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Coast Guard Begins At-Sea Testing of Unmanned Surface Vehicles to Tackle Illegal Fishing, Crime
10/15/2020
The Coast Guard has begun at-sea testing of unmanned surface vehicles off the south shore of Oahu to see if the autonomous craft can help provide persistent maritime domain awareness in remote areas of the large ocean, the service announced. The test and evaluation, which began last week and will run through Nov. 5, is […]
U.S. Working to End Chinese Secrecy Around Nuclear Capabilities
10/15/2020
America’s senior arms negotiator said Washington is taking diplomatic and military steps to put an end to Beijing’s “great wall of secrecy” that surrounds its rapid and expanding strategic weapons program. Speaking at a Heritage Foundation online forum this week, Marshall Billingslea, senior envoy for arms control, said Xi Jin-ping and the Communist Party leadership […]
Carrier Reagan Back in the South China Sea, U.S. Destroyer Makes Taiwan Strait Transit
10/15/2020
The Ronald Regan Carrier Strike Group is now operating in the South China Sea for the third time as part of its current underway period. Meanwhile, a destroyer made a transit of the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday. USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and its strike group passed through the Strait of Malacca and entered the South […]
Report to Congress on Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense
10/15/2020
The following is the Oct. 13, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report The Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for […]
CBO Says Navy Underestimated Cost of First Frigate by 40 Percent
10/14/2020
This story was updated to include a statement from a spokesman for Navy acquisition chief James Geurts. The lead ship in the Navy’s next-generation frigate class could cost $1.6 billion, a figure that is 40 percent above the service’s projections for the first-in-class vessel, according to the Congressional Budget Office. A new report from CBO […]