Virginian Pilot – The Navy on Wednesday relieved the two top officers of the aircraft carrier George Washington from duty, following a fire that caused about $70 million in damage.
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Defense Technology International – The first integrated U.S. and French carrier qualifications aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier are occurring.
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Daily Telegraph – The Royal Navy captain in charge of the HMS Cornwall during the Iranian hostage fiasco has suffered a “shattering blow” to his career after he was relieved of command.
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Reuters – Russia announced plans Sunday to revive its navy by building several aircraft carriers and improving its fleet of nuclear submarines.
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Virginian Pilot – The US Navy continues to emphasize fire-fighting training???
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Defense Technology International – An ex-U.S. Navy destroyer was sunk for real (by an Australian sub) in the first-ever live test of the latest Mk 48 Mod 7 CBASS heavyweight torpedo variant.
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Economist – Pirates are terrorising the high seas off Africaís east coast
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Defense Technology International – The US Navy has decided not to build more than two DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class land-attack destroyers. Official word comes Thursday???
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Defense Technology International – The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified the nation’s Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel of Lockheed Martin-designed Littoral Combat Ships as well as associated equipment and services.
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Virginian Pilot – The DDG 1000 was to be a class of two dozen destroyers with a radar-evading profile and a crew half the size of those on similar vessels. But purchases are on hold because of the cost ñ up to $5 billion each ñ and reliance on unproven technologies.
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New York Times – Admiral Fallon shows the way forward in Iraq.
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Asia Times – A very interesting look (from 2006) at possible scenarios for future conflicts between China and the US???and how China would wage asymmetric warfare against the US.

Asia Times – The assassin’s mace (Part 2).

Asia Times – If it comes to a shooting war ??? .
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Defense News – Even before the first test version of the U.S. Navy’s P-8 Poseidon is completely built, program managers have their eye on future versions of the submarine-hunting, intelligence-gathering plane.
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Financial Times – Niall Ferguson looks at the current state of China today and the challenges it faces.
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Defense Technology International – The first of two first of two Class 209PN air-independent propulsion/diesel-electric submarines for the Portuguese navy was launched at Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Germany’s lead submarine building yard in Kiel on July 15.
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AFP – The Mexican navy has intercepted a home-made submarine with a suspected drug shipment in Pacific waters, 15 kilometers (10 miles) off the coast of Oaxaca state.

Los Angeles Times – Submarine, homemade and cocaine-laden, is seized off Mexico.
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Daily Telegraph – The Royal Navy will this weekend be forced to provide emergency cover for Britain’s coastline because of a two-day strike by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
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Associated Press – Thousands of Japanese rallied against the permanent basing of a nuclear-powered U.S. warship near Tokyo, saying a recent onboard fire made it unsafe.
About 13,000 protesters gathered at a park near the port of Yokosuka, just south of the capital, where the USS George Washington aircraft carrier will be based.
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Armed Forces Journal – Adding small combatant ships would beef up the Navyís capabilities.
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Air Force – The US military now feels a need to keep a wary eye on the Strait of Malacca and its neighborhood.
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