Weekly Briefing: Naval Warfare

The latest naval warfare news and analysis from Breaking Defense

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Weekly Briefing Naval Warfare

Lockheed, IAI Tie Up On Missile Defense Is Bad News For Boeing The team up is expected to knock Boeing from its current workshare agreement with IAI.

Israelis To Offer US Long-Range Naval Strike Missile: Sea Breaker Israel defense sources said that, in almost all aspects, the Sea Breaker is superior to any similar weapon system used now by the US Navy and that the missile's price will be "much less" than the price of any similar, yet less capable, missile.

Stormy Waters Ahead For Amphibious Shipbuilding Plan Buried within the Navy's fiscal 2022 shipbuilding plan is a major disruption of the amphibious fleet and its industrial base. The Navy will build the Light Amphibious Ships (LAWs) it wants, but there's a trade-off. The number of large amphibious ships will decline by five to nine — 15% to 27%. Marines and others had…

China's J-35 Carrier Fighter Appears; Step To 'Most Powerful Navy'? "The J-35 may well represent another significant milestone in the Chinese long-term pursuit of a blue-water carrier based naval aviation capability", said retired US naval intelligence officer, Capt. James Fanell.

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