Category: News

03/04/10

Permalink 11:09:26 pm by misblog, Categories: News, War and Peace
Yesterday, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen speaking at Kansas State University, Landon Lecture Series urged our policymakers to revisit the force-diplomacy balance, a little faster:"...My fear, quite frankly, is that we aren’t movin… more »

02/23/10

Permalink 03:31:39 am by halibut, Categories: News, Proliferation
Unofficially, the forthcoming Nuclear Posture Review 2010 (≈March 02, 2010) is expected to dump the nuclear Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missile (TLAM-N1)—good news for the few SSN submarines and submariners unlucky enough to deploy with this n… more »

02/14/10

Permalink 06:29:48 pm by halibut, Categories: News, Submarine History
Ocean researchers still have not categorized a 1997 sound of unknown origin impacting an equatorial autonomous moored hydrophones (AMH) after propagating some distance in the Sound Fixing and Ranging (SOFAR) channel.Some hydrophones on the older Soun… more »

02/03/10

Permalink 08:17:41 am by misblog, Categories: News, Proliferation
New START treaty negotiations enter the eighth round with leaders of both nations (U.S. and Russia) pledging to honor the recently expired START treaty until the new treaty can be finished.Perhaps the negotiators will finish on December 08, 2009, the… more »

01/30/10

Permalink 04:10:17 pm by halibut, Categories: Missions, China, News, Chinese Submarines, American History, ASW
United States maritime surveillance ship USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS 23)1 was harassed by a handful of smaller Chinese ships while openly conducting operations in the South China Sea, approximately 75 nautical miles south of Hainan Island, China (aerial map). more »

01/22/10

Permalink 10:44:30 pm by halibut, Categories: American Submarines, News, SSN
The submarine USS Los Angeles (SSN 688), the first Los Angeles-class submarine is scheduled to be decommissioned in Los Angeles, California tomorrow, January 23, 2010.Los Angeles-class submarines will be scheduled for decommissioning over the forthco… more »

01/21/10

Permalink 10:41:03 pm by halibut, Categories: News
The Dolphin Foundation has announced 30 Dolphin Scholars for 2009—helping our young adults of our submariners attend our colleges and universities.See the foundation's websites for eligibility requirements and how to apply and information on how… more »

01/18/10

Permalink 11:22:04 pm by halibut, Categories: News
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Gary Roughead is implementing our navy's new recruiting slogan, "A Global Force for Good" by speedily providing relief efforts in Haiti—he thanked our sailors (mp3) for their professional, proficient, efficient, a… more »

12/13/09

Permalink 07:39:13 pm by halibut, Categories: News, Proliferation, xPost_M, French Submarines, Videos
Originally Published June 02, 2009; Last Updated and Republished July 30, 2009:United States Navy joins the search for Air France flight 447—a debris field has been located—estimated maximum water depth is two miles; sea floor topology very… more »

12/02/09

Permalink 07:39:50 pm by halibut, Categories: American Submarines, News
On Saturday, December 05, 2009 the seventh Virginia-class submarine, Missouri (SSN 780) will be christened at the General Dynamic, Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut.The event is by invitation, but a video webcast is expected to be availab… more »

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