CV32

Russia designing new ‘aircraft carrier killer’ torpedo to boost naval power (Russia Beyond the Headlines)

SBX-1, #2981.

Already in there. Probably needs updating (like many entries).

The Pentagon wants a half-billion more dollars for the F-35 (Business Insider) F-35: DoD Forces Lockheed To Accept Its Price For LRIP 9 (Breaking Defense) And now the comic relief, from ... quelle surprise! Lexington Institute How Lockheed Martin's F-35 Program Became Boringly Successful (National Interest)

I started playing the original version before your modifications, and have continued with it rather than restart. The experience has been somewhat ... unusual. I will comment more later as the scenario unfolds.

Navy’s First Operational MQ-4C Triton Squadron Stands Up This Week (USNI News)

They have, on occasion, carried them (e.g. Puma, ScanEagle) though I am not aware of it being a regular item.

Good news for those following the DB. I got back to a little editing this past weekend, and I think you can reasonably expect an update in November.

Is The F-35 Being Kept Alive Just To Fleece The Foreign Buyers? (Wentworth Report)

Polish official claims Egypt sold warships to Russia for $1 (Stars and Stripes)

False Alarm May Have Triggered U.S. Navy Warship's Missile Defense System (Military Times) Suggests Aegis was on automatic. The 'false alarm' may have been a failed antiship missile launch (who knows what condition these missiles or their launch systems, especially as one or more may have already fallen into the sea before intercept) or some other rocket or missile activity.

Australia Cedes the Seas (Wall Street Journal) Nutso.

A third. USS Mason Fired on Again Off Coast of Yemen: Officials (NBC News)

The Pebble Island Raid (Defense Media Network)

Some of you may know, but Nick has a great YouTube series called Inside the Chieftain's Hatch which takes a detailed close up look at a variety of real world tanks.

Analysis: Mystery of the Red Sea missiles continues (Jane's) Other tidbits: (1) looks like USS Ponce was the original target; (2) USS Nitze launched 5 Tomahawks

Looks like the coastal radars hit by the Tomahawks were also mobile, looks to me like Russian military origin MYS-M1E. US hits radar sites

Yes, FROG, Scud and Scarab, as well as possibly some indigenous variations.

Things to consider ... The Bab al-Mandab is only 16.2 nm wide, so a ship in the middle would be only 8.1 nm from the coast. There is reference to the Mason being 30 miles from the attacker, so one can safely assume they were either north or south of the chokepoint in a wider part of the strait (I am thinking north, closer to Al Hudaydah). Three missiles (two SM-2MR, probably Block IIIB, and an ESSM, RIM-162A) were launched at the two missiles used in the initial attack. I would assume two SM-2MR (one per target) to start, and then the ESSM in follow-up. (Noting that it is suggested one of the attacking missiles fell into the sea, possibly prior to intercept). SM-2MR Block IIIB max range about 50 nm and RIM-162A ESSM max range about 30 nm, but these values would not be directly applicable to a sea skimming missile like C-802/Noor fired from the clutter of a coastal launch site. C-802/Noor, traveling at 520 kt, would cover 30 miles in about ... you guessed it ... 1 minute 52 seconds (112 seconds). By the time you factored in detection time and response time, I would hazard a guess that 90 seconds is about right.

For a HCE scenario featuring the Bab al-Mandab strait, try my Gates of Sorrow

Glad to hear it, lol.

The Philippines Is About to Give Up the South China Sea to China (Defense One) Depressing. Did China buy this guy?

Aegis defense system helped stop missile attack on USS Mason (Stars and Stripes)

The fact that the US Navy chose to hit three (presumably fixed) coastal radar sites leads me to wonder whether the Houthis (perhaps with more than a little help) are avoiding use of the radar integral to the C-802/Noor TEL, and instead exploiting the use of the target cueing available from the coastal radar sites to employ a little 'shoot and scoot' tactics. TELs are tough enough to find, tougher still if they do nothing to advertise their presence until the missiles are launched.

USS Nitze Destroys 3 Houthi Controlled Radar Sites in Retaliatory Strike (USNI News)