes. Military addresses are an entirely different class of addresses using the same namespace. Ships move. Geographical coordinates don't. ZIP precision is another fun one. 5-digit ZIP codes are the least "precise" (though the term "specific" migh...
As chief of naval operations, Zumwalt focused on war-fighting and warfighters. He showed that a leader can, in his own words, “modernize and humanize the Navy.” But while Zumwalt spearheaded and advanced many Navy programs such as the Perry-class frigate, the Ohio-class submari...
When it comes tonaval sonars,humandivers have rated the sound as "unpleasant to severe" at levels of roughly 150dB re 1 µPa (decibel relative to a reference pressure of one micro pascal,the standard reference for underwater sound). This would be, perhaps, very roughly 10km away from ...