Michael PetersTwo Birds with One Stone: A solution to the US Navy’s shipyard woes and America’s dying citiesAs the US Navy tries to ramp up both its capabilities and its size to tackle the rising pressure from China, supporting European allies…Sep 4, 2022Sep 4, 2022
Michael PetersUS Navy should procure SSKs to supplement its SSN fleetGoing to get right to it; SSKs (subsurface conventionally powered) are cheap, and SSNs (subsurface nuclear powered) are expensive. US…Sep 8, 2021Sep 8, 2021
Michael PetersAmphibious Aircraft for the US Navy and US Coast Guard; Part 2A little over a year ago, I wrote about how both organizations need to be looking at an amphibious aircraft for longer range search and…Aug 23, 2021Aug 23, 2021
Michael PetersBring Back My Carrier-based Fixed-wing ASW; Part 2A couple months ago I wrote about the decline in US Navy carrier-based aerial anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities since the end of…Aug 23, 2021Aug 23, 2021
Michael PetersBring Back My Carrier-based Fixed-wing ASWTo be blunt about it, the United States and China are in a new Cold War. While the outcome all should hope for is a repeat of the previous…Apr 21, 2021Apr 21, 2021
Michael PetersAn Anti-Submarine V-22 for the US Navy?While the US Marine Corps and US Air Force have long been users of their respective V-22 variants, the US Navy just recently conducted the…May 9, 2020May 9, 2020
Michael PetersDo The US Navy And US Coast Guard Need An Amphibious Aircraft?To make a long story short; maybe right now, and absolutely in the near future. Amphibious aircraft could play an often forgotten, but…May 3, 2020May 3, 2020
Michael PetersThe Need For A Light Attack AircraftIt seems every few years, we’re hit with a slew of reports that the USAF wants to retire the A-10C, followed near immediately by a slew of…Apr 17, 2020Apr 17, 2020
Michael PetersThe Case For Smaller Carriers In The US NavyThere’s no easy way to put it, the US Navy is in a serious budget issue. The Ford class carriers are coming in over budget at an…Apr 13, 20201Apr 13, 20201
Michael PetersThe Reality of the US Navy’s LCS Problems, and What Options RemainTo explain the US Navy’s problems with the Littoral Combat Ship, we have to go back to the beginning of the program. The LCS program began…Apr 12, 2020Apr 12, 2020
