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U.S. NAVAL SHIPBUILDING IN “PERPETUAL STATE OF TRIAGE” SAYS GAO
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=152051811 BY KEVIN POLICARPO The U.S. Navy and its shipbuilders: “are effectively made to operate in a perpetual state of triage. As a result, the Navy must divert its attention to shipbuilding programs that fall...
U.S. NAVAL SHIPBUILDING IN “PERPETUAL STATE OF TRIAGE” SAYS GAO
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=152051811 BY KEVIN POLICARPO The U.S. Navy and its shipbuilders: “are effectively made to operate in a perpetual state of triage. As a result, the Navy must divert its attention to shipbuilding programs that fall behind schedule and grow in cost,” according to a March General Accounting Office (GAO) report.[1] A second GAO report published...
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U.S. COAST GUARD HAS $7 BILLION IN PROJECT BACKLOGS: GAO
BY KEVIN POLICARPO The U.S. Coast Guard is facing a $7 billion backlog of shore infrastructure projects as of June 2024, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report published on March 5th. [1] This is in contrast to 2019, when shore assets, such as piers and runways, needed at least $2.6 billion of work. About 45% of the facilities were past their expected service life,...
COULD DEEPSEEK WORSEN CYBER ATTACKS AS U.S. VULNERABILITY GROWS?
BY STAS MARGARONIS & KEVIN POLICARPO A report by the Washington, D.C. based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) warns that China’s newly developed AI technology, DeepSeek, could enhance cyber security attacks and cybercrimes:” Beyond its design risks, DeepSeek is the latest tool in the PRC’s cyber espionage toolkit to obtain more comprehensive intelligence and...
DEEPSEEK COULD WORSEN CYBER ATTACKS: CSIS
Photo by FlyD on Unsplash By Stas Margaronis & Kevin Policarpo AI SUMMARY A recent report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., raises concerns about China's new artificial intelligence (AI) tool called DeepSeek. The report suggests that DeepSeek could make cyberattacks and cybercrimes more effective, stating it's the latest addition to China's...
CHINA’S TAKE OVER OF TAIWAN COULD HAVE “REVOLUTIONARY IMPACT” ON U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
BY STAS MARGARONIS, RBTUS If China takes over Taiwan, it would be “the most revolutionary situation in security terms in East Asia since the rise of Japanese power in the 1930s and the outbreak of World War II”, according to Peter Enav, Editor of the Taiwan Strait Risk Report. Enav emphasized that President Donald Trump’s decision to support Taiwan or accede to a Chinese take-over...
CHINA’S LATEST MARITIME ACTION AROUND TAIWAN COULD BE DRESS REHEARSAL FOR BLOCKADE
BY STAS MARGARONIS Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says China’s latest maritime operations around Taiwan is “its largest maritime operations since 1996, dispatching almost 90 naval and coast guard vessels to waters stretching from the southern Japanese islands to the South China Sea” according to the Taiwan Straits Risk Report.[1] The December 11th report notes that China’s operations “were intended...
California Ports Defense Against Sea Level Rise & Flooding
By Stas Margaronis California ports are defensing against increased flooding and sea level rise to enhance future maritime operability. The ports discussed their plans at the “Storms, Flooding and Sea Level Defense 2024 Conference” that took place on November 12th, at Oakland, California. The conference was produced by the Propeller Club of Northern California and the Society of American...
Desal & Waste Water Treatment Can Slow Sinking U.S. Coastal Ports & Cities
By Stas Margaronis, RBTUS Desalination and waste water treatment plants can replenish groundwater and slow the sinking of U.S. coastal cities and ports, according to Randy Truby, President, RL Truby & Associates and a former President of the International Desalination Association. Truby was the keynote speaker at the Storms, Flooding & Sea level Defense 2024 Conference produced by the...
CHINA MAY SEEK TO TAKE OVER TAIWAN BY BLOCKADE INCREASING THE THREAT TO THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES
By Stas Margaronis There are growing signs that China may use a blockade of Taiwan to take over that nation, with or without an invasion. Right now, the United States is ill-quipped to defend against such a blockade, according to a report published by the U.S. Naval War College. China has become more aggressive in its threats to U.S. allies in the Pacific and by extension to the United States...
AS U.S. NAVY SHIPBUILDER ADMITS WELDING FAILURES, CHINA’S NAVY GROWS
In This Report: NAVSEC Reveals Welding Failures By Newport News Shipyard U.S. Cannot Build Three Destroyers Per Year GAO: Poor Shipbuilding Quality Causes Increased Cannibalization of U.S. Navy Ships Other U.S. Naval Shipbuilding Problems CSIS: Superior Chinese Shipbuilding Is Driving Chinese Naval Supremacy China’s Shipbuilding Continues To Gain Ground In 2024 Conclusion By Stas Margaronis...
CHINA MOVE ON TAIWAN MAY BE NEAR : TAIWAN RISK ANALYST
"The bottom line here is that U.S. hopes of using a re-invigorated Taiwan defense structure to help anchor a coalition of China-wary nations in the western Pacific have now gone down in flames ...Our assessment is that a Trump victory in … the upcoming election in the United States would act as a clear incentive towards the Chinese to move with added energy against Taiwan."---Peter Enav, Taiwan...