by Stas | Dec 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Stas | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Stas | Nov 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Stas | Oct 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Stas | Oct 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Stas | Aug 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
“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...