Monthly Archives:: November 2010

Pakistani Navy – Karachi Scandal Rocks French Political Establishment

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- Defense Technology International – Karachi. Capital of Pakistan. But also the name of a scandal in France which is keeping the country fascinated, if totally confused, involving as it does a contract for submarines, overhand and underhand commissions, senior politicians and military officials, financing of a presidential bid, frequent references to current President Nicolas [...]

US Navy – U.S. aircraft carrier's arrival off Korean peninsula also sends a message to China

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- Washington Post – In dispatching the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday, the Obama administration said it was putting on a show of U.S. support for South Korea…But the carrier has another audience: China. Exasperated with a lack of help from Beijing on the Korean Peninsula, the Obama administration [...]

US Navy – U.S. Sends Carrier to Korea Region

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- Wall Street Journal – South Korea on Wednesday took its first steps to penalize North Korea for its artillery attack on a South Korean island, announcing a naval drill with the U.S.S. George Washington carrier group, cutting off humanitarian assistance and halting traffic into the North.

US Navy – The Navy's Submarine Problem

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- Defense Technology International – The Navy doesn’t seem to have figured out a way to align its stated need for 48 submarines with its build schedule for new Virginia class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs), or its yearly shipbuilding budget.