Christian Science Monitor – A Marine unit that fought in Fallajuh looks back on its tour in Iraq and prepares to head home.
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Monthly Archives: February 2005
Ground Warfare – Who Do You Trust More: G.I. Joe or A.I. Joe?
New York Times – An interesting follow-up to the article earlier this week on robotic soldiers and the Army’s Future Combat System. It asks an interesting question: Is there still a good reason to trust ourselves or should we defer to a computer’s calculations?
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History – Allied Agony at Anzio
World War II Magazine – The daring seaborne operation was planned as a way of outflanking German strength on Italy’s Gustav Line and swiftly capturing Rome, but almost nothing went according to plan.
US Navy – New submarine can tap fiber-optic cables
Associated Press – The USS Jimmy Carter, set to join the nation’s submarine fleet Saturday, will have some special capabilities, intelligence experts say: It will be able to tap undersea cables and eavesdrop on the communications passing through them.
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US Navy – Navy plans to mothball carrier JFK, not scrap it
Virginian Pilot – The Navy expects to mothball the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy after retiring it later this year, preserving vital systems so that the ship could return to the fleet if needed.
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US Marines – Does anyone see need for marines here?
Japan Times – Do the Marines really need their bases on Okinawa?
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US Marines – Fallujah the safest place in Iraq, says US
Daily Telegraph – With the Marines who are rebuilding Fallujah.
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Russian Navy – Nuclear cruiser Admiral Nakhimov being upgraded
Bellona – Reconstruction and upgrade of the nuclear-powered cruiser Admiral Nakhimov is under way at the Sevmash plant in Severodvinsk.
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History – "Sudden Death Echo"
Leatherneck – It was early in the Vietnam War, a time when Marines still wore sateen utilities, carried wooden-stocked M14 rifles and fought an enemy that could disappear into thin air and re-emerge with deadly consequences.
Editorial Note – NOSI's Fifth Birthday
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Geopolitics / Saudi Arabia – House of Saud
Frontline – The House of Saud has controlled every aspect of Saudi life and politics since the kingdom was established in 1932. But outside the Desert Kingdom, little is known about Saudi Arabia’s secretive royal family. An exploration of how the Al Saud family maintains its hold on power in the face of growing tensions between Islam and modernity. Read the fascinating transcript.
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Chinese Navy – Rumsfeld Warns of Concern About Expansion of China's Navy
New York Times – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday that the Pentagon was closely monitoring the growth of China’s navy as part of that country’s overall military buildup.
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Transformation – A lesson in transforming warfare
Financial Times – The world has been so focused on US military performance in the war on terrorism, particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq, that it has paid little attention to the growing problems within America’s military forces and the failure of many US plans for force transformation.
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Geopolitics / Japan – Japan to Join U.S. Policy on Taiwan
Washington Post – The United States and Japan will declare Saturday for the first time in a joint agreement that Taiwan is a mutual security concern, according to a draft of the document. Analysts called the move a demonstration of Japan’s willingness to confront the rapidly growing might of China.
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US Navy – Navy, DARPA Seek Smaller Submarines
Sea Power – The Navy and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plan to pour $97 million during the next four years into a new joint project known as Tango Bravo, intended to lead to the design of a new attack submarine that would have all the capabilities of the current Virginia-class boats, but would be half the size and built at half the cost.
Royal Australian Navy – HMAS Kanimbla to stay in Aceh
The Australian – Australian troops on the HMAS Kanimbla are likely to be away at least three month helping to rebuild tsunami-ravaged Aceh.
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Ground Warfare – A New Model Army Soldier Rolls Closer to Battle
New York Times – The Pentagon predicts that robots will be a major fighting force in the American military in less than a decade, hunting and killing enemies in combat.
Daily Telegraph – Pentagon prepares to build £70bn robot army
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Wargaming – On Maneuvers With the Army's Game Squad
New York Times – America’s Army, a video game developed as a Pentagon recruiting tool, has gained an avid following. Now the Army has put the game developers through a boot camp to acquaint them better with the soldier’s world.
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US Navy – Nascent Strategy Foreshadows Seismic Personnel Changes
Sea Power – While the public spotlight in Washington, D.C., is focused on defense numbers, as usual, relatively scant attention is being given to a nascent personnel management strategy that foretells of fundamental change to the Navy and its people, possibly to include several revolutionary shifts in the serviceís recruitment and staffing practices.
Geopolitics – Mapping the Global Future
National Intelligence Council – An attempt to define what the global landscape will look like in 2020.
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US Marines – The Marine Conscientious Objection Process: Advice for Investigators and Commanders
Marine Corps Gazette – Conscientious Objection. A firm, fixed, and sincere objection to participation in war in any form or the bearing of arms, by reason of religious, moral or ethical training, and belief.
Canadian Navy – Canadian navy far from ship-shape, committee hears
Canadian Press – Canada’s navy is operating at tens of millions of dollars in the red and has been for years, inhibiting its role off Canada’s coasts and elsewhere, its chief told a Senate committee on Monday.
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US Navy – Shipbuilding: An Uncertain Future
Sea Power – A roundtable discussion on the future of the US shipbuilding industry.
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Royal Navy – We haven't got enough ships to fight another Falklands War, says the head of the Navy
Daily Telegraph – Cuts to the Royal Navy’s fleet of warships have left it too weak to fight another Falklands War, according to the service’s most senior officer.
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Iraq – Terror's New Frontier
New York Post – Ralph Peters on how the city of Mosul is the key to defeating the Iraqi insurgency.
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