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I was There When USS LIBERTY was Attacked (Guest Post) Part 4 of 5

By Mr. Ronald Kukal

So moving forward to the trip to Malta, and on that trip, so many things went on.   We had to turn the rudder manually as we had lost our after steering.  I was a part of the team, and it amounted to turning the capstan that was connected to the rudder with nothing but brute strength.  That rudder didn’t want to go, and we were working against a lot of opposition, but we got it done.  We tuned the rudder, when we were told, by orders from the bridge. 

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Tactical Action Officers: Information Warfare’s Next Evolution

Proceedings, June 2025… by Rear Admiral Sean Bailey, Captain Brian Evans, and Commander Matthew Timmerman, U.S. Navy

After more than 24 hours of careful movement to evade detection, the strike group remains more than 18 hours from its designated position to launch strikes. The screen is distributed to the maximum extent feasible, optimizing sensor employment while attempting to complicate adversary targeting. The tactical situation (TACSIT) assessment from the information warfare commander (IWC) holds all units within ordered mission go/no-go criteria. Determining that adversary positioning and sensor capabilities provide a period of simplified maneuver and decreased detection risk, the strike group commander and information warfare commander retire for a couple hours of sleep before the operation’s next phase.

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I was There When USS LIBERTY was Attacked (Guest Post) Part 3 of 5

By Mr. Ronald Kukal

As I stood there waiting, a voice seemed to come out of nowhere, and it said simply, “Get down, and get down now”!!   I know I didn’t move fast enough, but somehow I found myself flat on the steel deck, nose to the steel, and then the explosion occurred.  My best guess as to my proximity to the torpedo, is somewhere around forty feet.   I could hear the shrapnel flying over my head, and little did I know it was killing almost every one of my shipmates, all around me. 

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Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web destroyed more than aircraft – it tore apart the old idea that bases far behind the front lines are safe

A series of blasts at airbases deep inside Russia on June 1, 2025, came as a rude awakening to Moscow’s military strategists. The Ukrainian strike at the heart Russia’s strategic bombing capability could also upend the traditional rules of war: It provides smaller military a blueprint for countering a larger nation’s ability to launch airstrikes from deep behind the front lines.

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A US Navy warship captain said the Red Sea conflict was a ‘knife fight in a phone booth.’ China would be way more challenging.

  • America’s conflict with the Houthis gave the US Navy a taste of high-tempo air defense operations.
  • The Navy is using the conflict to inform planning for future maritime wars, like a clash with China.
  • One warship captain said a fight in the Pacific would be vastly different from the Red Sea battle.

The US Navy’s exhausting shootout with the Iran-backed Houthis has given American military planners a clearer view into the complexities of high-tempo air defense operations.

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Russia hides Tu-160 bombers in America’s shadow

Russia has quietly redeployed its Tu-160 strategic bombers to Anadyr airbase in the country’s far east, just 500 kilometers from the U.S. state of Alaska — a move analysts call a paradoxical attempt to protect its aircraft from Ukrainian drone attacks by bringing them closer to its principal geopolitical adversary.

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