LAWs may change the shape and size of America’s amphibious assault fleet Getty Images If the U.S. Navy fights China half as hard as it is currently fighting the U.S. Marine Corps over the Light ...
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The Marine Corps’ Light Amphibious Warship Seems To Be Faltering. Here Is A Novel Solution.
When the Pentagon revised its defense strategy to focus on China in 2018, no military service moved faster than the Marine Corps to begin making changes. Incoming Commandant General David Berger decla...
As Russian Amphibious Ships Bore Down On Southern Ukraine In February, The Ukrainians’ Sole Anti-Ship Battery Opened Fire
2019 test-launch of the Neptune missile. Ukrainian defense ministry The Neptune anti-ship missile is one of the iconic weapons of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine. Two of the 17-foot missiles, fired by a...
The Ukrainian Navy Still Has One Big Amphibious Ship. She’d Be Pretty Useful Right About Now.
‘Yuri Olefirenko’ in happier times, before the current war. Ukrainian navy photo There might be just one big ship left in the Ukrainian navy—the amphibious landing vessel Yuri Olefirenko. ...
A Russian Attack On Odessa Could Be Naval Suicide
‘Saratov’ burns in Berdyansk. YouTube capture Russia had a chance to cut off Ukraine from the sea. It blew it. Now it’s highly likely, however and whenever the war ends, that Ukraine still...
Let The Marine Corps Build The New Light Amphibious Warship
It’s time to supplement the Navy’s big amphibious fleet with light amphibious warships Getty Images The Pentagon’s proposed 2023 naval budget was a rude shock for America’s amphibious assa...
Ukraine Has A Tiny Amphibious Force With A Very Dangerous Job
Naval infantry storm ashore from ‘Yuri Olefirenko.’ Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Russian navy is assembling what is, for the Kremlin, a powerful amphibious force in the Black Sea—o...