Current Events in the Americas

Speculations in Mer et Marine about if the Super Etendard, after his retirement in late 2016, could be transferred to Argentine (I doubt it very much, because budgetary and political questions): http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/une-seconde-vie-en-argentine-pour-les-sem-de-laeronautique-navale

How I suspected and reflected in these two historical scenarios, the US destroyers were operating for years alone and vulnerable, as confirmed in this USNI new report, but the procedure will be changed, and in near term we should count with three destroyers surface action groups: http://news.usni.org/2016/01/13/a-year-into-distributed-lethality-navy-nears-fielding-improved-weapons-deploying-surface-action-group http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2016-01/we-are-headed-right-direction Historical scenario featuring USS Ross (DDG 71) operating alone: http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/files/file/904-new-battle-of-sinop-23-december-2015-alternate-history-s…

Aegis Ashore Scores in First Intercept Test (USNI News)

U.S. Navy: Time to Bring Back the S-3 Viking? (The Diplomat) The S-3 was (is) an extremely versatile asset. I find it hard to disagree with the sentiment of this article.

JLENS loose and lose, how not?: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/10/28/the-army-lost-control-of-a-giant-unmanned-surveillance-blimp/

Why We Still Need a Nuclear-Armed Cruise Missile (War on the Rocks)

A Reagan Doctrine for the Twenty-First Century (Free Beacon) I miss Ronnie.

Wanted: A Bigger, Badder Air Wing to Fight China (The National Interest) Link to the report: Sharpening the Spear: The Carrier, the Joint Force, and High-End Conflict (Hudson Institute, pdf)

How a $2.7 billion air-defense system became a 'zombie' program (LA Times)

Why Is the PLAN Near Alaska? (The Diplomat) Scenario fodder (complete with OOB) for the under utilized Bering Strait battleset!

The Pentagon's 'Concurrency Myth' Is Now Available In Supercarrier Size (Foxtrot Alpha) Too true.

Navy’s EA-6B Prowler Takes Last Active Duty Flight Before Sunset Ceremony (USNI News)

Essay: Changing the Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Paradigm (USNI News) Essentially an argument for a rebirth of the TASM (in a Block IV Mod).

Navy Declares Initial Operational Capability for New Rolling Airframe Missile (Seapower) It would be nice to add this throughout the HCDB, but unfortunately we don't have the room.

I see LCS will employ probably Sonar 2087, as reflected here: - http://news.usni.org/2013/08/21/lcs-mission-packages-the-basics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral_combat_ship#Anti-submarine_module Also worring comments in the Wikipedia entry about the use of LCS to escort carrier groups! Link: http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/04/02/lcs-wargame-reveals-new-tactics-amid-controversy/

USS Gary Returns From Final Deployment; Also Last for SH-60B Seahawks (USNI News)

Next-Generation Harpoon Missile Offered to Navy (DOD Buzz) Cue Brains' disdain.

Just as AIM-9X-II: http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsus-navy-achieves-ioc-on-raytheons-aim-120d-amraam-missile-4551297

Improved AIM-9X Achieves IOC (Seapower)