Indo-Pacific News - Geo-Politics & Defense Ray Powell A Chinese PLA spy/surveillance vessel got as close as 2 nautical miles to U.S. & Philippine ships drilling together in the South China Sea.

Next US LNG Export Plant Aims to Begin Production in Mid-2024

Plaquemines requests to import cargoes for start-up process

The US became the world’s top LNG exporter last year

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Siri, what happened the last time the CPC managed on-farm food production via diktat and threats of legal enforcement?

This looks like Drakes passage from board of barque Europa. Hats of to those sailors

No notes for my fellow US Merchant Marine (soon to be) Captain

Logistics wins wars (and protests apparently)

I usually watch but some years - like right after Bush said “Mission Accomplished” - I just don’t find the jokes funny

This is one of those years

Calm down Army guys. I’m pro Sea Power over Land Power but I’m not anti-Army.

I love the US Army…. Watercraft 🤩

And the winner is… the ocean’s natural beauty!

In many ways, the second most powerful person on the planet, for a time. #iykyk

If you could only invest in one military power, which would it be?

P.S. It’s already ranked in order of importance 😉

Just wait till you see my battleship-fireboat roll up the Columbia River!

A wealthy patriot has offered a $10,000 donation to help me build this fireboat and break the 🇨🇳 Coast Guard blockade in the Philippines. Should I use it to start a gofundme campaign?

I estimate we will need only $1 billion to build her

Yes, seapower has the ability to blockade & kill massive amounts of people by denying food and energy

It also has the ability to deliver massive amounts of humanitarian aid

Those are policy decisions.

The problem is with Land Power civilians die regardless of policy

Number of civilians killed in action:

Sea
Battle of Leyte Gulf <100
Midway <100
Jutland <100
Trafalgar <100
North Atlantic <1000

Land
Battle of Manilla 100,000+

Air
Battle of Tokyo 100,000+

Air & Land power kills and displaces civilians. Seapower does not.

Pacific Power Projection—
Updated map with some input from Indo-Pacific News - Geo-Politics & Defense:

Offshore we liked to flare gas off a boom, not the wellhead.

🚨Small unit training with aerial robotics

Iran Says Crew Of MSC Aries To Be Released

gcaptain.com/iran-says-crew…

Two tankers, LR1 Cameroon-flagged Molecule (IMO 9209300) and Panama-flagged LR2 Fortune Galaxy (IMO 9257010) leave spoofing patterns as they are elsewhere, likely loading Iranian oil.