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Trump Wants New Aircraft Carriers to Turn Back to ‘Goddamned Steam’ Power Catapults
President Donald Trump is angry the U.S. Navy isn’t using more steam power. He sent the Navy scrambling Thursday after he suggested it scrap an already-built electromagnetic c...
By Jerry Hendrix
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‘You have to be Albert Einstein to figure it out’: Trump targets the Navy’s new aircraft catapult
President Trump set his sights on the Navy in a new interview, calling the service’s new electromagnetic catapult to launch planes off aircraft carriers “no good” and saying t...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Exercise reveals NATO vulnerabilities to Russian hybrid threats in North Atlantic
NATO is currently digesting the lessons of a tabletop exercise held at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in Washington, DC, in February 2017 that confronted partic...
By Julianne Smith & Jerry Hendrix
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Carried away: The inside story of how the Carl Vinson's canceled port visit sparked a global crisis
In early April, officials at U.S. Pacific Command were developing plans to respond to a sharp rise in tensions with North Korea. Defense Secretary James Mattis ordered PACOM C...
By Jerry Hendrix
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How Dangerous is North Korea's Navy?
In the event of a war with on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea’s naval forces might prove to be nuisance to allied forces if they are operating close to shore, but the threat...
By Jerry Hendrix
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The North Korean Crisis And The Need For A 350 Ship Navy
Captain Jerry Hendrix (USN, ret,) is a key naval strategist at CNAS, and co-author with Robert C. O’Brien of a Politico Magazine article published last week on the need for (a...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Trump’s Navy in 2024
Jerry Hendrix joined the John Batchelor Show to discuss the future of the U.S. Navy. Listen below or at The John Batchelor Show....
By Jerry Hendrix
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Syria strikes just the latest mission for the Navy's Spain-based workhorses
When President Trump decided to strike at the Assad regime, two names that have become familiar to commanders in Washington, to Russia and the rest of the region were mentione...
By Jerry Hendrix
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April 23: The Day China Launches Its New Aircraft Carrier?
China’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier could be set to launch on April 23—the 68th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army Navy. The Type 001A carrier—thought t...
By Jerry Hendrix
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China's Next Aircraft Carrier: Everything We Know (So Far)
Construction of China’s third aircraft carrier is well underway at the Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai. The massive vessel—dubbed the Type 002—is China’s first c...
By Jerry Hendrix
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US Needs 12 Carrier Strike Groups in the 350 Ship Navy.
Donald Trump campaigned explicitly on the promise to grow the size of the United States Navy to 350 ships from its low of 271 ships in the fall of 2015 as part of his plan to ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Report: Pentagon should scrap $40 billion aircraft carrier program
With an aging air fleet and a shrinking Navy working overtime around the globe, US military officials say the world's most powerful fighting force is at an "inflection point" ...
By Elbridge Colby, Paul Scharre & Jerry Hendrix
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Report proposes canceling U.S. aircraft carriers, investing in lasers to combat Russia and China
The latest Washington Post article features a new report from senior fellows Paul Scharre, Elbridge Colby and Jerry Hendrix who propose canceling U.S. aircraft carriers and in...
By Elbridge Colby, Paul Scharre & Jerry Hendrix
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Report proposes slashing U.S. aircraft carriers, investing in lasers to combat Russia and China
Jerry Hendrix, Paul Scharre and Elbridge Colby have put together a report that uses a notional budget that implements a 2 percent increase over the 2017 budget to shape the U....
By Elbridge Colby, Paul Scharre & Jerry Hendrix
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Chief of Naval Operations Richardson: US Navy is Focusing on Enemy Submarine Threat
In The National Interest, senior fellow Jerry Hendrix explains why foreign submarine torpedoes pose a huge threat to U.S. aircraft carriers. ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Could the US Navy Really Hunt Down Russian or Chinese Submarines?
Senior fellow Jerry Hendrix discusses the past and current anti-submarine warfare capabilities of the U.S. and Russia in The National Interest....
By Jerry Hendrix
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Seek, but shall ye find?
In The Economist, senior fellow Jerry Hendrix comments on the development of submarine technology....
By Jerry Hendrix
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The US Navy Is Now Facing Its Greatest Fear: Obsolete Aircraft Carriers?
In The National Interest, senior fellow Jerry Hendrix questions the financial viability of the Navy's current aircraft carriers....
By Jerry Hendrix
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F-35B Stealth Fighter: How the US Marine Corps Could Dominate the Sky
Senior fellow Jerry Hendrix explains why current carrier-based tactical aircraft do not meet future challenges in The National Interest....
By Jerry Hendrix
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US Navy's Sixth-Generation F/A-XX Fighter: Just a 'Super' Super Hornet?
Senior fellow Jerry Hendrix discusses the recent development in Navy aircraft technology in The National Interest. ...
By Jerry Hendrix