- Virginian Pilot – Stepping up attacks far from the front-line fighting, a Norfolk-based U.S. Navy ship fired 22 Tomahawk cruise missiles at weapon storage sites around Tripoli on Tuesday.
Monthly Archives:: March 2011
Geopolitics / Libya – Rebel Advances
- New Yorker – Jon Lee Anderson gives an excellent look at the war on the ground in Libya. See also: Who Are The Rebels?
Geopolitics / Libya – Combat In Libya Takes Shape
- Defense Technology International – Excellent look at the war in the air in Libya.
Russian Navy – Russian Navy orders surface ships
- Defense Technology International – The Russian Defense Ministry purchased 12 new surface ships from Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg. The new order includes 4 project 22350 frigates and 8 project 20385 corvettes and is placed in the framework of the new procurement program through 2020.
US Navy – U.S. reducing naval firepower aimed at Gadhafi
- Virginian Pilot – In a sign of U.S. confidence that the weeklong assault on Libya has tamed Moammar Gadhafi’s air defenses, the Pentagon has reduced the amount of naval firepower arrayed against him.
Vietnamese Navy – Vietnamese Navy Receives First Stealth Frigate
- Defense Technology International – On March 5 the Vietnamese Navy officially took into service the first Gepard class frigate.
US Navy – US Carrier Fought Contamination While Aiding Japan
- Associated Press – When U.S. Navy helicopters returned from a humanitarian mission on the first weekend following Japan’s earthquake and tsunami, Lt. j.g. James Powell felt a slight unease.
Israeli Navy – Israeli Navy Intercepts Missile-Loaded Cargo Vessel Bound For Gaza
- Defense Technology International – Israeli naval vessels intercepted the Liberian-flagged cargo ship ‘Victoria’ about 200 miles west of the Israeli coast, after intelligence reports indicated the vessel could be carrying arms shipments destined for Gaza. An initial investigation revealed the ship was loaded with C-704 anti-ship missiles – shore-to-sea missiles with a range of [...]
US Navy – Problems surface for Navy amid federal budget battle
- Virginian Pilot – Congress’ inability to approve a 2011 budget is causing significant problems for the Navy, officials say, by delaying ship repairs; reducing aircraft flight hours and ship steaming hours; postponing construction projects; and disrupting the orderly moves of sailors and their families.
Geopolitics / Libya – Kaddafi Has A Killer Plan That Just Might Work
- StrategyPage – Excellent analysis of the current situation on the ground in Libya.
Royal Navy – Navy running short of Tomahawk missiles
- Daily Telegraph – The Royal Navy could run out of Tomahawk missiles after a fifth of the Navy stockpile has been used against Libya.
US Navy – The ‘blue national soil’ of China’s navy
- Washington Post – When some Chinese naval officers crossed the Pacific to visit the Naval War College here on an Atlantic-lapped island, they gazed reverently at a desk used by Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914). This compliment to America’s preeminent naval strategist has scholars here wondering whether Mahan’s Chinese readers are taking from him [...]
Turkish Navy – Turkish navy to help enforce Libya embargo
- Al Jazeera – Ankara offers ships and submarine to help enforce arms embargo on Libya as talks over NATO’s role in Libya continue.
French Navy – French navy Rafales fly first missions over Libya
- Flight Global – French navy Dassault Rafales have flown their first sorties in support of the coalition campaign against the regime of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, launching from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
US Navy – America’s Navy and the rise of China
- Washington Post – Scholars at the Naval War College here probably nodded in vigorous agreement with a recent lecture delivered at another military institution 130 miles away. Speaking at West Point to leaders of tomorrow’s Army, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that “any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a [...]
US Navy – Coalition Firepower
- BBC – Nice summary of the military assets currently operating against Libya.
US Marines – The Corps is all right
- Armed Forces Journal – Losing the EFV doesn’t jeopardize the Marines’ future.
US Coast Guard – Charting the Coast Guard's Course
- US Naval Institute Proceedings – The new Commandant evaluates the service’s recent successes but prescribes a pragmatic agenda.
US Navy – When Hornets Growl
- Air & Space – The new, supersonic face of e-warfare.
US Navy – The LCS Needs Speed
- US Naval Institute Proceedings – In the 1916 Battle of Jutland, two Royal Navy battlecruisers exploded because their armor had been sacrificed for speed, famously prompting Admiral David Beatty to remark, “There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.” In our day, as littoral combat ship (LCS) construction continues, many mutter [...]
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