Joe Buff has a new article on Military.com

[Onkel Neal]

Best selling author Joe Buff has a new article on Military.com

Subs and the New Arctic (http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,108388,00.html)

And in case you're new to modern sub warfare, Mr. Buff has quite an archive! (http://www.military.com/Opinions/0,,Buff_Index,00.html) :yep:

[LoBlo]

Nice, there goesn't my evening, now I'm going to have to read all of them :(

[Bellman]

Thanks Neal - it looks like Buffs worth buffing-up on. :rock:

[Onkel Neal]

My pleasure :)

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Buff makes for amused reading, but from what I've read so far, he's a little too biased to be genuinely interesting. For example, take this line:

What do China's non-transparent leaders see as the end state of this manic (military) buildup?

I don't know, but considering the US has the biggest military expenditure in the world and possesses the most offensively oriented military in the world (euphemistically called "power projection"), I personally bristle every time an American whines at someone elses' purchases, of defensive or even offensive equipment.

I've done his Shkval page. I also notice he spends another page just crowing over the Mk 48 (http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,102922,00.html). Honestly, by now he's getting a bit tiring to read.

[Bellman]

No bias or flak detracts from Buffs assessment of the strategic changes inherent in the 'New Artic' geo-politics. He may overstate his case - not unfamiliar from those who however 'non-partisan' in analysis are nevertheless committed to seeking funding.

However his analysis of the role changes necessary in submarine operations merit attention. Whether you buy his 'New Frontier' or 'backdoor' a new look at procedures under thin ice are called for in an area of increasing potential confrontation.

As mission designers let hope that others will follow SeaQueens ' Kara Sea 'example in refocusing on under ice operations or the 'thin ice' of Okhutsk' (Writer + MaHuJa)

[Bellman]

A separate strategic consideration, so posted likewise.

''For instance, enemy-controlled tramp steamer, fitted with camouflaged, make-shift IRBM launchers, might sneak close
through this same New Artic 'back-door.'

Similarly currently potential terrorist action using 'deephold' merchant vessels must pose an immense naval challenge for those engaged in existing deep water operations.

It is a great pity that SA does not provide clandestine activity platforms even in the simplistic form of modified fishing boats (from the 60s !)