Indian Navy – The Brahmos missile will not be ready for service for several years.

• Hindustan Times: BrahMos missile years away from induction on ships, aircraft

US Navy – Northrop Grumman wins the contract to design the DD-X.

• Associated Press: Grumman Lands Navy Warship Contract
• Washington Post: Northrop Wins Navy Contract

US Navy – Did the US Navy play a role in the recent coup in Venezuela?

• The Guardian: American navy ‘helped Venezuelan coup’
  

US Navy – The USS Kitty Hawk makes a port call in Hong Kong.

• The Straits Times: US warships sail into HK as China’s ban on visits ends

US Navy – How bats can help improve naval sonars.

• Science Daily: Bat Sonar And Anti-Submarine Warfare

US Navy – How the US Navy Sea Systems Command is changing to meet the current needs of the US Navy.

• Sea Power: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Navy Transformation

Background – War on Terrorism – Ralph Peters on how the US can make friends of Muslims – leave the Arab Muslims alone, and court the non-Arab Muslims.

• Wall Street Journal (registration required): A Remedy for Radical Islam

US Navy – The new CINCPAC states his views on how the US should aid Taiwan.

• Taipei Times: US commander pledges his aid

US Marines – Part 2 of a series on what life is like today in boot camp at Parris Island.

• Washington Post: Finally In, Facing New Fight

Indian Navy – Why the US and India are growing closer.

• Hindustan Times: Indo-US defence ties: convergence of security and political interests

Indian Navy – The Brahmos surface-to-surface missile has been successfully test fired.

• The Statesman: Supersonic Brahmos testfired

Indian Navy – The Indian Navy is acquiring an airborne early warning capability through the acquisition of Ka-31 helicopters.

• Hindustan Times: Navy gets Airborne Early Warning capability

Background – Malaysia and Singapore – As Singapore reclaims more land from the sea, neighboring Malaysia gets nervous and jealous. Could this process result in a conflict between the two nations?

• Associated Press: Singapore Borders Worry Neighbors

Background – Israel – A possible scenario by the military historian Martin Van Creveld on how events in the Middle East may play out.

• Daily Telegraph: Sharon’s plan is to drive Palestinians across the Jordan

Background – Iraq – The current strategy to topple Saddam.

• New York Times: U.S. Envisions Blueprint on Iraq Including Big Invasion Next Year

Background- Fourth Generation Warfare – A new way to describe asymetrical warfare – 4G warfare.

• The Atlantic: Fourth-generation warfare

US Marines – An overview of the US Marine Jungle Warfare Training Center on Okinawa.

• USA Today: Quick and violent: Training for jungle warfare
  

US Navy – The US plans longterm to have more carrier battlegroups in the Western Pacific, to act as a counter to China.

• The Star: US outlines Asia build-up

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japanese ships are again making port calls in South Korea.

• Korea Herald: Japan’s navy to make port call at Busan

Canadian Navy – HMCS Preserver and HMCS Iroquois have returned home from the Arabian Sea.

• Canadian Press: Canadian ships return home from Arabian Sea
  

US Navy – The USS John F. Kennedy may be able to keep Mayport, Florida as her home port, rather than being redeployed to Japan when the USS Kitty Hawk is retired as Japanese attitudes towards nuclear-powered ships are changing.

• Florida Times-Union: Kennedy may stay longer at Mayport
  

US Marines – The Marines helicopter fleet is getting very old???.

• Atlanta Journal Constitution: As Marines’ mission evolves, aging aircraft pose a problem
  

US Navy – The current state of the DDX program.

• Sea Power: A Complementary Collage of Combatant Capabilities: DD(X) and the Future of Surface Warfare

Royal Marines – With 45 Commando in Afghanistan.

• BBC: Playing the waiting game
  

Russian Navy – The Kursk’s last voyage to the scrapyard.

• BBC: In Pictures: Kursk’s last voyage

Canadian Navy – It will cost very little to fix Canada’s dented submarine.

• Edmonton Sun: Sub repair tab slashed

Malaysian Navy – Malaysia’s Chief of the Navy on how territorial claims to the Spratly Islands are the greatest threats his country faces.

• The Straits Times: Claims to islands a threat: Malaysia’s navy chief

Indian Navy – The US Navy and Indian Navy will help to patrol the Malacca Straits.

• The Straits Times: India’s navy joins US war on terrorism

Malaysian Navy – Malaysia states the US Navy and Indian Navy are welcome to help patrol the Malacca Straits.

• Agence French Presse: India and US ‘free to patrol Malacca Strait’

Background – ASEAN – ASEAN is increasing in importance as an alliance.

• The Straits Times: Asean back in spotlight as big players come a-wooing

Russian Navy – After a summit on how to share the resources of the Caspian Sea fails, the Russian Navy is told to hold military exercises in the Caspian Sea this summer.

• BBC: Russia moots new Caspian share-out
• Financial Times: Caspian oil summit ends without agreement
• Russian Observer: Vladimir Putin: Russia “Fairly Flexible” on Caspian

US Marine Corps – Flight testing resumes on the MV-22.

• CNN: Flight tests to resume for controversial V-22s

US Navy – US Navy ships will begin refueling in Sri Lanka.

• Agence French Press: US warship to make refuelling halt in Sri Lanka
  

Background – Information Warfare – The US Navy Post Graduate School is training cyberwarriors.

• ZDNet: Training the cyberwar troops

Background – Open Source Intelligence – A dark day for open source intelligence in Greece, as a group of English plane spotters are found guilty of espionage for gathering open source intelligence in Greece.

• BBC: Plane-spotters prepare to fly home

Background – Terrorism – Are we overestimating the terrorist threat – a historical look???

• Aviation Week: Modern Military Threats: Not All They Might Seem?
  

US Navy – A list of ships that have been damaged while serving in the Middle East.

• Virginian Pilot: 5 ships have overcome Mideast battle scars to rejoin active duty

US Navy – More about life on the USS Bataan during her recent deployment in the Arabian Gulf.

• Virginian Pilot: Many happy Navy returns, back from al-Qaida’s door
  

US Navy – Meanwhile the USS George Washington performs predeployment workups.

• Virginian Pilot: Crisis drills will test GW group’s readiness
  

Greeek Navy – The Greek’s recommission another ex-Dutch Kortenaer-class frigate.

• Jane’s: Seventh Greek S-type Frigate Arrives

Sri Lankan Navy – The Tamil Sea Tigers push their truce with Sri Lanka.

• The Hindu: Lankan Navy seizes LTTE boats

US Navy – The key role tankers have played in the air over Afghanistan.

• Washington Post: Fill ‘er Up

NATO Navies – The NH-90 helicopter program appears to be on solid ground.

• Aviation Week: NH-90 Partners Prepare
  To Ramp Up Production

Canadian Navy – The Canadian’s are beginning to claim the Upholder-class submarines are lemons, the British disagree.

• Canadian Press: New submarine a lemon, navy finds
• Halifax Herald: New sub arrived with dent

Background – Targeting – William Arkin on why targeting micromanagement must stop.

• Los Angeles Times: The Rules of Engagement
  

Russian Navy – How Russian shipyards are trying to stay alive.

• St. Petersburg Times: Shipyard Plans Large-Scale Rennovations

German Navy – The Germans have been asked to take over the naval operation near the Horn of Africa.

• Xinhua News Agency: Germany Could Take Leadership of Anti-Terror Mission in Africa

US Navy – The US Navy needs to spend more on new aircraft.

• Virginian Pilot: Navy’s aging air force needs aid, admiral says

US Navy – What life was like aboard the USS Bataan when it was off Afghanistan.

• Virginian Pilot: Bataan group gave troops boost with creature comforts
  

US Coast Guard – The US Coast Guard is changing its drug-interdiction tactics.

• Virginian Pilot: Coast Guard guns for fast boats in drug busts
  

US Navy – How the Cyclone-class patrol ships are being used for homeland defense.

• Virginian Pilot: Navy ship on homeland security mission returns
  

US Navy – An interview with the just-retired commander of the US 5th Fleet in the Middle East.

• Sea Power: “Committed to Victory”

Background – Nuclear Triad – What the new triad will look like, and the Navy’s role in it.

• Air Force: Bush’s Nuclear Blueprint
  

Background – South East Asian Navies – A good review of the arms race beginning in South East Asia.

• Straits Times: More bucks for the bang

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US Navy – Seabees have landed to build airstrips in the Phillipines.

• Associated Press: Navy engineers go ashore, raising U.S. counterterror forces in Philippines to 1,200

US Navy – At sea aboard the USS Cole.

• Virginian Pilot: Restored Cole fit to fight again

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – The US has asked Japan for more help in the Arabian Sea, including deployment of Aegis destroyers.

• CNN: Japan offered naval role in Iraq: report

Royal Navy – The survivability of Royal Navy warships remains impaired due to development problems with the new active decoy round.

• Jane’s: Decoy Delay Hits Outfit DLH In Service Date

Background – Caspian Sea – Disputes over Caspian Sea oil continue, a naval buildup on all sides continues.

• Radio Free Europe: Caspian: Conflicts Likely At Presidents Summit

Background – Airpower – Part 2 of a history of the use of airpower in war. This month – airpower’s failure in Vietnam.

• The Atlantic: Slow Squeeze

Royal Marines – On the ground in Afghanistan with 45 Commando.

• Daily Telegraph: Marines go to ‘hell’ in search of the enemy

US Navy – CINCPAC says the US Navy is interested in using the base in Vietnam at Cam Ranh Bay.

• Voice of America: US Interested in Vietnam Base
  

US Navy – The F-18E Super Hornet is experiencing its first carrier qualifications aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

• Seattle Post Intelligencer: Navy prepares to deploy new fighter plane
  

Indian Navy – Is India’s project to build nuclear powered submarines too secretive?

• Hindustan Times: N-sub project is Navyís worst kept secret

US Marines – US Marines will be exercising with Phillipine units off the Phillipines.

• Associated Press: 2,700 more US troops arriving in Philippines

US Marines – The Marines are outsourcing their airlift – to the Russians.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Russians give Marines a lift home
  

US Navy – The controversy over low frequency sonar and how it affects marine mammals has taken a new twist after September 11.

• Washington Post: Environmental Groups, Navy Square Off on Sonar System

Indonesian Navy – Indonesia and Malaysia pledge to patrol the Straits of Malacca more actively in an attempt to reduce piracy.

• The Star: Joint patrols in Straits of Malacca

Iranian Navy – Iran will soon launch its own destroyer.

• Islamic Republic News Agency: Iran to launch its own destroyer soon: Navy commander

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – The Japanese debate broadening the role of their forces.

• BBC: Japan to debate military changes
• BBC: Q&A: Japan’s Self Defence Force

Background – Unmanned Vehicles – How the battlefield is being transformed by unmanned devices.

• New York Times: Machines Are Filling In for Troops

Background – Peacekeeping – John Keegan on how not to perform peacekeeping.

• Daily Telegraph: Playing policeman is thankless: doing it badly can end in tragedy

Royal Marines – 45 Commando has begun operations in Afghanistan.

• BBC: UK troops start Afghan action
• BBC: UK troops destroy al-Qaeda caves
  

Taiwanese Navy – Chinese spy ships are probing Taiwan’s defenses.

• Taipei Times: Navy trails suspect vessel from China

New Zealand Navy – The ANZAC frigates are developing cracks in their hulls.

• New Zealand Herald: Cracks found in frigate’s hull

Romanian Navy – The Romanian Navy purchase of Royal Navy Type 22 frigates is moving forward.

• Jane’s: Romanian Type 22 Frigate Buy Moves Forward

US Navy – How the US has covered the Mediterranean Sea without a carrier for the last 6 months.

• Virginian Pilot: Crews from 3 ships to arrive in Norfolk

US Navy – The USS Bataan amphibious ready group is returning home from the Arabian Sea.

• Virginian Pilot: Bataan ARG arriving Sat. from record deployment
  

US Navy – The USS Cole continues its workup.

• Virginian Pilot: Cole beginning new era after attack repairs
  

US Navy – The MH-60S begins to enter service.

• Sea Power: CNO Welcomes Service Debut Of New Sikorsky MH-60S Helo

Royal Navy – On the Atlantic Patrol with HMS Newcastle.

• This Day: British Warship On Training Visit to Abuja
  

• The Guardian: Fond memories as British naval power symbol departs

Indian Navy – Now that the fighting in Sri Lanka has stopped, is it time for a Pax Indica in the Indian Ocean?

• Rediff: Dealing with the Tigers: India’s Tightrope Options

Malaysian Coast Guard – Malaysia will set up a Coast Guard.

• The Star: Coast guard to fight sea threats

US Marines – Life with the Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team.

• Virginian Pilot: FAST: The anti-terror elite

Background – Mark Helprin summarizes the war on terror to date.

• National Review: Phony War
  

Finnish Navy – The role of camouflage in modern naval warfare.

• Jane’s: More than meets the eye
  

US Navy – The command ship USS Blue Ridge returns to its homeport after 3 months at sea.

• Associated Press: U.S. 7th Fleet flagship returns to Japan waters after tour of Indian Ocean, Pacific

Royal Marines – More on the targets the Royal Marines have been assigned.

• Sunday Times: Marines given targets for strikes against Al-Qaeda
  

US Navy – The US Navy is using NASA satellite data to aid its forces on the ground in Afghanistan.

• Aviation Week: Navy Enlists NASA
  In the War on Terror
  

Background – Military Space – How military space assets have assisted the war on terror.

• Aviation Week: Milspace Comes of Age
  In Fighting Terror
  

Background – Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and Terrorists – What are the prospects for terrorists acquiring WMD? Pretty good???

• Air Force: Terrorists Seek the Big Bang
  

US Navy – The James River Reserve Fleet of maritime ships is no longer a national asset, instead it has become an environmental liability.

• Virginian Pilot: The Ghost Fleet: Time Bombs on the James
  

• Virginian Pilot: ”Ghost Fleet” could unleash disastrous spill in a storm
  

• Virginian Pilot: Part 2: ”Ghost Fleet” could unleash disastrous spill
  

• Virginian Pilot: Snags in ship’s cleanup show why so few are recycled
  

• Virginian Pilot: Fighting nature, one day at a time
  

US Navy – US ships may again make port calls in Hong Kong.

• Associated Press: China Lifts Latest U.S. Warship Ban
  

Royal Marines – What the Royal Marines can expect to face in Afghanistan.

• Associated Press: British Soldiers Prep for Battle

US Coast Guard – The Coast Guard and coastal defense.

• Los Angeles Times: Guarding the Coast, and More

US Navy – A review of the US Navy’s FY2003 budget request.

• Sea Power: Department of the Navy Warfighting Budget Request Emphasizes Personnel, Current Operations, and Readiness

Canadian Navy – What the Canadian Navy has accomplished in the Persian Gulf in the last 6 months.

• National Post: Canadian ships find no terrorists in Arabian seas
  

US Navy – The US Navy is outsourcing its training.

• Virginian Pilot: Navy explores civilian schools to educate personnel
  

US Navy – How the Internet is accessed by Sailors at sea.

• Network Computing: Marines Rely on Filters for Safe Surfing at Sea

US Navy – What the Navy Marine Corps Intranet means to the US Navy

• Sea Power: One System, One Vision
  NMCI: The IT Highway To the Future

Background – Precision Guided Weapons (PGMs) – PGMs continue to fall in price, making them more affordable to use???

• Jane’s: The falling price of precision

Background – Precision Guided Weapons (PGMs)???while some evidence for just how precise they were in Afghanistan is now being documented???

• Washington Post Dot Mil: Checking on Civilian Casualties

Royal Navy – The Royal Navy is exercising with the Nigerian Navy.

• The Guardian: Two British Naval ships arrive in Nigeria today

Royal Navy – Dockyard strikes may impede the operational readiness of the Royal Navy’s Trident fleet.

• BBC: Naval strike could hit Trident
  

US Navy – Where the US Navy currently is with unmanned aerial vehicles, and where it would like to go.

• Jane’s: Naval UAV concepts in flux

Background – Transformation – Recently we’ve been reading how transformation will occur slowly, from the bottom up. Now there is evidence that Secretary Rumsfield will attempt to accelerate transformation from the top down, with his choices for new service chiefs and CINCs.

• Washington Post:
  Bush Backs Overhaul of Military’s Top Ranks

Background – Information Warfare – In the field, just like at work, more bandwidth is better bandwidth — and a lack of bandwidth is severely hampering US military operations.

• Wall Street Journal: Military feels bandwidth squeeze

US Navy – More information on the potential of a subtype of unmanned undersea vehicles – the Sea Glider.

• Space.com: Sea Gliders Show Underwater and Off-World Potential
  

US Navy – The US Navy is phasing out its CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters that are used for vertical replenishment.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Sea Knight’s Navy pilot just in time to be its last

US Navy – The US Navy is thinking of not retiring the USS Constellation next year, when the USS Ronald Reagan enters service.

• Virginian Pilot: Navy eyes extending lifespan of old carrier
  

US Navy – The US Navy is not interested in converting cruise ships under construction to command ships.

• Reuters: U.S. Navy Passes on Northrop Cruise Ships
  

French Navy – Two French warships are making a port call at Mumbai, before exercising with the Indian Navy.

• Rediff: French warships drop anchor in India

Indian Navy – India is about to commission a new guided missile patrol craft.

• Times of India: Missile vessel INS Prabal to join Navy

Canadian Navy – Canadian ships continue to rotate through their Gulf task force.

• Canadian Press: Two Canadian warships on way home
  

US Navy – 75% of all munitions dropped by US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft in Afghanistan hit their targets.

• CNN: Pentagon: U.S. bombing accuracy improved in Afghan war

US Navy – What life is like for submariners.

• Seattle Times: A submariner’s life

US Navy – A review of upcoming Trident-class submarine conversions.

• Seattle Times: A new mission: Older submarines to be transformed
• Seattle Times: The four oldest Trident subs will be converted for conventional warfare.
  

Taiwanese Navy – The US has bids from 7 companies to produce submarines for Taiwan.

• Reuters: U.S. plans meetings with Taiwan on submarine design

Malaysian Navy – Malaysia agrees to purchase French Scorpene-class submarines.

• Reuters: Malaysia “agrees to buy French submarines”

US Navy – A proposal for a new conventional triad for the 21st century: long-range land-based aviation, flexible special forces that require a minimal logistic infrastructure, and the sea services

• Sea Power: The 21st-Century Triad: Unconventional Thinking About the New Realities of Conventional Warfare

US Navy – US and Yemen have agreed to allow warships to again refuel at the port of Aden, 17 months after the attack on the USS Cole.

• Associated Press: Yemen, U.S. Agree on Ship Refueling

US Navy – The US will move back to one carrier in the Arabian Sea.

• Associated Press: U.S. Carrier To Leave Arabian Sea

Royal Marines– 40 Commando is already engaged in combat inside Afghanistan.

• The Guardian: Perilous fight against shadowy enemy
  

• The Guardian: Marines seize al-Qaida caves as Afghan violence escalates
  

US Navy – More on the potential of unmanned submarines.

• The Australian: Navy drones on about unmanned subs

US Navy – Submarines are the ultimate intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform.

• Jane’s: Submarines to cast off their shackles, take on new roles

US Navy – The EP-3 that was forced down near China 1 year ago has been rebuilt and will reenter service by the end of the year.

• The Guardian: US Spy Plane Expected Back In Service

Nigerian Navy – The Nigerian Navy continues to capture pirates who are stealing oil from drilling platforms.

• The Guardian: Navy intercepts $688m worth of crude oil from bunkerers
• The Guardian: Navy arrests 475 pirates in three years

Royal Marines – The Royal Marines have permission to pursue enemy troops from Afghanistan into Pakistan.

• Sunday Times: Marines free to fight in Pakistan
  

Royal Australian Navy – Australia will increase its defense budget next year, in recognition of the high operational rate of their navy.

• : Defense to Have Priority in Next Budget

Background – Containerized Cargo – An excellent review of how the container is now a potential terrorist weapon.

• The Economist: When trade and security clash
  

Taiwanese Navy – An interview with the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs who pledges diesel submarines and Kidd-class destroyers will be delivered to Taiwan.

• Taipei Times: US Committment to Taiwan remains firm.

Russian Navy – The Russians say they will be out of Cam Ranh Bay by July. Who will be allowed to use the port in the future is uncertain.

• Reuters: Russia to Complete Vietnam Base Pullout by July
  

Royal Navy – The Royal Navy’s CVF program continues to move forward, slowly.

• Sea Power: Thales Strengthens Its Team For Royal Navy CVF Bid

Background – Air-to-Air Combat – How Head Mounted Displays may revolutionize aerial combat.

• Los Angeles Times: Weapon That Will Turn Heads
  

Royal Navy – The early retirement of Sea Harriers will strip the Royal Navy of crucial air defense capabilities.

• Daily Telegraph: Sea Harrier cuts leave the fleet exposed

Royal Navy – Is the UK government repeating the same mistakes it made 20 years ago before the Falklands war?

• Daily Telegraph: Cuts ‘mean we can’t fight another Falklands’

Background – – Sir John Keegan on whether the UK could send an expeditionary task force to sea today, if required.

• Daily Telegraph: From military superiority to ‘just about’ capable

Background – Simulation / Wargaming – The state-of-the art in computerized simulation and virtual reality for the military.

• IEEE Spectrum: Games Soldiers Play
  

French Navy – A French patrol boat based in New Caledonia is making a port visit in New Zealand.

• New Zealand Herald: French patrol boat on four-day visit
  

Finnish Navy – The navies of Finland and Sweden are pooling their maritime surveillance assets.

• Helsingin Sanomat: Finland and Sweden joining forces in marine surveillance

US Marines – The US Marines continue their development of non-lethal weapons.

• Associated Press: Weapons of the future stink

US Marines – The latest prototype lethal weapon – a new assault rifle for US forces.

• ABC: A Smarter Rifle
  

Background – Strategy – Ralph Peter’s insightful strategy for fighting the war on terrorism.

• Fast Company: Battle Plan

Royal Australian Navy – The amphibious transport and command ship HMAS Kanimbla returns home from the Arabian Sea.

• Australian Associated Press: Kanimbla crew welcomed home
  

Canadian Navy – The supply ship HMCS Protecteur is about to depart for the Arabian Sea.

• Times Colonist: Protecteur readies for voyage to war zone
  

Royal Marines – The Royal Marines confront steep challenges in Afghanistan.

• BBC: UK marines ‘face tough challenge’
• Financial Times: Troops face both heavy schedule and a wily foe
  

US Navy – Testing of the EA-6B Prowler ICAP III version has begun.

• Sea Power: ICAP III Prowler Begins EW Testing
  at Patuxent River

South Korean Navy – The US will sell the South Korean Navy Aegis weapons systems for installation on three South Korean destroyers.

• CNN: U.S. offers Aegis weapons system to S. Korea

Iraqi Navy – Iraq has been accused of a plot to blow up US warships in the Persian Gulf.

• Christian Science Monitor: Ex-smuggler describes Iraqi plot to blow up US warship

History – Falklands – A fascinating analysis of the diplomatic, intelligence, and military ineptitude that led the UK and Argentina towards an avoidable conflict 20 years ago.

• The Times: A tragedy of errors

Background – Falklands – Meanwhile, life today in the Falklands is excellent for the locals.

• Economist: A breezy, squid-rich paradise

US Navy – The US Navy is exercising on Vieques again.

• BBC: US Navy begins Vieques exercises

US Navy – The US Navy says it does not want to return to Yemen for refueling; using the French naval base in Djibouti may be a better idea.

• CNN: U.S. officials: No ships going to Yemen

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – For the first time since WWII the JMSDF and Chinese Navy will exchange port visits.

• Associated Press: Japanese Warships to Visit China

Background – Airpower – First part of a two-part article on how airpower is finally fulfilling its prophecy and becoming more capable of winning wars.

• Atlantic Monthly: The Air-Power Revolution