Daily Telegraph – France is set to use Britain’s design for the Royal Navy’s two new aircraft carriers to build its own carrier, paving the way for industrial co–operation between the two nations.
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Monthly Archives: June 2005
US Navy – Hospital Ships in the War on Terror: Sanctuaries or Targets?
Naval War College Review – The immunity of hospital ships from attack is firmly established in international law; they have long enjoyed a ìsafety in vulnerabilityî rooted in their humanitarian purposes, universally respected by principled belligerents. But to a terrorist their white paint, red crosses or crescents, and special signals simply make them conspicuous and attractive ìsoftî targets. It is time to consider effective defensive armament for themóor failing that, abandoning their protected status.
Geopolitics / Technology – Down to the Wire
Foreign Affairs – Once a leader in Internet innovation, the United States has fallen far behind Japan and other Asian states in deploying broadband and the latest mobile-phone technology. This lag will cost it dearly. By outdoing the United States, Japan and its neighbors are positioning themselves to be the first states to reap the benefits of the broadband era: economic growth, increased productivity, and a better quality of life.
US Marines – U.S. Launches Airstrikes in Western Iraq
US Marines – The Marines are in action again in Western Iraq.
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US Navy – TV special looks at disposal of old military equipment
Virginian Pilot -Itís the end of the line for most Navy ships when they are decommissioned and sent to a floating boneyard. However, some are saved from what the producers of “The Boneyard” call ñ with a dramatic flair ñ “the deadly grip of the salvager.”
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History – The Russo-Japanese War
Naval War College Review – In the first years of the twentieth century, Japanese leaders, with little experience in international issues, raised the nation’s stature, developed appropriate strategies, showed excellent qualities of leadership and coordination, and so won a crucial victory in the Russo-Japanese War. But if that was the high point of Imperial Japan, it was also the beginning of the end.
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Royal Navy – Nuclear subs in the dock over safety fears
The Times – Two of the Royal Navyís Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered submarines have been banned from operating at sea because of safety concerns.
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Piracy – Oil tanker boarded by pirates off Basra
Daily Telegraph – Pirates clutching knives and AK47s boarded a supertanker moored off Basra in the latest of a series of seaborne robberies in the Persian Gulf.
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US Navy – Lawmakers Swap Tanker Funds From Marines to Air Force
Sea Power – The latest naval news from Congress.
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Dragon, Eagle, and Rising Sun
Air Force – For years, China pushed. Japan has finally pushed back. For the US, the consequences are large.
Russian Navy – Eight retired submarines to be transported to Severodvinsk this summer
Bellona – A total of eight nuclear submarines of 671RTM (Victor-III) project will be tugged from the Northern fleet bases to the Zvezdochka shipyard for scrapping in July and August.
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Iraqi Navy – Iraqi Navy to Receive Saddam-Era Corvettes from Italian Firm
Sea Power – The latest naval news from Iraq, Australia, and Pakistan.
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Russian Navy – Financial difficulties hinder repairs and upgrade of Russian strategic nuclear submarines
Bellona – Difficulties with the financing of defence orders hinder the upgrade program of the Delta-IV strategic nuclear submarines in Severodvinsk.
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US Navy – Navy's top sub commander warns against reducing fleet
Virginian Pilot – The Navy’s top submarine commander warned Monday against reducing the size of the nation’s sub fleet, saying there are already more missions than submarines to complete them.
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US Marines – Marine Corps Combat Rifle Marksmanship
Marine Corps Gazette – A private sector perspective on Marine marksmanship training in the 21st century.
US Navy – Boeing Eyes High-Flying Torpedo
Sea Power – Defense news from around the industry.
Editorial Note – NOSI on break until Monday June 13
NOSI is taking a short break and will next be updated on Monday.
US Navy – Norfolk-based destroyer wards off suspected piracy near Somalia
Virginian Pilot – The Norfolk-based guided missile destroyer Gonzalez, using machine gun fire, rocket flares and searchlights, helped ward off a suspected pirate attack of a civilian ship in the Indian Ocean.
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Chinese Navy – Analysts missed Chinese buildup
Washington Times – A new intelligence report states that the US has missed a Chinese naval buildup over the last 10 years.
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US Navy – 'We are One Shipyard'
Sea Power – The latest naval news from around the industry.
History – John J. Nagazyna, Hero or Liberty Risk?
Leatherneck – Here’s a wartime hero who added a General Court-Martial and a few nonjudicial punishments for off-hours indiscretions between the Navy Crosses and other medals for valor during two World Wars.
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Geopolitics / Middle East – Freedom and Justice in the Modern Middle East
Foreign Affairs – Bernard Lewis says to speak of dictatorship as being the immemorial way of doing things in the Middle East is simply untrue. It shows ignorance of the Arab past, contempt for the Arab present, and lack of concern for the Arab future. Creating a democratic political and social order in Iraq or elsewhere in the region will not be easy. But it is possible, and there are increasing signs that it has already begun.
US Navy – Hospital ship returns to San Diego after treating tsunami victims
Associated Press – The hospital ship USNS Mercy returned home Wednesday after treating thousands of the sickest survivors of the tsunami and earthquake that ravaged Indonesia.
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US Navy – Carrier Jets Not Bombing Iraq Lately
Associated Press – Dozens of fighter jets have been roaring off the deck of the USS Carl Vinson to patrol Iraq for four weeks now but haven’t dropped a single bomb – a clear sign of success, the ship’s commander said.
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Royal Navy – Will glasses of cordiale be raised to maritime entente?
The Herald – The latest on the Anglo-French Future Carrier Programme.
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