Scout Ship

We recently discussed the Navy’s ill-conceived plan to use unmanned vessels as sensor scouts out in front of a surface group (see…

UAVs - Numbers Matter

ComNavOps has frequently pointed out the disconnect between the Navy’s dependence on UAVs for reconnaissance, surveillance, and t…

SEALs

Navy SEALs.  Who doesn’t love Navy SEALs?  Well, I guess in a show of hands, ComNavOps might be one of the very few who raises hi…

MQ-9 Reaper Shootdown

By now, you’ve probably read about the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper UAV over Yemen .  The event has been confirmed by U.S. mi…

Sensor Attrition

We’ve previously discussed that sensors are more important than weapons (see, “ Weapons Don’t Matter ”).   It doesn’t matter what…

Incapable of Learning

The Navy appears utterly incapable of learning.  What lessons have we documented on this blog that have simply and thoroughly sma…

T-AGOS

One of the vital but relatively unknown vessels of the Navy is the T-AGOS ocean surveillance ships.  The Navy operates a small fl…

Useless UAVs

There are a large group of people throughout the military Internet community who extol the virtues of UAVs in combat scenarios.  …