Sitemap - 2026 - CDR Salamander
U.S. Navy's Perfectly Named Corsair Takes Out Iranian Submarine
The Ghost of the LCS Maintenance CONOPS Still Haunts the Fleet
Ecclesiastes 3:1 Heads to Ukraine
The U.S. is Failing its Own NATO Talking Point
So, Who Wants to do a REAL Exercise in the Philippines?
Fullbore Friday - the 250th Edition
No, I can't Wait Until the Full NDAA is Out
The Vandalism of the Royal Navy is Reaching its Endgame
Battle of Jutland at 110, with Simon Harley--on Midrats
Have You Completed Your ASW PQS?
Strategy Requires Storytelling and Pictures, the Right Pictures
Revitalizing the Arsenal of Democracy
Old & Busted: Unmanned Systems -- New Hottness: Robotic Autonomous Systems
(mis)RULE (of) BRITANNIA('s armed forces) II: Electric Boogaloo
Up-arm the fleet with the 21st century evolution of your grandfathers gun
Rethinking Force Design on the Midrats Podcast with General Anthony Zinni, USMC (Ret.)
So - GWOT Will Get a Memorial?
The Accidental CSAR Opportunity
AUKUS Update II: Electric Boogaloo
Revitalizing Merchant Mariners to ensure a Maritime Renaissance Happens, with Brent Sadler
If the USAF can have Jeremiah Weed, why can't the Navy have Old Overholt?
...but what about the MK-57 VLS?
Up-arm the Fleet II: Electric Boogaloo
R-280 From Rostov to Simferopol: SLOC from San Diego to WESTPAC
Someone Called a Code-Red on LaNeve
Do we need to re-think the Light Replenishment Oiler (T-AOL) Program?
Carrier Capable Unmanned Aircraft: Take II
Are we on the cusp of a maritime renaissance in time to meet the PRC challenge?
Alas, poor DDG(X)! I knew him, Shipmate; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy;
If Iran Wants to Rule Rubble, Should we Let Them?
The Lesson of Murderers' Row, Two Layers Deeper
Carriers: Not Dead Yet, and Unquestionably not Unloved
Bollocks to the Iranian Engineers: Shahed Drone is German-American
Robert Kaplan Returns to the Pier
Yes, Reality Demands More Guns, Larger Guns, Everywhere
Next Chapter in the Iran Conflict Opens: Operation Freedom
Shoes are Taking Back the Amphibs
The BBG-1 argument is obscuring the long-running requirement for capability
I'll take LCC-21, 22, and yes, 23 and 24, thank you
Latin American Policy, with Dr. Colin Dueck--on Midrats
What are the details for 18 battle force and 16 non-battle force ships II: Electric Boogaloo
Did China Culminate and No One Noticed?
Looks Like Commerce Raiding is Back on the Menu
It's a Free for All--on Midrats
The Wonderfully Enigmatic MV Kellie Chouest
What are the details for 18 battle force and 16 non-battle force ships?
Bring Rainier and Bridge out of Reserve
34 Ships & $65.8 Billion is Nothing to Sneeze at
European Navies' Lessons, with Alessio Patalano
I Hate Being Out-Innovated by <checks notes> the Portuguese Navy
Escalation Traps and Off Ramps
So, While You Still Have CSAR in Your Scan
So, we had President Trump Give a Speech on the Iran Conflict...
You Don't Think There's a Plan? Really?
Base Defense: How Many More Warnings?
End of 2QFY26 ONSTA Report, with Blake Herzinger
The Missiles to Diego Garcia Subtext
March Midrats Podcast Free-for-All
Will Scandinavian and Baltic Europe Lead our European Allies to the Strait of Hormuz?
Sam Takes the Helm at the Naval War College Review
Shyam Sankar's Four 'Sputnik Moments'
A Mine Threat? Where are the Minesweepers?
Russia's Fifth Spring at War, on Midrats
No, I'm Not Over What NAVSEA Did to Constellation
Orders, Duty, and the Ridgway Benchmark
Le Grand Déploiement de la France
The PRC's New Spring, with Dean Cheng on Midrats
The Sinking of the Dena Was Textbook
Nations Have Agency & Sovereignty Over Their Territory
The Rise of the Punitive Expedition & the Repudiation of the Era of Errors
Operation Epic Fury Free for All...on Midrats
Secondary I&W of China Getting Ready for War
USAF's Antique Roadshow of Logistics
The Russo-Ukrainian War Hits Four
Again...ESB's Carry the Tactical Load
Russia's Middle-Aged Poor to the Grinder
So, We Have a Maritime Action Plan
The Seven Sons of China are Stealing our Stuff
February Free for All, on Midrats
Well, you Could Have had a Deployment like Truxtun
All Euro-NATO Reporting is Suspect Until Further Notice
The Sanctioned/Stateless Tanker Nabbing Gives...if we are Willing to Take
We Need a Plan-B for the Battleship
Old and Busted: Air Supremacy. New Hotness: Orbital Supremacy.
So, How Bad do You Really Want a Battleship?
Budgets, Ships, and the CBO, with Eric Labs - on Midrats
So, We Have a National Defense Strategy
China's Demographic Window to Action is Closing
Plan Salamander: Operationalized at Wrocław Airport
The Fleet of the 2030s, and the Ghost of Transformationalism
Greenland: Belle of the Ball, with Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan--on Midrats
The Chinese War on the Planet Goes to Sea
Iran, Persia, and All That Jazz
Palantir's Mike Gallagher and Matt Babin on AI & Shipbuilding Integration--on Midrats
Yes, Our New Boomer is that Big
The Pacific's Hubs, Spokes, and ACEs
The Unfortunate Greenland Kerfuffle
The Maduro Raid: Early Reports & Cautions