Parameters – The media, in the modern era, are indisputably an instrument of war. This is because winning modern wars is as much dependent on carrying domestic and international public opinion as it is on defeating the enemy on the battlefield. And it remains true regardless of the aspirations of many journalists to give an impartial and balanced assessment of conflict.
Monthly Archives: May 2005
Pakistani Navy – Pentagon moves to sell Pakistan anti-ship missiles
Reuters – The US agrees to sell Pakistan anti-ship missiles.
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History – Three Sheets to the Wind – How Naval History has Shaped the English Language ó Part II
Sea Power – From politics to intoxication, naval terminology has filtered into every area of modern discourse. The English language is filled with words and phrases that were derived from naval history.
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Iraq – The Way of the Commandos
New York Times Magazine – Peter Maass on the “El-Salvadorization of Iraq:” The campaign against the insurgency in Iraq is increasingly being waged by an elite regiment of Sunni-led fighters. Their leader is a former general in Saddam Hussein’s army, their American adviser is a veteran of the Central American campaigns of the 1980’s and they sometimes play by the rules of the old Iraq. Is the war getting dirtier?
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US Marines – US Marines land on Somali coast to hunt militants
Reuters – U.S. Marines landed on Somalia’s coast in one of their most visible hunts for militants in the country since they set up a Horn of Africa counter terrorism force in 2002.
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US Navy – Navy sonar under scrutiny
Virginian Pilot – The Navy plans to create a sonar training range where its forces can learn to detect enemy submarines. But with sonar known to have contributed to some whale deaths and possibly linked to other cases of animal distress a battle is brewing.
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US Navy – The Secrets of Centric
Sea Power – New technologies are one element of success as the Navy applies its theory of warfare, but new structures and processes also are essential.
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Editorial Note – NOSI on break until May 6
NOSI is taking a short break and will next be updated on Friday May 6th. See you then???
Information Warfare – The Network Way of War
Air Force – Data flowing to and from all Air Force elements will cause a dramatic new form of combat.
US Navy – Tightening the Net
Sea Power – After years of planning, the Navy is about to breathe life into the FORCEnet concept mandating change to every aspect of naval warfare.
Geopolitics / Iran – Taking on Tehran
Foreign Affairs – If Washington wants to derail Iran’s nuclear program, it must take advantage of a split in Tehran between hard-liners, who care mostly about security, and pragmatists, who want to fix Iran’s ailing economy. By promising strong rewards for compliance and severe penalties for defiance, Washington can strengthen the pragmatists’ case that Tehran should choose butter over bombs.
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