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White House ‘Confident’ In AUKUS Plan for Australian Nuclear-powered Submarine Fleet

27 June 2023

President Joe Biden greets British Prime Minister Rishi Surnak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese the AUKUS bilateral meeting in San Diego, Calif, March 13, 2023. DoD Photo

The White House’s senior coordinator for the Indo-Pacific is “confident” that Australia, the United Kingdom and United States can meet the challenge of Canberra fielding its own nuclear-powered submarine force.

Speaking Monday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Kurt Campbell said that after 18...

https://news.usni.org/2023/06/26/white-house-confident-in-aukus-plan-for-australian-nuclear-powered-submarine-fleet

Coast Guard: Illegal Fishing Has Surpassed Piracy as a Global Threat

20 January 2023

Japanese fishing enforcement interdicts an illegal Chinese fishing boat in 2013.

Illegal fishing has surpassed piracy as a Coast Guard global concern in the maritime domain, the service’s top officer overseeing response policy said Wednesday.

“The Coast Guard has been in the [fishing] enforcement game for a long time,” said Rear Adm. Jo-Ann Burdian. Most recently it started with enforcing the ban on using high seas drift nets, roughly the size of a football field, that were rapidly depleting...

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/19/coast-guard-illegal-fishing-has-surpassed-piracy-as-a-global-threat

NATO ‘Applying Maximum Pressure on Moscow’ as War in Ukraine Continues, Says U.S. Ambassador

13 December 2022

2005 satellite image Ukraine. The Dnieper River in the center almost bisects the country. NASA Photo

NATO has bolstered forces along its eastern front, rushed military and economic aid to Ukraine and sustained support despite some challenges, the U.S. ambassador to NATO said on Tuesday.

“Collectively we’re applying maximum pressure on Moscow” through the movement of additional troops, aircraft and equipment to members from the Baltic to the Black Sea and applying stiff economic sanctions on...

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/13/nato-applying-maximum-pressure-on-moscow-as-war-in-ukraine-continues-says-u-s-ambassador

Heightened Western Pacific Tensions Will Push Japan to Spend More on Defense, Says Panel

1 December 2022

Soldiers from the 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) conduct individual and small-unit maneuver exercises during Iron Fist at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, February 6, 2019. US Marine Corps Photo

Japan needs to commit to increasing its defense spending for the long-term due to its proximity to an aggressive Russia, an ambitious China and an unpredictable North Korea armed with nuclear missiles, a senior observer of Tokyo’s security...

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/01/heightened-western-pacific-tensions-will-push-japan-to-spend-more-on-defense-says-panel

Polish Foreign Minister: Ukraine Needs More Money, Military Equipment from Allies

28 September 2022

A Ukrainian artilleryman trains on an M109 self-propelled howitzer at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 11, 2022. Soldiers from the U.S. and Norway trained Armed Forces of Ukraine artillerymen on the howitzers as part of security assistance packages from their respective countries. (U.S. Army Photo)

Ukraine needs more heavy military equipment and financial aid from Western allies and partners to stave off Russia invasion, Poland’s foreign minister said Tuesday.

Zbigniew Rau said Ukraine...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/28/polish-foreign-minister-ukraine-needs-more-money-military-equipment-from-allies

Austal USA Inks Deal with Saildrone to Build Wind-powered Drones as USV Work Expands

2 September 2022

Saildrone Photo

By the end of the year, Austal USA’s yard will start producing sail-powered, unmanned surface vessels for the Navy and other customers, the company announced this week.

Starting in October, the Mobile, Ala., shipyard will start building the 65-foot aluminum Saildrone Surveyor drones in its modular manufacturing facility for use by the U.S. Navy.

“The Saildrone Surveyor … is designed specifically for deep ocean mapping and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance applications,...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/01/austal-usa-inks-deal-with-saildrone-to-build-wind-powered-drones-as-usv-work-expands

Navy Rethinking Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle After Middle East Tests, Says CNO Gilday

29 April 2022

SECNAV Del Toro Sounds Alarm Over Chinese Illegal Fishing

17 December 2021

Chinese fishing boats heading out to sea from Zhoushan in Zhejiang province

Illegal and unreported fishing “is happening on an industrial scale” around the globe and the culprit often is China’s subsidized fishing fleet, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said today.

Speaking Thursday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, he added, “one in five fish” sold on international markets is illegally caught. Declining fish populations due to climate change and overfishing are having a...

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/16/secnav-del-toro-sounds-alarm-over-chinese-illegal-fishing

European Union Maintaining Uneasy Maritime Relationship with China, Admiral Says

3 December 2021

French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle sets on Feb. 21 2021. French Navy Photo

When the European Union assesses China’s behavior in the South China Sea, the 27 nations see a threat to their security, but they also view Beijing as a partner to combat Indian Ocean pirates, the director general of its military staff said Thursday.

Vice Adm. Hervé Bléjean said the EU realizes it has “to connect with like-minded nations … to counter some activities from the South China Sea to the Black Sea” where...

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/03/european-union-maintaining-uneasy-maritime-relationship-with-china-admiral-says

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