Fire and Movement – Thomas P. Barnett on what he thinks the role of the commercial board wargame industry might be in the new world war in which we find ourselves.
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Monthly Archives: October 2004
Canadian Navy – Two fires began on stricken sub
BBC – Two separate fires broke out on a Canadian submarine days after it was handed over by the Ministry of Defence.
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Transformation – How Technology Failed in Iraq
Technology Review – Fascinating article that draws from a classified RAND study that describes how the Iraq War was supposed to be a preview of the new U.S. military: a light, swift force that relies as much on sensors and communications networks as on heavy armor and huge numbers. But once the shooting started, technology fell far short of expectations.
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Pakistani Navy – Pakistani Navy Plans to Procure U.S. P-3 Maritime Aircraft
Sea Power – The latest naval news from Pakistan, Spain, Romania, New Zealand, and Japan.
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Canadian Navy – Commander's sorrow for crewman
BBC – The commander of a fire-hit Canadian submarine has broken down as he paid tribute to a crewman who died on board.
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US Navy – Rear admiral's flying career takes a back seat to new job
Virginian Pilot – A look at the life and responsibilities of Rear Adm. Stephen A. Turcotte, the new commander of the Navyís sprawling Mid-Atlantic Region.
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Geopolitics / Russia – The Devastation
New Yorker – Since 1965, life expectancy for Russian men has decreased by nearly six years. And now there is AIDS. The military implications for Russia are enormous.
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Canadian Navy – Blaze submarine was fit to sail, say Canadians
Daily Telegraph – The crew of the Canadian submarine at the centre of an international rescue operation in the mid-Atlantic finally reached dry land amid emotional scenes last night.
More from The Times – Canadian sub had history of electrical faults.
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US Navy – Pervasive Sensing Holds the Key To Network Centric Operations
Sea Power – The promising idea of network centric warfare presents some daunting challenges, including the requirement for fetching a few bytes of good quality information from oceans of data to support decision-making. Military commanders increasingly require in-depth knowledge of the enemyís intentions to stay ahead of them in operations that are ever more fast-paced and intense.
US Marines – For Marines, a Frustrating Fight
Washington Post – An interview with a number of Marines in Iraq, who question how and why the war is being waged. They also feel the situation on the ground is far worse than is being portrayed in the US media, due to the upcoming US elections.
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Geopolitics / Canada – Canada's Global Role: A Strategic Assessment of its Military Power
Parameters – A look at the past Canadian martial decline, and what that may bode for the future.
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Canadian Navy – Sub rescuers battle strong tides
BBC – The stricken Canadian submarine HMCS Chicoutimi is being towed back to the Scottish coast, three days after a fire knocked out its power.
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US Marines – For marines on raids, an eerie silence
Christian Science Monitor – On patrol with the Marines in Iraq.
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Geopolitics / Energy – Pump Dreams
New Yorker – Is energy independence an impossible goal?
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History – Giants of the Corps: General Raymond G. Davis
Leatherneck – Battle-tested and proven, Gen Ray Davis is an iconóa true giant of the Corps, whose up-front leadership style is a familiar Corps tradition.
Canadian Navy – Submarine rescue gets under way
BBC – A rescue operation to retrieve a Canadian submarine adrift off Ireland’s west coast is under way.
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Royal Navy – Gaul inquiry hearing new evidence
BBC – A public inquiry into the loss of the fishing trawler Gaul in 1974 is reconvening on Friday to hear fresh evidence that it was sunk by a British Polaris submarine.
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US Navy – Can Heliplane Fill the 'Connector' Gap in Navy's Sea Basing Concept?
Sea Power – The Pentagon Office of Force Transformation and the Navyís fleet readiness and logistics office are assessing a 50-year-old technology to fill one of the biggest gaps in a naval warfighting concept for the future. The heliplane, a hybrid craft with both a rotor and wings, might be a way to provide the fleet with heavy lift ìconnectorsî to rapidly move troops and materiel from ships at sea to tactical units ashore.
Canadian Navy – Stricken sub's crewman dies
Iraq – The Grand Illusion
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind on why training more Iraqi security forces will not solve Iraq’s problems.
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Canadian Navy – Winds hampering submarine rescue
BBC – Yet another problem with the Victoria-class submarines. Nine crew members were injured in a fire on board the HMCS Chicoutimi. High winds and heavy seas are hampering efforts to rescue a Canadian submarine drifting without power 100 kilometres off the north-west coast of Ireland.
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US Navy – The Incredible Shrinking Fleet
US Navy – James F. Dunnigan on how the US Navy continues to shrink in size.
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US Marines – New Communication System Will Link Marines Ashore to Sea Base
Sea Power – To address challanges faced by Marines in Afghanistan in 2001, the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory developed a new portable, over-the-horizon communications system that is being tested by Marine units in Iraq to assess its link between command centers, fire-support commanders and tactical units ashore during operations. The Expeditionary Tactical Communications System (ETCS) is a voice and data link between tactical units ó down to the company, platoon or squad level ó and their combat commanders. It is envisioned as a solution for rapidly advancing units that outstretch their ability to communicate with commanders.
Royal Australian Navy – Go-ahead to $6bn navy ship project
The Australian – The Howard Government will today commit to building all three of the navy’s new air warfare destroyers in Australia.
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US Coast Guard – Control of 2 Navy boats transferred to Coast Guard
San Diego Union Tribune – The Navy contines to hand its Cyclone-class patrol craft over to the Coast Guard.
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