Despite the geographic importance of the island, Guam’s logistical capacity is far below the needs of the United States in ...

Recent naval operations in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz have demonstrated that the United States Navy remains ...

It is widely documented that Russia has leveraged various threat vectors to employ coercive and ancillary irregular tactics ...

In order to meet this urgent challenge, the United States government and military must treat grid expansion as a national ...

In the last two weeks, CIMSEC featured writing submitted to our Call for Articles on maritime conflict with Iran. Authors ...

The Strait of Hormuz is arguably the most consequential chokepoint in the global economy. Barely thirty kilometers wide at its narrowest point, it connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and to ...

For years, the public debate over a possible Chinese Communist invasion of Taiwan has focused on a single question: Does the People’s Liberation Army have sufficient amphibious lift to move an ...

Recent conflicts in the Middle East highlight how maritime kill chains from ashore impose risk on global shipping. However, Western navies have yet to fully grasp that within these loosely integrated ...

Between January 13 and 15, the 38th Annual Surface Navy Symposium convened in Crystal City, Virginia, offering a detailed look at the state of the surface fleet. Senior leaders—from the Secretary of ...

On 23 February 2026, the Council of the EU decided to extend the mandate of the EU naval operation EUNAVFOR Aspides, launched in March 2024 to safeguard the sea lines of communication (SLOC) in the ...

In January 1991, Chinese military officers watched CNN footage of the United States dismantling the Iraqi Army and experienced what one People’s Liberation Army (PLA) analyst later called a ...

The Department of War is addressing its critical shortfall in precision munitions, but it also needs more platforms capable of using them. This is especially true for the U.S. Navy. As the number of ...