InThe Hanoma TimesbyBansi Joshi·Oct 24Why Attacks on Shipping in Contested Straits Keep Escalating Despite BlockadesWhen the world’s busiest sea routes become strategic weapons, military blockades can create new risks instead of restoring normal trade.
InWhat If AI Investigated…?byJ Gray·Aug 8The Navy That Beat a Navy — How Ukraine Broke Russian Sea Control Without a FleetUkraine began the war with almost no navy. It had scuttled its own flagship in 2014 and possessed nothing that could meet the Russian Black…
InThe Dock on the BaybyJames Marinero, MSc, MBA.·Jul 5Whoever Heard Of An Underwater Ramjet Engine?China has built a working prototype powered by boron and it works in flight as well, at supersonic speeds before entering the water for the…A response icon2A response icon2
InThe Dock on the BaybyJames Marinero, MSc, MBA.·May 23Mining the Malacca StraitWeaponised viscosity: What would happen to global power if a rogue state mined the Malacca Strait?A response icon1A response icon1
InRANDbyRAND·May 21Clearing Mines in the Strait of Hormuz: Q&A with Scott SavitzMines have helped paralyze shipping traffic in one of the world’s most important waterways.
InThe Dock on the BaybyJames Marinero, MSc, MBA.·May 9China Sails Ahead With 40,000 Ton Drone CarrierBeijing’s Type 076 Sichuan pioneers fixed-wing UAV operations at sea, blending advanced catapult technology with amphibious assault…A response icon2A response icon2
InThe Geopolitical EconomistbyN Chandra·May 1The Hollow Leviathan: Why the U.S. Naval Blockade of Iran is a Ghost Strategy of a Fading EmpireExamining the critical depletion of American munitions, the death of the petrodollar, and the naval retreat.
InThe Dock on the BaybyJames Marinero, MSc, MBA.·Apr 2Quantum Sniffing Could Uncloak Nuclear Submarines — A Threat to the Triad?Drone-mounted atomic magnetometers in China and quantum trials under AUKUS are testing the limits of nuclear submarine stealth — and could…A response icon3A response icon3
InThe Dock on the BaybyJames Marinero, MSc, MBA.·Mar 18Ukraine’s Sea Drones Sink NATO Frigate: Virtual Lessons from Naval ExerciseUkrainian operators, commanding the red team with Magura V7 drones, secured victory in every scenario of NATO’s REPMUS exercise off the…A response icon4A response icon4
InThe Dock on the BaybyJames Marinero, MSc, MBA.·Mar 11Iran Begins Laying Mines in the Strait of Hormuz: The What, Where, How — and Why It MattersWith a few dozen naval mines already in place and Tehran holding the bulk of its capacity in reserve, this calculated move threatens…A response icon11A response icon11
