Adib Enayati’s Post

Thanks to the U.S. Naval Institute for publishing my response in this month's edition of Proceedings. I take on the arguments put forward by United States Army Pacific leaders in their February article, "To Upgun Seapower in the Indo-Pacific, You Need an Army." The authors list several reasons why the Army has a critical role to play in the Indo-Pacific, but the arguments related to long-range fires, sustainment, and persistent forward presence have serious flaws. The Army’s role in the Pacific is far more circumscribed than the authors describe. As defense budgets flatten out this decade, policymakers should view these points with skepticism—while prioritizing the Sea Services. https://lnkd.in/ez5CV5aX

Adm. Samuel Paparo says China is winning the #shipbuilding numbers game - and that’s a problem. He adds "We are not overmatched, but I don't like the pace of the trajectory." and says #unmanned vehicles may offset the size of China’s fleet. Numerically, the PLA now has a larger Navy, about 370 ships to our 291. Last year, they added 30 ships to their fleet; 15 were large surface combatants including cruisers, destroyers and another aircraft carrier. The #USNavy added two. If confirmed as INDOPACOM, Paparo said his top priority will be equipping Guam with an integrated air and missile defense system. Guam and the northern Mariana islands would face a "greater and direct" threat from China if it invades Taiwan, he said. | https://bit.ly/48cDE4E ⚓ ️#maritime #submarines #uncrewed #submersibles #AUV #UUV #defensecontractors #defenseindustry #nationalsecurity

The U.S. Navy is delaying the start of construction on the SSN(X) next-generation attack submarine to the early 2040s due to budget constraints. Follow us for the latest news updates ➡️ Global Defense Online https://lnkd.in/eBHMpGB6 #USNavy #DefenseBudget #SSNX #MilitaryModernization #DefenseNews

Question, why does the U.S. Navy let their battle ships and aircraft carriers get so rusted and corroded? The U.S. Navy knows about Armite Lubricants' MIL-Spec and Industry-Spec industrial lubricants - so this is easily prevented, performance will be enhanced, and to boot it will save the DoD a substantial amount of money to do an overhaul or major repairs - Its called implanting a regular maintenance plan that actually works. Check out this great U.S. Navy Class Missile-Guided Destroyer, rust and corrosion is visible everywhere. The Future Moves With Armite™ #USNavy #DoD #Defense #USArmedForces #industriallubricants #mro #oem

Question, why does the U.S. Navy let their battle ships and aircraft carriers get so rusted and corroded? The U.S. Navy knows about Armite Lubricants' MIL-Spec and Industry-Spec industrial lubricants - so this is easily prevented, performance will be enhanced, and to boot it will save the DoD a substantial amount of money to do an overhaul or major repairs - Its called implanting a regular maintenance plan that actually works. Check out this great U.S. Navy Class Missile-Guided Destroyer, rust and corrosion is visible everywhere. The Future Moves With Armite™ #USNavy #DoD #Defense #USArmedForces #industriallubricants #mro #oem

#ICYMI 💥 JMC, Rafael Systems Global Sustainment, and McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, a subordinate JMC installation, have signed a Basic Order Agreement to jointly advance the production of the cutting-edge Spike Missile System. This partnership underscores the value and capabilities the organic industrial base has to offer. Leveraging the expertise and resources of these organizations provides significant value to the #Army and supports #ArmyReadiness. The 5th Generation Spike electro-optical guided missile system, renowned for its precision, versatility, and reliability, stands as a testament to the ingenuity and engineering prowess of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Ltd. Through their United States subsidiary Rafael Systems Global Sustainment, they are joining forces with the Joint Munitions Command, to enhance the production, deployment, and sustainment of this advanced weaponry. The collaborative efforts between JMC, MCAAP, RADS and RSGS will not only provide a critical capability to our #JointWarfighters, but will transform, enhance, and maintain critical skillsets to meet future requirements for the #Army of 2030. #PartnershipsMatter #TeamJMC #TeamMCAAP #SpikeMissileSystem United States Department of Defense I US Army I U.S. Army Materiel Command I

Much has been written about the PLAN usage of civilian ships to ferry troops across the Taiwan Strait. I beg to disagree. These are not anymore the days of the Great Dunkirk Escape. Today, high-precision missiles can be launched from either air, sea or land against a naval target. The US Air-to-Sea (ASM) AGM-158 missile can place its 2,000 lb penetration warhead on any dinner table in a 1000 nautical miles range. Air platforms include: B-1/2/52, F -15E/16/18 and even C-17/130. US Navy F-18s may also carry the AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response), over shorter ranges but also with nimbler navigation. Flawless A2/AD absent, would PLA/N planners expose 3,000 personnel on a slow moving ship to a $3M missile attack, killing, say, 50% of them? Back-of-the envelope math shows the US having to spend $2,000 to kill one PLA soldier. (we ignore other costs and probabilities) Historically, Chinese planners have valued their troops at less than the equipment cost they'd carry. If this was 1950, the year of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, I bet you they'd take the "deal". But images of of thousands of Chinese boys drowning in a blood-reddened sea may be too unpalatable domestically. #military #planning #PLA #Taiwan

The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior’s continuous presence in Taiwanese military operations warrants an examination on its usefulness, considering that the forward scout chopper was retired by the U.S. Army because of its obsolescence in the modern contested battlespace. The service, in fact, assessed it to be vulnerable to newer Russian and Chinese medium, short-range, point defense and man-portable shoulder-fired AD (Air Defense) systems. https://lnkd.in/dJ2-uHBV

Learn how the Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence’s SMD School is using the US Army’s space vision to train expert space Soldiers to combat evolving threats. “In recognizing what our adversaries are doing, it was important for the Army to recognize space as a warfighting domain so we can properly prepare ourselves to deter and compel our adversaries to stop doing things that are counter to the global common,” said Col. Donald Brooks, SMDCoE commandant. “Because of the vision, we know exactly where the Army wants us to go, and that helps us now instruct those students in a much more focused manner.” Read more:  https://lnkd.in/ghHWXXvY U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

In the long term we're all dead, but in the short term, the #Navy desperately needs to ensure that the nation has an adequate #industrialbase to support a surge in #munitions demand. We saw from the war in #Ukraine that the demand for some kinds of munitions may be far beyond our existing inventory and indeed far beyond our ability to refill that inventory. In the immediate term, the Navy must identify its more critical munitions and parts and ensure that an adequate supply is available to the deployed force. More importantly, the Navy has to identify whether the suppliers even have the capacity to meet the demand. Adding missing capacity is not something that can be done in the short term, but it is possible to at least identify the scale of the problem.These all point to a need for investment in infrastructure, maintenance, and whatever kinds of readiness-promoting activity that can be generated without necessarily demanding time underway or out of homeport. #Virtualtrainers [can help] for replicating events that might previously have been covered in underway training periods. The #USNavy needs to intensively shift towards #uncrewedplatforms if it is to remain a #maritime force. Over the last two centuries it has increasingly concentrated combat power in ever fewer, more capable, more expensive assets. This trend cannot continue: the Navy’s main assets have become not only scarce, but also too valuable—in human, operational, and financial terms—to put at substantial risk. The Navy effort to disperse lethality may help, but a force too valuable to risk is not a force which can fight, even though it may threaten, as the German Navy did in WW2 and it certainly cannot control the seas in the Mahan sense to enable maritime commerce.  This problem is exacerbated by high sensitivity to mass casualties and rapidly escalating costs for acquisition and maintenance. Moreover, experiences of naval combat over the last few decades demonstrate that high casualty rates are the norm, as they often are for air and ground forces. The ocean is very big, but with space based sensors, a force can no longer hide there. The environment is becoming more lethal due to the proliferation of discerning sensors and effective long-range weapons. While deception, defenses, and damage control can mitigate the threat, the Navy’s ships and aircraft must be numerous if they are subjected to rates of attrition that otherwise preclude mission success.