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How Chinese aggression is increasing the risk of war in the Taiwan Strait
In The News
Despite the Chinese efforts at unpredictability, the sheer scale of mobilization necessary to invade Taiwan means a sneak attack would be very difficult without American intel...
By Tom Shugart
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China's Senior Officials Formally Banished From Elite Politics
In The News
"While Li Shangfu's removal is certainly interesting given other recent high-level removals in the PRC's national security apparatus, I doubt that it will have much effect in ...
By Tom Shugart
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Philippines summons Chinese ambassador over S China Sea collisions
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The U.S. “reaffirms that Article IV of the 1951 U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty extends to armed attacks on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, and aircraft – incl...
By Tom Shugart
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Armed with a heavyweight torpedo made to 'break ships in half,' Taiwan's first homemade submarine will represent a new threat to China's navy
In The News
"The inclusion of the Mk-48 is a significant upgrade" for Taiwan, Tom Shugart, a former US Navy submarine commander who's now an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New ...
By Tom Shugart
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Did the Chinese submarine accident happen?
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The media reports left submarine experts and military observers perplexed. “I’ve never heard of submarine nets being used on the high seas, and I don’t understand why snaggin...
By Tom Shugart
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How Taiwan's new subs could complicate a Chinese invasion
In The News
“Submarine building is one of the most challenging defense articles for any nation to build. And certainly, to build submarines that are quiet and capable, is something that o...
By Tom Shugart
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Taiwan Unveils Homemade Submarine as It Seeks to Counter China Threat
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Submarines are what military analysts describe as a sea denial weapon because of their ability to play a role in deterring ships, in this case from coming close to the island....
By Tom Shugart
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4 US Navy Destroyers Respond to Russian and Chinese Ships near Alaska
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While last week’s patrol may have included more Chinese and Russian ships than past combined formations that have sailed off Alaska, it is still unclear whether the two navies...
By Tom Shugart
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Data on Air Bases Suggest a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan May Not Be Imminent
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Spreading out planes across bases limits vulnerability. But parked planes can be shielded from attacks that evade air defences only in robust buildings that absorb incoming fi...
By Tom Shugart
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Inside the fight over alternative sub fuel
In The News
That “performance trade-off” is why the U.S. Navy is not keen on low-enriched uranium. It’s an “inferior type of fuel” that means “basically less gas in the tank,” said Tom Sh...
By Tom Shugart
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Speedy expansion of Ream naval base includes pier that can accommodate warships
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Compared to December last year, the base now has “several sets of sizable buildings including, possibly, administrative offices and barracks” at the center, according to Tom S...
By Tom Shugart
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U.S. Coast Guard Faces Questions Over Failure To Rescue Titanic Sub
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"The Coast Guard is in the business of saving people, and they understand very well the time-critical nature of doing so," Tom Shugart, a senior fellow at the Center for a New...
By Tom Shugart
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What we know about the missing Titanic-exploring submersible
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Thomas Shugart, a former US Navy submarine captain and analyst at the Center for a New American Security, told CNN it didn’t bode well that search parties still haven’t heard ...
By Tom Shugart
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In Busan, U.S. Navy runs rehearsal for ballistic submarine visit
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Tom Shugart, a retired submariner and adjunct senior fellow at the think tank Center for a New American Security, told Nikkei, "An SSGN visit could be a bit of a dress rehears...
By Tom Shugart
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China’s Missile Threat Drives New U.S. Approach in Asia
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By dispersing weaponry, troops and command posts among smaller outposts such as Lal-lo, the U.S. hopes to make it harder for Beijing to strike a decisive blow by crippling any...
By Tom Shugart
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China Wields Sea Power With Navy Buildup
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The PLA Navy, like the rest of China's armed forces, was historically structured, trained and equipped by the Soviet Union, and grew up on an accompanying doctrine, said Tom S...
By Tom Shugart
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How much of a threat does Russia’s Pacific fleet pose to the US?
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Russia’s Pacific Fleet has between one-eighth and one-tenth the size of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy, and China has dozens of newer destroyers and cruisers, said reti...
By Tom Shugart
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Japan's New Hakugei Submarine Packs a Stealthy Underwater Burst
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Tom Shugart, a former U.S. submariner and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank, said that an additional burst of speed can help a subm...
By Tom Shugart
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The Anglophone Military Alliance in Asia is Seriously Ambitious
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American technology will suffuse this new "SSN-AUKUS". America will provide its vertical-launching system, a set of tubes that can hold a greater number of missiles, and more ...
By Tom Shugart
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How Beijing Boxed America Out of the South China Sea
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China’s outposts present additional potential threats for the U.S. military to track and counter. Three of the outposts in the Spratly group of islands are full-fledged milita...
By Tom Shugart
