Joshua Tallis

3 weeks ago | warontherocks.com | Joshua Tallis

For 15 months, the U.S. Navy fought its fiercest battles since at least the Tanker War. The Navy racked up nearly flawless tactical victories in self-defense, defense of merchants, and defense of allied territory against the Houthis, a Yemeni militant group that sought to deny the Red Sea to global commerce.

Oct 1, 2024 | usni.org | Spanish Navy |Eric Wertheim |Indian Navy |Joshua Tallis

The Spanish Navy has only one Agosta-class submarine, the Galerna, currently in operation, and it commissioned the first of four planned S-80-class submarines, the Isaac Peral, in 2023 after several years of delays in the S-80 program. Spain has more than 8,000 miles of coastline in the Mediterranean Sea to the east and the Atlantic to the north and west. Geopolitically, these coasts are strategic, as the Strait of Gibraltar separates Europe from Africa and divides the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Sep 30, 2024 | usni.org | Paolo Pizzolo |Ott Laanemets |Estonian Navy |Joshua Tallis

1. Stefan Wolff, “Kaliningrad: Russia’s ‘Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier’ Deep in NATO Territory,” The Conversation, 5 May 2022. 2. The other is in Kronstadt in the Gulf of Finland. 3. “Russia Simulates Nuclear Strikes Near EU,” The Moscow Times, 5 May 2022. 4. NATO, “First German NATO Brigade Troops Arrive in Lithuania,” news release, 4 September 2022. 5. Stephan Frühling and Guillaume Lasconjarias, “NATO, A2/AD and the Kaliningrad Challenge,” Survival 58, no. 2 (2016): 95–116; and Sam J.

Jul 30, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Joshua Tallis

We are not yet at a paradigm-shifting moment in the role of autonomous or robotic systems at sea. Nor are we likely to reach a revolutionary precipice within the period in which the U.S. Navy must begin making the transition to a truly hybrid fleet — that is, the integration of autonomous platforms designed to operate as part of an ocean-going battle force.

Apr 3, 2024 | cna.org | Joshua Tallis

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In honor of the occasion, we’re reprinting this article with permission from the U.S. Naval Institute, originally published in Proceedings Online. As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) marks its 75th anniversary, the alliance and its navies are entering a period of much-needed revitalization.