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Daily Archives: December 11, 2006
US Marines – In Iraq, their weapon is data
Detroit Free Press – In the ongoing fight against insurgents in Iraq’s Anbar province, the Hobbits — six Marines with computers and self-designed databases who compile information about the enemy, its strength and its position — have a clear mission.
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US Navy – Why a patriotic teen joined the Navy and then turned to espionage
Virginian Pilot – A spy is born???
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US Coast Guard – Costly Fleet Update Falters
Washington Post – A multibillion-dollar effort to modernize the Coast Guard’s fleet has suffered delays, cost increases, design flaws and, most recently, the idling of eight 123-foot patrol boats that were found to be not seaworthy after an $88 million refurbishment.
The sidelining of eight of 10 Miami-based cutters worsens a patrol-boat crisis while the Coast Guard is preparing for an exodus of Cubans that could happen when dictator Fidel Castro is no longer in power, Coast Guard leaders acknowledge.
More broadly, congressional critics warn that early mistakes in the 25-year modernization program, called Deepwater — the Coast Guard’s largest contract ever — are hobbling the service’s transformation into a front-line homeland security force.
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Chinese Navy – China's Aircraft Carrier Dilemma
Naval War College Review – What even a modest aircraft carrier can do, in a variety of roles, has impressed itself upon the Chinese. They have avoided buying the wrong platform at the wrong timeóconventional large-deck ships may no longer be their ìgold standardîóbut aircraft carriers of some kind may yet complement their submarine-centered navy.
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NOSI - Naval Open Source Intelligence™ 