EMP

Once upon a time (as all good fairy tales begin), the Navy required electromagnetic pulse (EMP) hardening in all its electronics …

Austal Raided By Feds

USNI News website reported on an interesting LCS shipbuilding development.   It appears that Federal agents are searching the Aus…

The New Frigate - A Knee Jerk Reaction

The Navy is well along the path of acquiring a new frigate.   Well, it’s more of a mini-Burke than a frigate.   Before we celebra…

Type 055 Cruiser vs. Burke

Let’s take a brief look at the new Chinese Type 055 cruiser (I can’t bring myself to call it a destroyer) and how it compares to …

Conceputal Armor For Modern Ships

Modern navies have all but abandoned armor for ships.   ComNavOps has demonstrated the fallacy in this approach.   The overall…

Norwegian Frigate Sinking Lessons

We previously discussed the collision and sinking of the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad (see, “ Sensors – What Good Are They? ”)…

Survival On The Modern Battlefield

The lethality of the modern land battlefield argues against the survival and effectiveness of unprotected infantry.   Indeed, it …

Weapons Armor

We previously discussed the general need for and benefits of armor.  Now, let’s look a bit closer at the specific case of armorin…