As US Navy shrinks, China launches more, better war ships
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| As US Navy shrinks, China launches more, better war ships HONG KONG — As looming budget cuts force the Pentagon to plan for a smaller US navy, China is accelerating the launch of new, increasingly capable warships as part of a sustained drive to become a major maritime power. Shanghai's Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Company late last month launched the fourth of China's new 071 amphibious landing ships according to reports carried by Chinese military web sites and the state-controlled media. While most attention has been drawn to the ongoing sea trials of China's first aircraft carrier, military analysts say the... |
Latest amphibious warship launched in Shanghai
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| Latest amphibious warship launched in Shanghai China Daily/Asia News Network Wed, Jul 20, 2011 The Jinggangshan dock landing ship, which is the largest warship in the Chinese Navy, was officially launched in Shanghai, Monday's Jiangxi Daily reported. The report did not give the exact date of the launch. With a displacement of 19,000 tons, the amphibious warship is 210 meters long and 28 meters wide and can carry helicopters, armored fighting vehicles, boats and landing craft as well as nearly 1,000 soldiers, Jiangxi Daily said. According to an earlier report on china.com, Jinggangshan is the second of the Type 071... |
A Unique Landing Craft Concept
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| A Unique Landing Craft Concept (Source: French Direction Générale de l’Armement; issued Jan. 12, 2011) (Issued in French only; unofficial translation by defense-aerospace.com) French companies often are a source of initiative and ingenuity, and the L-CAT prototype imagined, designed and built on its own money by CNIM (société de Construction industrielles de la Méditerranée), a small company based in south-eastern France. This prototype vessel has the twin hulls of a catamaran, but its central platform, resembling an elevator, can be raised or lowered, thus transforming the L-CAT from a catamaran to flat-bottomed landing craft, and back again. The design, with... |
Australian defense minister considers to use UK amphibious vessel
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| Australian defense minister considers to use UK amphibious vessel English.news.cn 2011-01-19 16:48:49 CANBERRA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Australia will consider whether to buy an amphibious vessel from the United Kingdom (UK), Defense Minister Stephen Smith said on Wednesday. Australia has ordered a number of the amphibious vessels from Spain, but they will not be ready until 2015. Following Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial Dialogue (AUKMIN) meetings in Sydney on Tuesday, UK Defense Minister Liam Fox visited South Australia (SA) with Smith on Wednesday to look at the defense science technology organizations and other defense capabilities. Smith said the bilateral defense talks had... |
First Amphibious Insects Found in Hawaii
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| But no one knows how the bugs breathe underwater. Several new caterpillar species are equally at home on land or underwater, making them the first truly amphibious insects, scientists say. The amphibious caterpillars—found only in Hawaii's fast-moving freshwater streams—belong to the moth genus Hyposmocoma, a group that includes more than 400 species. The 14 newfound species are never seen far from water. But unlike purely aquatic caterpillars, these species can behave the same in water or on land for indefinite periods of time. "When you put these guys in water, they run around and eat. You take them out, and... |
France's valentine to Russia
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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ON ONE LEVEL, maybe it's not surprising that France would sell an ultramodern helicopter carrier to Russia's navy, even as Russia continues to occupy illegally a sovereign nation that enjoys, at least in theory, good relations with France. After all, times are tough. Three-quarters of a billion dollars is three-quarters of a billion dollars. And France has never hidden its inclination to submerge principle when it comes to maintaining a profitable commercial relationship with the nation that supplies so much of Europe's oil and gas. Still, we do find it surprising -- maybe because we remember French President Nicolas Sarkozy's...
French warship to Russia: Risky precedent or a cruise ship painted gray?
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| French warship to Russia: Risky precedent or a cruise ship painted gray? The US and other NATO allies worry that the French sale of a $750 million Mistral warship to Russia will set an arms-trading precedent. But analysts say the ship does not yet represent the transfer of cutting-edge technology to Russia By Robert Marquand Staff writer / February 11, 2010 Paris The sale in principle of a French assault ship to the Russian navy brought a stir this week – as the first military deal by a NATO member to Moscow, one that helps Russia’s ailing fleet, and one... |
The car that thinks it's a powerboat (and is a babe magnet)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| It is called the Python, and its makers claim it is the fastest amphibious vehicle ever sold. It can hit 60mph on the waves - quicker than many speedboats - but is said to be equally at home on the road. All the driver has to do before leaving dry land is put the gears into neutral, engage the jet drive, then push a button to raise the wheels. The Python is powered on land by a V8 engine from a Chevrolet Corvette, which produces 640 horsepower and enables the 3,800lb machine to reach 100mph. On water, thrust is provided... |
Pentagon to review GD's amphibious tank program
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| NEWPORT, Rhode Island (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department will take a "hard look" at whether it needs a projected $13.2 billion General Dynamics Corp program designed to hurl combat-ready Marines from ship to shore, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday. Widening a drive to reshape the U.S. military for what he sees as its most likely future fights, Gates raised questions about the "expeditionary fighting vehicle," or EFV, an amphibious tank being developed by General Dynamics for the Marine Corps. |
German University Students Design Air Thrust Hovercraft
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| In a move that will cheer up lovers of vehicles that can travel on both water and (very flat) land, students at a German engineering university have built a one-person hovercraft that uses an air thrust system to move and steer.Folks over at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences use a pneumatic propeller that pushes air through two channels. Each of the channels has a pair of flaps that behave like the thrust-reversing system of a turbo-drive to help a user easily maneuver left or right, go in reverse, and brake.The way the project is set up hints that... |
South Korea Unveils Asia’s Biggest Amphibious Landing Vessel
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| Korea Unveils Asia’s Biggest Amphibious Landing Vessel A separate area for female soldiers, a community kitchen which can accommodate 154 soldiers at once, medical facilities equivalent to a hospital complex including a dental hospital and an operating room, a barbershop, elevators and a canteen: all these facilities can be found in the 14,000-ton Dokdo LPH, Asia's largest amphibious landing and transport vessel, on an area the size of two soccer fields. The Dokdo LPH, which was unveiled to the press on Friday, has facilities not far behind those of a large U.S. aircraft carrier. Intended to accommodate 340 crew, 700... |
India plans to build 3 amphibious assault ships (LPD)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| Landing docks on Navy’s periscope Friday September 14 2007 11:13 IST ENS EXPRESSNEWS SERVICE VISAKHAPATNAM: The Indian Navy has plans to build three Landing Platform Docks (LPD) on its own after 10 years. Till then, INS Jalashwa (formerly ‘USS Trenton’) would bridge the ‘capability gap’ in ship-to-shore movement of stores. INS Jalashwa was purchased from the US for a throwaway price of Rs 200 crore whereas a new ship of the same category will cost not less than Rs 2,000 crore, said Eastern Naval Command Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Vice-Admiral RP Suthan. Addressing a press conference onboard INS Jalashwa here today,... |
Navy to Christen New Amphibious Assault Ship Makin Island
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy will christen Makin Island, the newest and last ship in the Wasp-class of amphibious assault ships, Aug. 19, during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Miss. Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi will deliver the principal address at the ceremony. Silke Hagee, wife of Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Michael W. Hagee, will serve as ship’s sponsor. The ceremony will be highlighted by the time-honored Navy tradition of the sponsor breaking the bottle of champagne across the bow to formally christen the ship. Makin Island is named for... |
Russia's A-40 Albatross: hunting subs and quenching fires
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| Albatros: hunting subs and quenching fires 16:17 | 09/ 08/ 2006 MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti defense commentator Viktor Litovkin) - Russia has some unique models of combat hardware that were developed in the Soviet years. One of these is the A-40 amphibian, or the Albatros (the Mermaid, in NATO classification), a product of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Research and Engineering Complex. This is the world's only turbojet that can take off and land both on water and at a conventional airport. It can perform numerous tasks: search for SSBNs (ballistic missile submarines), rescue merchant vessels and warships in distress, and even... |
Navy to Christen Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Green Bay
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy will christen the newest San Antonio-class Amphibious Transport Docking ship Green Bay at 10 a.m. CDT July 15, during a ceremony at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems – Avondale Operations, Avondale, La. The ship is named Green Bay to honor the nation's Midwest "city by the bay." The city of about 100,000 residents was founded in 1634 by French explorer, Jean Nicolet, and is the oldest community in Wisconsin. Rose Magnus, wife of the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert Magnus, is serving as the ship’s sponsor. In a time-honored Navy tradition, she will... |
Trenton Deal Close To Being Sealed (India-US Navy)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| Trenton deal close to being sealed Shiv AroorPosted online: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 NEW DELHI, JUNE 27:As the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal comes up at Capitol Hill, back home, another deal is getting close to being sealed. It is New Delhi’s acquisition of the USS Trenton, an American amphibious warship which was offered to the Indian Navy last year. With Washington’s crucial letter of acceptance (LoA) in, South Block is set to close the deal by early next month. The warship, currently undergoing a complete refit at Norfolk, Virginia, and capable of carrying close to 1,500 personnel, will be delivered... |
Oldest Amphib Serves as Base for Iraq’s Future [USS Ogden (LPD 5)]
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| PERSIAN GULF (NNS) -- USS Ogden (LPD 5), the Navy’s oldest active amphibious ship, is currently serving as the Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) for the multinational maritime coalition operating in the North Persian Gulf. As the AFSB for Commander, Task Group (CTG) 158.1, the 41-year-old amphibious transport dock is providing logistical support for the various forces that are protecting Iraq’s territorial waters and oil platforms, as well as serving as a training platform for Iraqi sailors and marines. “The crew is having a wonderful time,” said Cmdr. James Hruska, Ogden’s commanding officer. “Everyone understands the importance of keeping these... |
Amphibious Construction Battalion Seabees Return Home from Kuwait
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Sailors from Amphibious Construction Battalion (PHIBCB) 2 Kuwait Det. 1 returned to Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, March 31, after completing a six-and-a-half month deployment in support of the global war on terrorism. “Mobilizing Reservists and blending was a challenge but worked very well,” said PHIBCB 2 Commanding Officer, Capt. Thomas C. Nicholas. The team’s 44 active-duty Sailors and were joined by 13 naval Reservists and supported public works operations for the Army’s Area Support Group (ASG)-Kuwait. “The guys did a great job and got lots of recognition,” said Nicholas. The Seabees worked together with the... |
USS San Antonio Arrives in Norfolk
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Family and friends greeted the arrival of the Navy’s newest ship, the amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17), as it arrived to its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, Jan. 25. San Antonio was commissioned Jan. 14 at Naval Station Ingleside, Texas, and will be permanently homeported in Norfolk. “After a magnificent commissioning in Ingleside (Texas), it will feel good for the Sailors on San Antonio to get home,” said San Antonio’s Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Bradley Lee. The San Antonio-class will functionally replace more than 41 ships (LPD 4, LSD 36, LKA 113, and LST... |
Marines School Japanese Soldiers in Amphibious Warfare
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE CORONADO, Calif., Jan. 18, 2006 – Boating around San Diego Bay may sound relaxing, but members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force training with U.S. Marines here have found it to be just the opposite. Roughly 200 Japanese forces have been training here since Jan. 9. Training with experts in amphibious operations here is not a cakewalk, Marine Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Demuro, an instructor with the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific, said. "It may look really cool and fun, kind of 'Baywatch' type stuff. But if you were to come out here at 2 o'clock in the... |
Navy Commissions Amphibious Transport Dock Ship San Antonio
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| The U.S. Navy will commission the USS San Antonio, lead ship of the latest class of amphibious ships, at 11 a.m. CDT, Jan. 14, 2006, at Naval Station Ingleside, Texas. Former President George H. W. Bush will deliver the ceremony’s principal address. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will serve as the ship’s sponsor and will give the first order to "Man our ship and bring her to life!" Capt. Jonathan M. Padfield of Salt Lake City, Utah, is the ship’s first commanding officer and will lead a crew of 360 officers and enlisted personnel. The ship is capable of embarking a... |
ESG-1 Conducts Maritime Security Operations in Arabian Sea
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| ABOARD USS CLEVELAND, Arabian Sea (NNS) -- Members of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 1 are currently leading a group of six coalition ships conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in the North Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman. The strike group’s flagship, USS Tarawa (LHA 1) and the amphibious transport dock USS Cleveland (LPD 7) are joined by the guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79). The French ships Var (FS 608) and Lafayette (FS 710), and the Pakistani frigate Badr (PNS 181) round out the coalition task group. MSO are part of ESG-1’s regularly scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th... |
Royal Australian Navy plans two new aircraft capable amphibious ships
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| Navy planning for two new aircraft carriers March 14, 2005 SECRET discussions have been held with ship builders about equipping two large new Australian warships with fighter aircraft. The Royal Australian Navy plans to buy two $800 million, 25,000 tonne amphibious ships by 2010. A push is under way to give the vessels the capacity to carry eight or more so-called short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighters. The aircraft would cost about $6 million more than the $70 million price tag for the conventional joint strike fighters (JSF) being purchased for the RAAF. The Government wants to buy up... |
US reveals China arms build-up
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| US reveals China arms build-up By Hamish McDonald Beijing March 7, 2005 American intelligence agencies have revealed a huge build-up in Chinese assault forces - apparently designed to invade Taiwan - as China's leaders made new overtures for a peaceful agreement with the island republic. US officials said China was racing to complete 23 amphibious ships able to ferry tanks and troops across the 160-kilometre-wide Taiwan Strait and 13 submarines to protect them, according to a New York Times report. "Their amphibious assault shipbuilding alone equals the entire US Navy shipbuilding since 2002," one official said. The US revelation came... |
IWO JIMA AND THE FUTURE OF THE MARINE CORPS
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:28:10 AM
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| IWO JIMA AND THE FUTURE OF THE MARINE CORPS by Mackubin Thomas Owens February 23, 2005 Mackubin Thomas Owens, an FPRI senior fellow, is Associate Dean of Academics for Electives and Directed Research and a professor of national security affairs at the Naval War College. He is also a Contributing Editor to National Review Online. He led a Marine infantry platoon in Vietnam in 1968- 69 and retired as a colonel after 26 years of service in the Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve. IWO JIMA AND THE FUTURE OF THE MARINE CORPS by Mackubin Thomas Owens Sixty years ago-February... |
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