2/ I jumped right to this section:
Sec 1304
REPORT ON RESOURCING UNITED STATES DEFENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION AND REPORT ON ENHANCING DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC.
Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility:
"a risk analysis of these new fuel storage options, and a timeline and cost analysis for establishing this storage capacity"
Independent Study Relating to Fuel Distribution Logistics across INDOPACOM
12/ House draft #FY23NDAA:
"the committee supports the Department’s use of wargames and tabletop exercises to inform planning in the @INDOPACOM area of operations, specifically with respect to a scenario involving a conflict with China related to Taiwan"
@INDOPACOM@SebastianBae@cgberube 13/ House draft #FY23NDAA:
The committee directs the SecDef to provide a briefing on Taiwan’s air and missile defense capabilities.
15/House draft #FY23NDAA:
Chairman's Mark, ammendments:
Rep Speier launched a full broadside 💥💥💥 on the Littoral Combat Ship LCS historical problems.
She does not want them retained.
😳 wow! @cdrsalamander@BDHerzinger@Navy_Hipple@NavMechEng
Will read about the rest in the morning, and hopefully listen to @CavasShips, @CSSProvision and @defaeroreport podcasts to explain the results of the markup.
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@IISS_org@graham_euan 2/ 🇮🇳 @indiannavy Admiral Dasgupta up first. Discusses #UNCLOS and other codes like COLREGS & CUES, at a practical level regarding potential flashpoints & crises.
@IISS_org@graham_euan@indiannavy 3/ Next up: Alice Guitton from 🇫🇷 Ministry of Armed Forces.
Discusses Climate change, the resulting fragility, and role of Navies to respond.
And asks, "How to keep Sea Lanes open & secure?"
French Navy ships practice Freedom of Navigation, without ambiguity.
2/ This report is also interesting after listening to @Ng_Eng_Hen speech at #AspenSecurity, with his sweeping historical view, and quotes from Singapore's LKY on the nature of US and China.
1/ "Today, the People’s Liberation Army Navy is the largest fleet in the world, with around 350 ships.
Complementing its fleet of modern surface combatants are hundreds of coast guard and maritime militia vessels."
- SECNAV
#FPDA Ex #BersamaGold 2021:
"#XBG21 will see the participation of 2600 personnel, 10 ships, one submarine, six maritime helicopters, three maritime patrol aircraft, 25 fighter aircraft, two support aircraft, and one command and control aircraft."
🇬🇧🇲🇾🇦🇺🇸🇬🇳🇿
2/ #FPDA#XBG21:
"Naval assets will be involved in a contactless exercise held in the southern parts of the #SouthChinaSea in international waters, where serials such as anti-air and anti-submarine exercises, gunnery firings and manoeuvring drills will be conducted."
3/ #FPDA#XBG21
"Air forces from the FPDA member-nations will exercise with each other in air serials such as air defence exercises, and support the maritime component in anti-submarine exercises."