- The Atlantic – In the heart of Taliban country, the paratroopers of 2 Charlie begin their final mission, braving snipers, IEDs, and the unrelenting sun.
Monthly Archives:: November 2010
Chinese Navy – China’s Secret Co-orbital Satellites: The Quiet Surge in Space
- AsiaEye – Has China launched an ocean-surveillance satellite constellation?
Pakistani Navy – Karachi Scandal Rocks French Political Establishment
- 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 [...]
Russian Navy – Russia seeks new naval bases abroad
- Guardian – President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia is looking to restore its naval power but will not say where the bases may be.
US Navy – U.S. aircraft carrier's arrival off Korean peninsula also sends a message to China
- 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 [...]
Piracy – Five Somalis found guilty of piracy charges in Norfolk
- Virginian Pilot – For the first time in nearly 200 years, a jury in a U.S. court returns a guilty verdict in a piracy case, convicting five Somali nationals of piracy in the April 1 attack on the Norfolk-based frigate Nicholas.
US Navy – U.S. Sends Carrier to Korea Region
- 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.
Royal Navy – Final Goodbyes
- Defense Technology International – The Harrier GR.9s will depart a British aircraft carrier for the last time on Wednesday.
Geopolitics / China – In China's Orbit
- Wall Street Journal – After 500 years of Western predominance, Niall Ferguson argues, the world is tilting back to the East.
South Korean Navy – South Korea’s Blue-water Ambitions
- The Diplomat – In the second article on Asia’s navies, a look at the South Korean Navy’s blue-water naval ambitions.
Geopolitics / Indian Ocean – Next geopolitical power play will be all at sea
- The Australian – Robert D. Kaplan says that the Indian Ocean is set to be the central theatre of conflict and rivalry for the US, China and India.
Dutch Navy – Somali Pirates Get Amsterdamned
- Defense Technology International – Somali pirates have been taught another lesson by the Royal Netherlands Navy’s Fast Combat Support Ship Amsterdam. Yesterday, the Amsterdam intercepted a group of pirates off the Somali coast, and not for the first time.
Indian Navy – America's Evolving Passage to India
- Strategy Page – President Barack Obama’s looming post-election state visit to India is another indication of evolution and maturation — the incremental but genuine change measured in decades that marks the coalescing of U.S. and Indian global interests.
US Navy – US navy Hong Kong visit hints at warmer China ties
- BBC – A US navy ship, the USS Essex, is on a high profile visit to Hong Kong in a sign that military tensions between China and the US could be relaxing.
Royal Navy – British warship sails into Havana Bay on official visit
- Royal Navy – British warship sails into Havana Bay on official visit – The first British warship to visit Cuba since before the 1959 revolution sailed into Havana Bay on Monday, where it was greeted by a Cuban Navy band playing “God Save the Queen.”
US Navy – Where are the Carriers?
- Forbes – “When word of a crisis breaks out in Washington, it’s no accident that the first question that comes to everyone’s lips is: ‘Where’s the nearest carrier?’” – President Bill Clinton
Kenyan Navy – Kenya Navy kills three suspected Somali pirates
- Reuters – Kenyan navy officers on patrol in the India Ocean shot dead three suspected Somali pirates who boarded their vessel after mistaking it for a merchant ship.
US Marines – Marines learn lessons from tragedy in Afghanistan
- Associated Press – The Marines patrolling through the green fields and tall mud compounds of Helmand province’s Sangin district say they are literally in a race for their lives. They are trying to adjust their tactics to outwit Taliban fighters, who have killed more coalition troops here than in any other Afghan district this [...]
US Navy – The Navy's Submarine Problem
- 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.
Royal Navy – Scrapping flagship carrier 'makes no sense'
- Daily Telegraph – Scrapping Britain’s flagship aircraft carrier made no financial sense and leaves the Falkland Islands vulnerable to a new attack, former senior Navy commanders have claimed.
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