Robert Rubel News Today

The story of John Rubel started more than 100 years ago. While brothers John and Robert Rubel had established themselves as jewellers in their native Hungary, it was only when they moved to Paris in 1915 that they really started to be successful.

South Korean and Japanese Lightning carriers would be most effective in an Asia-Pacific war if they operated in concert with U.S. supercarriers.

This issue features two American Sea Power Project articles and another feature addressing the mismatch between the supply of ready U.S. naval forces and the demand for those forces.

By Dmitry Filipoff From October 26 to November 2, 2020, CIMSEC launched a special Force Structure Perspectives Series to provide insight into the new Battle Force 2045 fleet design that was announced by Secretary of Defense Esper. This new fleet design aims to revamp much of the U.S. Navy to make it more operationally flexible, capture advancements in technology and tactics, and ultimately make the fleet better able to deter and prevail in great power conflict. CIMSEC invited select contributor...

In 2018, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph F. Dunford described how the changing character of war and strategic landscape have “accelerated the speed and complexity of war” and contributed to a collapsed decision space. This is troubling for a navy in great power competition with potential adversaries who have increasingly capable long-range antiship missiles. This extended range and lethality, combined with the vulnerability of networks and ubiquitous use of communi...