Washington Post – Federal ocean scientists said yesterday they were unable to determine whether Navy sonar caused a mass stranding of whales on the North Carolina shore last year.more…
Monthly Archives:: March 2006
US Navy – GW strike group will head south for training
Virginian Pilot – The US Navy will send The USS George Washington carrier strike group, with four ships, a 60-plane air wing and 6,500 sailors, to Caribbean and South American waters for a major training exercise – UNITAS.more…
Royal Navy – Sea Harrier stars of Falklands fly for last time
Daily Telegraph – The Royal Navy’s Sea Harrier jump-jets, which played a vital role in the Falklands conflict 24 years ago, made their final flight yesterday.more…
US Marines – ROE v. RUF
Marine Corps Gazette – It is imperative that Marine forces understand, and are trained to understand, the difference between rules of engagement and rules for the use of force.more…
Indian Navy – Indian, French navies plan exercises from Monday
The Hindu – The aircraft carriers INS Viraat and Charles de Gaulle will exercise together next week.more…
Geopolitics / Iran – The Iranian Nuclear Issue and Informal Networks
Naval War College Review – Iranís nuclear ambitions are worrisome, potentially dangerous, and obscure to the West. It may be possible, however, to influence the small circle of decision makers from the outside through the networks in which they act, and the links between these networks. In these informal contexts, agencies and individuals involved in [...]
Royal Navy – Ousted islanders to get a brief taste of home
Daily Telegraph – About 100 former inhabitants of Diego Garcia and other nearby Indian Ocean islands, who were cleared out by Britain to make way for a secret American base, will return to their abandoned homes later this month for a brief but emotional visit.more…
Information Warfare – Australia Embraces Net-Centric Warfighting
Aviation Week and Space Technology – Australia’s top planners began with the search for an airborne radar that could pick out very small targets at great distances. But that vision has made a quantum leap into the esoteric world of network-centric warfare with development of the Wedgetail aircraft.more…
Canadian Navy – Military could arm coast guard ships for Arctic sovereignty mission: admiral
Canadian Press – Will Canada arm its icebreakers to help enforce its sovereignty in the North? more…
US Navy – US captures 13 Somali 'pirates'
BBC – Thirteen suspected pirates involved in clashes with the US Navy off the Somali coast on Saturday have been captured, a spokesman for the men says. Virginian Pilot – Captain praises response of crew to pirate skirmish. Virginian Pilot – U.S. prowls Africa’s coast to extinguish threats from pirates.more…
Geopolitics / Afghanistan – The waiting game: A stronger Taliban lies low, hoping the U.S. will leave Afghanistan
Armed Forces Journal – Excellent article by Sean Naylor on the current state of affairs in Afghanistan.more…
Transformation – The Counterrevolution in Military Affairs
Weekly Standard – Interesting essay by Ralph Peters on who he feels the real threats to the U.S. are.more…
Editorial Note – NOSI on break until Tuesday March 22
NOSI will be taking a spring break and will next update on Tuesday March 22nd. See you then!more…
Iraq – The Insurgency
PBS Frontline – An excellent investigation into the people who are fighting against US and coalition forces in Iraq. Read the Transcript and the Interviews, especially the one with Colonel H.R. McMaster of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.more…
US Navy – Unchanged Navy updates its look with new uniform
Virginian Pilot – Tomorrow’s sailor is going to look a lot like today’s Marine.more…
US Navy – The Navy's swimming spy plane
Popular Science – Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, famed for the U-2 and Blackbird spy planes that flew higher than anything else in the world in their day, is trying for a different altitude record: an airplane that starts and ends its mission 150 feet underwater.more…
Geopolitics / Grand Strategy – America's Most Dangerous Enemy
Defense and the National Interest – Part three in a series of articles about grand strategy in a 4GW Era. “Terrorism.” “Islamofascism” Iran. China. So many enemies – what’s a superpower to do?more…
US Navy – Sharks are Pentagon's latest spy recruits
Daily Telegraph – Shark brain implants that could turn the fish into “stealth spies” are being studied in a research project funded by the Pentagon.more…
US Marines – Marine training aims to prepare for Iraqi warfare
Virginian Pilot – With troops patrolling and fighting in hard-won, door-to-door battles against insurgents, the Marine Corps is going to great lengths to replicate the stresses and strains of the Iraqi war.more…
Geopolitics / Grand Strategy – The Fate of Israel
Defense and the National Interest – Part two in a series of articles about grand strategy in a 4GW Era. Demonstrating the difficulty of distinguishing strong from weak in 4GW, and that choosing the wrong grand strategy can be terminal for a state.more…
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