Reuters – Ships from Japan, the United States, Australia and France steamed out to sea under cloudy skies on Tuesday for Asia’s first naval exercise to clamp down on weapons of mass destruction, a drill that communist North Korea has called hostile and provocative.
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Daily Archives: October 26, 2004
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan Will Provide Support in Afghanistan
Reuters – Japan extended its naval mission to provide logistical support to the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan by six months on Tuesday and approved a plan to supply fuel for the coalition’s helicopters.
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US Navy – Submarine Virginia is brought to life in Norfolk
Virginian Pilot – More on the newly commissioned USS Virginia.
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Iraq – Afghanistan, Iraq: Two Wars Collide
Washington Post – An excellent analysis of how the war in Iraq has negatively impacted the war on terror; and how the war on terror is changing over time.
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US Navy – Who's Responsible for Losing the Media War in Iraq?
US Naval Institute Proceedings – The military laments that its successes in Iraq and Afghanistan have gone unnoticed, while any bad news is immediately set on by a national media intent on painting every U.S. commitment as a quagmire. This might be true, but the military is not without responsibility for this state of affairs.
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