CNN – The Pentagon was mobilizing troops and resources Tuesday as part of a massive relief effort in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina???The USS Bataan is in action, and other amphibious ships and the hospital ship USNS Comfort are on their way???more…
Monthly Archives:: August 2005
US Navy – Local Navy ships ready to provide aid to Katrina victims
Virginian Pilot – The Norfolk-based amphibious assault ship Bataan, already in the Gulf of Mexico for training, may be called on to provide humanitarian aid to refuges of Hurricane Katrinaís destruction.more…
US Navy – US and Japan plan floating runway
The Guardian – Japan and the US are planning to build a giant floating runway off the coast of western Japan in a bid to reduce noise pollution by US military aircraft.more…
US Navy – The Submarine as a Case Study in Transformation: Implications for Future Investment
Naval War College Review – Many who were not submariners thought that the U.S. submarine force had lost its raison d’Ítre when the Cold War ended, which was not the case. The following will show, therefore, that there has always been a next “most important mission” for these warships.more…
Chinese Navy – Why does China need that navy?
Washinton Times – The new commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Gary Roughhead, an interested onlooker of the joint Chinese-Russian military maneuvers during the past eight days, has posed a critical question about the rapidly modernizing Chinese navy: “What do [the Chinese] see as the intended use of that navy? “more…
History – Between Fleet Scouts & Commerce Raiders
Undersea Warfare – A look at the operational level of the submarine campaigns waged by both Germany and the United States in World War II.more…
US Navy – New Mine Countermeasure System Designs Are Hitting the Water
Sea Power – Naval news from around the industry. more…
Wargaming – Cybertroops Keep War Games Real
Wired – The Pentagon marshals thousands of computer-generated soldiers, tanks, ships and networked flight simulators to make large-scale training exercises more realistic than ever before.more…
Operations Other Than War – A Soldier's Story
Wall Street Journal – Historian Michael Oren gives an insightful, inside view of Israel’s successful operation other than war that occured last week – the removal of Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip.more…
Ground Warfare – VR Goggles Heal Scars of War
Wired – Another look at how the videogame Full Spectrum Warrior is being used to treat combat stress.more…
Ground Warfare – The Army must not be a scapegoat for our society
Daily Telegraph – Historian Max Hastings on how the rules of conduct in war have changed since World War II??? For more background on this essay read: Daily Telegraph – Army risks losing its reputation, warns general.more…
US Navy – Balancing Act
Sea Power – An interview with Rear Admiral Michael L. Holmes, Commander, Patrol & Reconnaissance Group who is juggling new missions and demands with smaller, more dispersed maritime patrol and reconnaissance forces. more…
US Marines – A Quick Look at Weapons Failures
Marine Corps Gazette – The author provides a no-nonsense primer on how to avoid negligent discharges. more…
Geopolitics / Oil – The Breaking Point
New York Times Magazine – The United States and China are counting on the Saudis to satisfy our growing thirst for oil. The Saudis say they can supply all our needs. Critics say that that is becoming impossible. They just might turn out to be right.more…
US Navy – At the Top
Sea Power – Marine, Navy officers dominate in Joint Chiefs, Unified Commands. more…
Indian Navy – India secretly building nuclear submarine
Daily Times – India is building a nuclear submarine secretly, but it should do so openly as it is not breaking any laws, according to a retired admiral of the Indian Navy.more…
Geopolitics – When Is Coercion Successful? And Why Can't We Agree on It?
Naval War College Review – The scholarly controversy over coercion by states-military, diplomatic, and economic-does more than complicate academic arguments; it has consequences for policy. It might become a more effective instrument than it has so far proved if the theoretical community can reach consensus as to what it is, how it can be effectively [...]
US Navy – Jordan rockets miss US Navy ship
BBC – Three missiles have been fired from the Jordanian port of Aqaba, missing the USS Ashland but hitting Israel. Virginian Pilot – Missiles fired at local Navy ships in Jordan. Washington Post – U.S. Ship Attacked in Jordan Port.more…
Geopolitics / Terrorism – Counterterrorism in Retrospect
Foreign Affairs – A new history of the United States’ pre-September 11 efforts to combat terrorism portrays them as marked by myopia, indecision, and diffidence. more…
Chinese Navy – China Reportedly Refitting Soviet Aircraft Carrier
NPR – The Chinese Navy is repairing an ex-Soviet aircraft carrier, according to media reports. While it would require more work to make it functional, the vessel would be China’s first carrier. Michele Norris talks with Andrew Koch of Jane’s Defence Weekly. Koch and his colleague Yihong Chang report this week on repairs that China’s [...]
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