Maybe not the South China Sea?

Maybe the Ukraine is where the next big confrontation takes place.  Normally, I think that Russia is a paper tiger, but I think Putin perceives weakness in the west.  He is not above exploiting such perceived weakness, especially if it gets him the Ukraine back.  He desperately wants the Ukraine back.

The German naval response to D-day

An interesting video.

Australia’s new submarines

Where should they be built?  I think this is a pretty strong argument.  However, I also see an argument for diversifying the capability to build these to as many places as possible.

I am happy to see this

The Japanese are flight testing F-35Bs off their two “Helicopter Destroyers”.  Who’d have thought in 1944-45 that come 2021 US Marine aircraft would be operating off JMSDF ships?

New S-boat

This is the kit that Mike mentioned on the episode of The Scale Model Podcast that he and I were recently on.  I agree with Mike, this is a must have.

 

You’d have to have….

a heart of stone not to laugh at this one.  Add this to the recent explosion at the Iranian drone factory and the explosion at the Iranian oil refinery, and maybe you begin to wonder if a certain country isn’t getting some payback.

More of this, please.

These types of tests need to be conducted a lot more often, especially by the seaborne forces of the USN and our allies.  If you would have peace, prepare for war.

We are not alone

The USN isn’t the only navy with problems.

Well, it looks like the Pacific Fleet's Marshal Shaposhnikov Project 1155 reclassified frigate did have a malfunction during its tests with a failed Kalibr cruise missile launch.https://t.co/xZbLEY09Af pic.twitter.com/1lQZn2bPSk

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) April 29, 2021

Warships with problems

I’ve followed Jim Dunnigan’s career since he was a wargame designer in the 70s.  He now runs a website called Strategypage and below is a YouTube of his podcast.  This one is on problems with current ship designs, focusing in part on the LCS (Little Crappy Ships.)

Wild

I am still amazed at what happened to several Soviet ships when the USSR collapsed.