Naval Articles

The Falklands Islands are situated 8,000 miles from Great Britain. The nearest useable land base for the British was Ascension Islands, 4,000 miles away from the Falklands. The Falklands War started on 2 April 1982, when Argentine forces invaded...

The United States has been taking the strategic advantage in navigation, command, control, and munitions guidance by introducing NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS) since 1972. However, the U.S. is not the only power to have a GPS today.  China...

When building an aircraft carrier, you are constructing a floating, moving airport that generates its own power and provides everything necessary to sustain habitability for 5000 souls for weeks at a time at sea, in all kinds of weather....

The Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile (TLAM) is an American-made low-flying strategic guided missile launched from naval ships or submarines to strike targets on land. It flies at low altitudes to strike fixed targets, such as communication and air-defense sites, in high-risk environments where manned aircraft may...

Advancements in technology have changed the naval operating environment and requirements. Today, the success of the naval operation depends on establishing the recognized marine picture because of the rapid compilation of the information obtained from various sources of information...

In today's naval battlefield, most of the radars, as in surveillance, reconnaissance, and target tracking radars, have to cope with very capable and advanced threats designed to contribute to the degradation of radar performance. Electronic warfare support (ES) interception...

Blue Water Navies: A Nice Toy or Necessity? What is the Navy’s role in the 21st century?The roles a navy serves depend on its capabilities. Only a handful of countries have a so-called blue-water navy, which can operate...

The development in technology has made the weapons and systems used in naval warfare more effective and powerful but caused some issues about security. In particular, the continuous communication of the systems via satellite and link systems and the...

It is regarded as an essential and distinguished capability for a naval power to have the ability to attack long-distance strategic targets located in the depths of the land. Until 2015, it was thought that only the USA and...

Submarines must navigate through the water virtually blind since light does not penetrate very far into the water. However, submarines are equipped with nautical charts and sophisticated navigational equipment. When on the surface, a sophisticated global positioning system (GPS)...