– Defense Media Network – Persian Incursion wargame designer Larry Bond describes strategies that help one side or the other if Israel were to attack Iran.
Monthly Archives: April 2012
US Navy – New combat ship took choppy path
– New York Times – The Navy’s newest ship is designed to battle Iranian attack boats, clear mines from the Strait of Hormuz, chase down Somali pirates and keep watch on China’s warships. The ones built here even look menacing, like Darth Vader on the sea.
(Thanks to Eric for the link!)
Indian Navy – Naval exercise with U.S. begins on Saturday
– The Hindu – The 2012 edition of the annual India-U.S. naval exercise, ‘Malabar,’ will be held in the Bay of Bengal from April 7.
Iran – Things to Think About Before Israel Attacks Iran
– Defense Media Network – Excellent discussion by Persian Incursion wargame designer Larry Bond on the points that are routinely missed by the media in any discussion of a potential attack by Israel on Iran.
Russian Navy – Troubled Russian missile to be retested
– UPI – Test launches for the submarine-based Bulava missile, a Russian weapon with a history of failures, are scheduled for the fall, the sub builder says.
– Economist – On April 2nd 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. The war Britain fought to recover them still colours domestic politics
Royal Navy – Falkland Islands: UK denies sending nuclear-armed submarine to South Atlantic
– Daily Telegraph – Britain has officially denied sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic amid rising diplomatic tensions with Argentina over the Falkland Islands.
Chinese Navy – China and Russia plan joint naval war exercises in Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea
– Associated Press – China says it will join Russia in naval war games starting next month in the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea.
Afghanistan – An end to illusion
– Financial Times – Anatol Lieven writes that among other flaws, it was the ignorance of local realities that led to the failure of the western project in Afghanistan.
US Navy – US military eyes Cocos Islands as a future Indian Ocean spy base
– The Age – United States military aircraft, including drones undertaking surveillance operations over the South China Sea, could be based on Australia’s Cocos and Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean.
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