Current Events in the Americas

Make the Zumwalt a Fighting Command Ship (Proceedings, May 2020) I like this idea.

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26347/the-navy-is-ripping-out-underperforming-anti-torpedo-torpedoes-from-its-supercarriers

Navy To Begin Arming Subs With Ship-Killer Missile (Breaking Defense)

Important article, I think: https://m.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018-05/how-we-lost-great-pacific-war

Team the P-8 and Sea Hunter for ASW (Proceedings, September 2018)

APG-83 SABR AESA radar very probably for USMC F/A-18C/D: https://www.naval-technology.com/news/northrop-installs-production-apg-83-radar-usmcs-f-18c-hornet/

USS Michale Monsoor DDG-1001 needs both damaged main gas turbines replacement https://news.usni.org/2018/07/11/second-zumwalt-destroyer-needs-new-engine-turbine-blades-damaged-sea-trials Quote: " Galinis said part of the reason it has taken so long to replace the engine is that, with the MT30 being so large, a special rail system is needed to remove the engine and put in a new one. That system hadn’t yet been designed when the Navy realized it needed one, so engineers had to finish the design and then install the system. “So that’s what’s taken us a little bit,” the rear admiral said." Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine is also employed by CVF Queen Elizabeth-class, LC…

Of interest for everyone of us (see photo): https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018-07/be-predictably-unpredictable

Comments on future carrier operations with drone tankers: https://www.themaven.net/warriormaven/sea/navy-to-pick-first-ever-carrier-launched-drone-later-this-year-v3X6RkePYkuPMMd6lUvKOg

Mattis proposed revolution on surprise carrier battle groups deployments: https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/05/02/is-secretary-of-defense-mattis-planning-radical-changes-to-how-the-navy-deploys/

The Navy’s stealth destroyers to get new weapons and a new mission: killing ships (DefenseNews)

Great article with interesting links: http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18318/shock-trials-or-no-the-navys-newest-supercarrier-is-still-an-unreliable-debacle

2018 Nuclear Posture Review (pdf)

British Ministry of Defence say discussions at advanced stage

Disclosed new Gray Wolf swarm missile: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5216007/Lockheed-Martin-reveals-Gray-Wolf-networked-cruise-missile.html

The Navy’s Much-Hyped Electromagnetic Railgun May End Up Dead In The Water (Task & Purpose)

Army Expected to Sell Off Thousands of Surplus 1911 Pistols (Kit Up!) A great opportunity for some of you to grab a piece of history.

Argentine navy loses contact with submarine (CNN) TR1700 class ARA San Juan (S-42)

Report on USS McCain and USS Fitzgerald collisions (Dept of the Navy, pdf)

Interesting article on future B-21 Raider probable high altitude capabilities: http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14919/the-b-21s-three-decade-old-shape-hints-at-new-high-altitude-capabilities