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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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US prepares for long war with China that might hit its bases, homeland: Peter Apps

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) – Earlier this month, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Doug Wickert summoned nearby civic leaders to Edwards Air Force Base in California to warn them that if China attacks Taiwan in the coming years, they should be prepared for their immediate region to suffer potentially massive disruption from the very start.

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China Unveils Its Military Mega-Project: Satellite Images Reveal Construction of the Largest Military Hub on Earth Spanning Over 1,000 Acres

As satellite images reveal China’s ambitious construction of the world’s largest underground military command center near Beijing, global tensions escalate, prompting experts to scrutinize the implications of this unprecedented development for international security dynamics.

By Hina Dinoo May 3, 2025

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UPDATED: USS Nimitz in the Philippine Sea; U.S. Destroyer Makes Taiwan Strait Transit

This post has been updated with additional information on the movements of Chinese carrier CNS Shandong.

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is now operating in the Philippine Sea following a port visit to Guam, while elsewhere, a U.S. Navy destroyer carried out a Taiwan Strait passage on Wednesday while a U.S. littoral combat ship carried out a joint sail in the South China Sea with an Australian destroyer on Friday.

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Celebrating WWII Cryptologists — Bainbridge Island, WA

CTOCM Penny M. Tardona, CNSG 8th Force Master, will join CTICM (Ret.) Matt Zullo, author of On the Roof Gang, at Fort Ward Park on Bainbridge Island, Washington, on 23 May at 9:30 AM. Together, they  will dedicate a plaque honoring the incredible work of our early Cryptologists during World War II.

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Philippine Forces Land on Contested South China Sea Feature

By Aaron-Matthew Lariosa | April 27, 2025 6:57 PM

Philippine Marines, National Police officers and Coast Guard members landed on three contested South China Sea features today to assert Manila’s maritime jurisdiction following a similar China Coast Guard action earlier this month.

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