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  • China is pushing the naval ‘grey zone’. Sooner or later, the shooting will start

    Western captains in the Far East need government backing, or we'll lose people

    Tom Sharpe 21 Nov 2023, 3:17pm
    video: China is pushing the naval ‘grey zone’. Sooner or later, the shooting will start
  • The curious case of the slow-moving US aircraft carrier

    What was the Ike carrier group and its friends up to? Someone knows

    Tom Sharpe 17 Nov 2023, 1:38pm
    video: The curious case of the slow-moving US aircraft carrier
  • People are going to start dying in Xi Jinping’s undeclared South China Sea war

    Beijing's Nine Dash Line claims are laughable, but it’s a deadly serious matter

    Tom Sharpe 13 Nov 2023, 5:38pm
    A Chinese coastguard cutter moves to 'ride off' a Philippine vessel attempting to reach the  BRP Sierra Madre in the South China Sea. Such incidents could easily become fatal
  • The Houthis have become a dangerous rogue nation. The US Navy could crush them

    Marines, SEALs and hundreds of thousands of tons of haze gray steel are in the Red Sea

    Tom Sharpe 10 Nov 2023, 6:06pm
    Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower transits the Suez Canal into the Red Sea on Nov 4. The Ike is in the area as part of the US response to the Israel-Hamas war, and may be paying special attention to Iran's proxy, the Houthis
  • Today, the Red Sea is the hottest missile combat theatre on Earth. Smoke is in the air

    Adding more pieces is usually considered to be cheating

    Tom Sharpe 3 Nov 2023, 4:22pm
    USS Dwight D Eisenhower transits the Strait of Gibraltar inbound to the war zone as part of the US response to the Israel-Hamas-Houthi-Hezbollah war
  • Iran’s chess game is going well, but US Navy carriers are queens not pawns

    China rules the waves in the Gulf, but not for long

    Tom Sharpe 31 Oct 2023, 9:22am
    Aircraft carrier Gerald R Ford, biggest of her type in the world, currently in the eastern Mediterranean as part of the US response to the Israel-Hamas war
  • Iran makes two moves, US carriers shift, and today China rules the Gulf

    It's a lot like the start of a wargame – one modelling an Iranian war on the West

    Tom Sharpe 24 Oct 2023, 4:54pm
    A Chinese Type 052D destroyer in the Arabian Sea. US moves in response to the Gaza situation have left China with the most powerful naval force in the Gulf
  • The US Navy is preparing for combat ops on a scale not seen for many years

    The first shots at sea were fired yesterday. Si vis pacem, para bellum

    Tom Sharpe 20 Oct 2023, 5:42pm
    The most heavily defended piece of real estate in the world. Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford is in the eastern Mediterranean as part of a growing US fleet there, as the USA responds to the Israel/Hamas war
  • US aircraft carrier moves in the Med are no empty gesture

    Huge amounts of American naval power are on the move

    Tom Sharpe 16 Oct 2023, 12:08pm
    USS Dwight D Eisenhower launching aircraft. The carrier will soon join the USS Gerald R Ford in the eastern Mediterranean as the USA responds to the new Israel-Hamas conflict
  • The Royal Navy brings something to the Five Eyes party with its new Proteus ship

    Note the K pennant number. We haven't had one of those for a while

    Tom Sharpe 11 Oct 2023, 9:22am
    The new RFA Proteus Multi-role Ocean Surveillance ship, formerly a rig support vessel. She will bring a range of intelligence gathering capabilities
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  • Russia has been politically embarrassed, operationally dominated and tactically outfought

    Putin's bombarded Black Sea Fleet has withdrawn from Sebastopol. It is not yet a turning point, but is still seismic

    Tom Sharpe 6 Oct 2023, 4:20pm
    Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships
  • Taiwan’s new home-grown submarine is a massive headache for China

    A heavyweight torpedo will ruin your day no matter how big you are

    Tom Sharpe 28 Sep 2023, 3:56pm
    The new Taiwanese submarine Hai Kun
  • Beijing aims to snatch the entire South China Sea. The US Navy is backing down

    One day we’ll wake up, the maps will be different and there’ll be nothing we can do

    Tom Sharpe 26 Sep 2023, 5:11pm
    A Chinese warship on exercise. China continues to push its claims against the Philippines and others in the South China Sea
  • Ukraine has won a massive naval victory without having a navy

    Russia's hold over Sevastopol is slipping, with huge implications for the Black Sea Fleet

    Tom Sharpe 21 Sep 2023, 6:23pm
    The aftermath of a Ukrainian strike in the Sevastopol area. Ukraine appears to have pushed the Russian navy onto the back foot
  • North Korea’s bodged nuclear-missile submarine will be very dangerous – to its crew

    It doesn't just have an Achilles’ heel. It’s more like an Achilles’ leg

    Tom Sharpe 11 Sep 2023, 1:58pm
    North Korea's new nuclear-missile submarine is launched. The vessel is likely to have limited capabilities
  • Beijing’s ‘fisher militia’ menaces the South China Sea. The US must lean in

    But remember that Phase Zero is no time for itchy trigger fingers

    Tom Sharpe 29 Aug 2023, 6:21pm
    Chinese fishing vessels
  • The US Navy and Marines will soon shut down Iran’s new Tanker War

    Nutcracker rather than sledgehammer. What a good idea

    Tom Sharpe 16 Aug 2023, 6:34pm
    US Marines are en route to the Gulf to deal with Iranian attacks on shipping
  • China and Russia have achieved naval success off Alaska – where the US Navy has no bases

    In an influence operation, success is people talking about it. And here we are

    Tom Sharpe 8 Aug 2023, 6:33pm
    Russian warship fires a missile. Russian and Chinese vessels patrolled near Alaska recently
  • China is preparing for war

    Walk softly and speak with an American accent. People pay attention to you then

    Tom Sharpe 8 Jul 2023, 5:13pm
    Chinese premier Xi Jinping has ordered his forces to prepare for war
  • Russia has permanently lost the Arctic to Nato

    High Noon in the High North

    Tom Sharpe 3 Jul 2023, 2:52pm
    Russian warship Marshal Ustinov is part of the threat facing Nato in the Arctic
  • The navy has two aircraft carriers – and may soon have no way to refuel them

    Our carriers are incredible and we should be proud of them. Their support network is descending into farce

    Tom Sharpe 15 Jun 2023, 12:34pm
    Ship's company of HMS Queen Elizabeth looking out to a group formation
  • Britain’s disarmament is beginning to echo the 1930s

    It led the way in gifting essential equipment to Ukraine, but the UK is coming near-last in the race to increase funding to replace it

    Tom Sharpe 5 Jun 2023, 11:43am
    HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier
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