A U.K. patrol ship has intercepted a Russian corvette and a tanker after shadowing them through the English Channel, the Defense Ministry said Sunday, adding that Russian naval activity around U.K. waters had increased by 30% over the past two years.
Continue reading “UK navy intercepts Russian vessels as Moscow steps up naval activity”In October 2025, VADM Heidi Berg assumed command of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command, Navy Space Command, Joint Force Headquarters–Cyber (Navy), and U.S. 10th Fleet, becoming the 50th officer to lead the naval cryptologic community.
VADM Berg’s biography follows:
Much of the recent attention devoted to the US-China relationship has focused on the October 30 meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea. There, the two leaders struck a deal that reduced trade tensions and, at least temporarily, seems to have ameliorated several highly contentious issues. It was clearly a positive diplomatic step—although many more are needed.
But another event last month may ultimately do far more to determine both the deeper, longer-term economic relationship and the outcome of the intense technological competition underway between China and the United States.
Continue reading “China’s new five-year plan should be a wake-up call for the United States”After hearing the many intriguing success stories about the exploitation of Enigma communications (shortening WWII by at least a year successes in the battle of the North Atlantic, support to the battle in Europe), did you ever wonder how it all ended?
Continue reading “The Last Days of the Enigma”On November 22, 2025, we observe the 50th anniversary of the collision between USS Belknap (CG-26) and USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)—a moment that forever shaped our Navy’s history.
Continue reading “Remembering the USS Belknap (CG 26) and Sailors who served and died in Her.”Naval Security Group operations in Japan date back to the establishment of a Communications Supplementary Activity Detachment (COMSUPACT Det) in Ohminato, Japan, in northern Japan, on December 15, 1945.
Continue reading “NAVCOMMUNIT 35 Yokosuka Japan, Established”