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Archive January - December 2006
| Sunday, December 31, 2006
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Associated Press - Japan's navy on Saturday denied a report that Japan and the United States held a drill simulating a Chinese invasion of disputed islands during recent joint naval exercises.
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| Posted on 12/31/06; 2:55:03 AM
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Foreign Affairs - The age of U.S. dominance in the Middle East has ended and a new era in the modern history of the region has begun. It will be shaped by new actors and new forces competing for influence, and to master it, Washington will have to rely more on diplomacy than on military might.
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| Posted on 12/31/06; 2:52:24 AM
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| Friday, December 29, 2006
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Kansas City Star - By analyzing failures of the past, Lt. Col. John Nagl hopes to increase the chances of U.S. success in Iraq.
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| Posted on 12/29/06; 2:55:54 AM
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| Thursday, December 28, 2006
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The News - The first ever batch of 22 female sailors along with 1000 new entry sailors passed out and formally inducted into Pakistan Navy upon successful completion of 38 weeks' rigorous training.
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| Posted on 12/28/06; 2:11:21 AM
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| Wednesday, December 27, 2006
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Armed Forces Journal - A look at what is mean by the new term "1,000 ship navy?"
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| Posted on 12/27/06; 2:25:37 AM
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| Tuesday, December 26, 2006
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Armed Forces Journal - The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) was born of controversy and is likely to remain one of the most hotly debated ships in the Navy inventory.
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| Posted on 12/26/06; 2:09:09 AM
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| Monday, December 25, 2006
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Popular Science - As any battlefield commander will tell you, getting troops to the fight can be as difficult as winning it. And for modern-day soldiers, the sites of conflict are so far-flung, and the political considerations of even flying over another country so complicated, that rapid entry has become nearly impossible. If a group of Marine Corps visionaries have their way, however, 30 years from now, Marines could touch down anywhere on the globe in less than two hours, without needing to negotiate passage through foreign airspace. The breathtaking efficiency of such a delivery system could change forever the way the U.S. does battle.
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| Posted on 12/25/06; 2:02:02 AM
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| Sunday, December 24, 2006
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Naval War College Review - A Senior Captain in the Chinese Peopleís Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, writing in 2004 in Chinaís most prestigious military journal, surveys the now favorable geostrategic environment for accelerated Chinese maritime development, thereby articulating a rationale for a PLA Navy that is prepared to "defend a larger scope."
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| Posted on 12/24/06; 4:29:38 AM
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| Saturday, December 23, 2006
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New Yorker - Can social scientists redefine the "war on terror"? An outstanding, insightful, thought-provoking article on the "long war" and how the US needs to think about it.
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| Posted on 12/23/06; 5:38:20 AM
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| Friday, December 22, 2006
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New York Times - The United States and Britain will begin moving additional warships and strike aircraft into the Persian Gulf region in a display of military resolve toward Iran that will come as the United Nations continues to debate possible sanctions against the country, Pentagon and military officials said Wednesday.
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| Posted on 12/22/06; 3:14:24 AM
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Washington Post - A look at the retirement of General John Abizaid, CENTCOM commander.
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| Posted on 12/22/06; 3:11:47 AM
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| Wednesday, December 20, 2006
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| Monday, December 18, 2006
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India Defence - Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta said today that they Indian Navy has put forward a requirement of Rs.110,000 crore (US$ 25 Billion approx.) for the next Five-Year Plan to equip itself to take on the challenges of the future.
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| Posted on 12/18/06; 3:23:52 AM
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ABC News - John Nagl comments on the late Capt. Travis Patriquin's approach to the insurgency in Anbar Province.
View the Captain's PowerPoint presentation here.
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| Posted on 12/18/06; 3:22:47 AM
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| Sunday, December 17, 2006
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BBC - The US military has released a new manual on counter-insurgencies - its first guide on the topic for 20 years.
Read it in full: FM 3-24 / MCWP 3-33.5 - Counterinsurgency
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| Posted on 12/17/06; 5:43:20 AM
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Foreign Affairs - The United States is far less divided on immigration than the current debate would suggest. An overwhelming majority of Americans want a combination of tougher enforcement and earned citizenship for the 12 million illegal immigrants in the country. Washington's challenge is to translate this consensus into sound legislation that will start to repair the nation's broken immigration system.
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| Posted on 12/17/06; 5:39:52 AM
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| Saturday, December 16, 2006
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Q and A - Brian Lamb interviews the Former Director, Reconstruction & Humanitarian Efforts in Iraq, 2003.
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| Posted on 12/16/06; 2:00:55 AM
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| Friday, December 15, 2006
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Weekly Standard - Ralph Peters on tribalism vs. globalization.
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| Posted on 12/15/06; 5:42:47 AM
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| Thursday, December 14, 2006
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Christian Science Monitor - The Joint Strike Fighter, which is scheduled to make its maiden flight this week, is a new stealth fighter-bomber designed for three US services and eight foreign allies. But the version that the Marines (and Britain and Italy) are buying is causing friction.
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| Posted on 12/14/06; 5:45:44 AM
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| Wednesday, December 13, 2006
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Christian Science Monitor - With the Marines in Fallujah.
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| Posted on 12/13/06; 2:53:29 AM
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| Monday, December 11, 2006
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Apologies for the lack of posting the last few days, but there was a technical problem with the software that has been resolved. Read on...
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| Posted on 12/11/06; 3:04:32 AM
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Detroit Free Press - In the ongoing fight against insurgents in Iraq's Anbar province, the Hobbits -- six Marines with computers and self-designed databases who compile information about the enemy, its strength and its position -- have a clear mission.
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| Posted on 12/11/06; 3:02:24 AM
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Virginian Pilot - A spy is born...
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| Posted on 12/11/06; 2:57:12 AM
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Washington Post - A multibillion-dollar effort to modernize the Coast Guard's fleet has suffered delays, cost increases, design flaws and, most recently, the idling of eight 123-foot patrol boats that were found to be not seaworthy after an $88 million refurbishment.
The sidelining of eight of 10 Miami-based cutters worsens a patrol-boat crisis while the Coast Guard is preparing for an exodus of Cubans that could happen when dictator Fidel Castro is no longer in power, Coast Guard leaders acknowledge.
More broadly, congressional critics warn that early mistakes in the 25-year modernization program, called Deepwater -- the Coast Guard's largest contract ever -- are hobbling the service's transformation into a front-line homeland security force.
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| Posted on 12/11/06; 2:55:50 AM
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Naval War College Review - What even a modest aircraft carrier can do, in a variety of roles, has impressed itself upon the Chinese. They have avoided buying the wrong platform at the wrong timeóconventional large-deck ships may no longer be their ìgold standardîóbut aircraft carriers of some kind may yet complement their submarine-centered navy.
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| Posted on 12/11/06; 2:48:31 AM
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| Thursday, December 7, 2006
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Washington Post - The Iraq Study Group reports in...
Read the whole report: The Iraq Study Group Report (PDF format).
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| Posted on 12/7/06; 3:32:05 AM
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| Wednesday, December 6, 2006
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New York Times - Michael Gordon describes General Zinni's latest recommendations on Iraq.
Read General Zinni's plan here: World Security Institute - The Future for Iraq (PDF format)
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| Posted on 12/6/06; 4:21:25 AM
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| Tuesday, December 5, 2006
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New York Times Magazine - The nationís intelligence agencies are giving their cold-war-era computer systems a makeover. But will blogs and wikis really help spies uncover terrorist plots?
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| Posted on 12/4/06; 3:29:21 AM
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The Times - New Trident submarines might not be built in Britain, the governmentís long-awaited white paper on replacing the countryís nuclear deterrent will say tomorrow.
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| Posted on 12/3/06; 6:01:35 AM
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Foreign Affairs - In The Best Intentions, James Traub provides an inside view of the UN secretary-general during one of the organization's most tumultuous eras. Annan emerges as a flawed but principled statesman, with a stature his successors are unlikely to achieve.
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| Posted on 12/3/06; 5:59:02 AM
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| Saturday, December 2, 2006
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International Journal of Naval History - Between 1860 and 1890 Britain greatly expanded her formal and informal empire, and her commercial activity, while avoiding war with any other major power. Although this period witnessed a revolution in the technologies of war, communication and transport, and profound changes in the European state system Britain secured her interests on low and falling defence estimates. This combination of circumstances was neither accidental, nor fortunate. It reflected a coherent response to the problems facing the state, and the development of core capabilities for a truly global strategy. In examining the development of British strategy between 1860 and 1890 this study will focus on the major influences, expanding and changing commercial activity, the emergent technologies of iron, steam, and telegraphy, and the vast extent of the potential defence commitment.
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| Posted on 12/2/06; 5:05:20 AM
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International Herald Tribune - Ahmed Rashid comments on the current state of affairs in Afghanistan.
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| Posted on 12/1/06; 7:21:03 AM
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Washington Post - The bipartisan Iraq Study Group plans to recommend withdrawing nearly all U.S. combat units from Iraq by early 2008 while leaving behind troops to train, advise and support the Iraqis.
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| Posted on 12/1/06; 7:18:42 AM
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| Wednesday, November 29, 2006
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Washington Post - Thomas Ricks notes that the growing chorus of official voices blaming Iraqis for continuing violence may mark the beginning of the end of U.S. involvement.
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| Posted on 11/29/06; 6:11:08 AM
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Daily Telegraph - John Keegan says that Sir Alistair Horne, the great historian of modern war, believes that the war in Iraq most resembles the Algerian war against the French of 1954-62, of which he wrote a celebrated history, just reissued.
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| Posted on 11/29/06; 6:09:32 AM
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| Tuesday, November 28, 2006
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San Diego Union Tribune - The USNS Mercy's hugely popular humanitarian missions to Asia in the past two years may have saved the San Diego-based hospital ship and its East Coast sister vessel, the Comfort, from a trip to the scrap yard.
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| Posted on 11/28/06; 3:11:49 AM
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Washington Post - Thomas Ricks gives a more detailed look at the problems faced by the Marines in Anbar province.
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| Posted on 11/28/06; 3:09:58 AM
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| Sunday, November 26, 2006
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Washington Post - Thomas A. Hammes on how to win in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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| Posted on 11/26/06; 3:05:43 AM
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Washington Post - The AK-47 has become the world's most prolific and effective combat weapon, a device so cheap and simple that it can be bought in many countries for less than the cost of a live chicken.
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| Posted on 11/26/06; 3:01:56 AM
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Foreign Affairs - The U.S. military needs more manpower, badly. And this means reordering budgets, putting troops over technology. Or does it?
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| Posted on 11/26/06; 3:00:27 AM
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| Saturday, November 25, 2006
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Naval War College Review - The British and French forces that saw action during the abortive Suez invasion of 1956 produced a "copybook" performance in military terms. But flawed political decisions are likely to lead to flawed operational strategy, and today the entire episode is remembered as an embarrassing failure.
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| Posted on 11/25/06; 2:52:59 AM
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| Friday, November 24, 2006
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Washington Post - Thomas Ricks on how the U.S. military's effort to train Iraqi forces has been rife with problems, from officers being sent in with poor preparation to a lack of basic necessities such as interpreters and office materials, according to internal Army documents.
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| Posted on 11/24/06; 5:34:35 AM
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Defense and the National Interest - William Lind comments on the recently reported Chinese submarine tracking of US aircraft carriers.
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| Posted on 11/24/06; 5:26:28 AM
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| Thursday, November 23, 2006
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Washignton Post - Robert Kaplan comments on the future of US intervention abroad.
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| Posted on 11/23/06; 5:04:56 AM
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Christian Science Monitor - Just 300 marines now patrol Fallujah as the Iraqi military takes over.
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| Posted on 11/23/06; 5:03:37 AM
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CNN - The new Marine Corps commandant said Wednesday that the longer than anticipated pace of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan is putting an unacceptable strain on his troops. Gen. James Conway said the service is unable to meet its goal of giving Marines twice as much time at home as in a war zone. He said unless the demand on the corps eases, he may have to propose increasing the size of the force.
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| Posted on 11/23/06; 5:01:59 AM
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| Wednesday, November 22, 2006
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New Yorker - Seymour Hersch asks if a damaged Administration less likely to attack Iran, or more?
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| Posted on 11/22/06; 4:43:40 AM
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| Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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Washington Post - Thomas Ricks writes that the Pentagon's closely guarded review of how to improve the situation in Iraq has outlined three basic options: Send in more troops, shrink the force but stay longer, or pull out, according to senior defense officials.
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| Posted on 11/21/06; 3:16:42 AM
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| Monday, November 20, 2006
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The Times - The government will signal within the next two to three weeks that it wants to continue with the submarine-based Trident missile system as the UKís nuclear deterrent.
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| Posted on 11/20/06; 4:00:43 AM
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Daily Mail - With 42 Commando in Afghanistan.
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| Posted on 11/20/06; 3:59:07 AM
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Associated Press - The U.S. Navy will deploy its guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell at Japan's Yokosuka naval base, taking over from frigate USS Gary as the navy moves to replace some of its aging fleet. The deployment of McCampbell is to increase missile defense capabilities around Japan. The U.S. Navy will have nine Aegis-equipped vessels at Yokosuka.
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| Posted on 11/20/06; 3:55:14 AM
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Xinhua - The navies of China and the United States held a search-and-rescue exercise on the South China Sea on Sunday morning.
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| Posted on 11/20/06; 3:50:20 AM
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| Sunday, November 19, 2006
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Foreign Affairs - Reports that U.S. troops may have killed 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, last November have renewed fears that the U.S. military routinely violates the laws of war. But is the Haditha incident the exception or the rule? In fact, U.S. compliance with noncombatant immunity in Iraq has been relatively high by historical standards, and it has been improving since the beginning of the war.
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| Posted on 11/19/06; 2:55:59 AM
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| Saturday, November 18, 2006
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Virginian Pilot - Spurred by a surge in international goodwill after one of their hospital ships completed a five-month humanitarian cruise to Southeast Asia last summer, the Navy's top leaders are considering regular deployments of the floating medical centers.
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| Posted on 11/18/06; 3:51:39 AM
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Virginian Pilot - Ending an unusual deployment to four fleets and two wars, the aircraft carrier Enterprise will return Saturday after six and a half months at sea.
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| Posted on 11/18/06; 3:50:08 AM
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Naval War College Review - The first attack on Fort Fisher, during the American Civil War, failed utterly; the second succeeded magnificently. The commanders of the latter learned from the experience of the former; the lessons of both attempts were valuable for the great amphibious operations of the mid-twentieth century, and they remain instructive today.
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| Posted on 11/18/06; 3:41:28 AM
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| Friday, November 17, 2006
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New Yorker - How Donald Rumsfeld reformed the Army and lost Iraq.
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| Posted on 11/17/06; 5:56:25 AM
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Marine Corps Gazette - While the combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) reasserted American supremacy in a classic combined arms campaign on open terrain, success against the protracted insurgency in urban areas is more elusive.
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| Posted on 11/17/06; 5:17:46 AM
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| Thursday, November 16, 2006
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Washington Times - Navy officials confirmed that an aircraft carrier battle group failed to detect a Chinese submarine that surfaced within weapons range of the USS Kitty Hawk.
Washington Times - Admiral says sub risked a shootout.
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| Posted on 11/16/06; 3:20:37 AM
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| Wednesday, November 15, 2006
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Nearly 5 years after the Taliban were toppled, Al Qaeda and the Taliban continue to use Pakistan as a de facto base, virtual unchallenged and far out of America's reach.
Here is the Transcript.
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| Posted on 11/15/06; 5:44:58 AM
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| Tuesday, November 14, 2006
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Washington Times - A Chinese submarine stalked the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected.
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| Posted on 11/14/06; 3:22:38 AM
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| Monday, November 13, 2006
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Marine Corps Gazette - War has a way of teaching us hard lessons, some of which we learned in previous conflicts but, for various reasons, forgot and are having to relearn now in Iraq.
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| Posted on 11/13/06; 2:58:13 AM
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| Sunday, November 12, 2006
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Foreign Affairs - After dispelling myths about Tehran -- that the regime is unitary, evil, and about to collapse -- Ray Takeyh's skillful book on U.S.-Iranian relations offers pragmatic prescriptions to Washington: against regime change and for more engagement.
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| Posted on 11/12/06; 4:58:56 AM
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| Saturday, November 11, 2006
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Daily Telegraph - Are battlefield conditions worse for the modern soldier, or are today's veterans not as tough as their predecessors? To mark Remembrance Day, The Daily Telegraph has assembled a unique panel of veterans with experience of all the major conflicts over the past 65 years.
Daily Telegraph - The veterans.
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| Posted on 11/11/06; 3:23:44 AM
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International Journal of Naval History - The most ambitious and effective defense project undertaken during the Cold War next to the hydrogen bomb succeeded completely, made not a sound, and remained invisible for a half-century. Dreading an increase in the capability and geographical reach of a Soviet deep-water submarine force, the U.S. Navy decided in 1950 to turn the ocean itself against the Soviet Navy. Over the next three decades there emerged a sophisticated surveillance network with global reach that used the oceanís own characteristics to identify submarine activity. SOSUS, as the sound surveillance system became known, gradually made it impossible for the Soviets to sortie a submarine anywhere in the world without detection. The present historical analysis of this system highlights the importance of the environment in naval warfare, further illuminates the relationship between naval and civilian ocean science, and reveals significant challenges to naval culture and habits directly related to the nature of SOSUS.
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| Posted on 11/11/06; 3:21:34 AM
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| Friday, November 10, 2006
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Daily Telegraph - W.F. Deedes on the meaning of Remembrance Day.
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| Posted on 11/10/06; 3:12:19 AM
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New York Times - Michael Gordon on the demise of Donald Rumsfeld.
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| Posted on 11/10/06; 2:50:44 AM
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Washington Post - Thomas Ricks on the demise of Donald Rumsfeld.
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| Posted on 11/10/06; 2:50:09 AM
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Washington Post - David Ignatius on the demise of Donald Rumsfeld.
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| Posted on 11/10/06; 2:49:41 AM
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| Thursday, November 9, 2006
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Daily Telegraph - John Keegan on the demise of Donald Rumsfeld.
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| Posted on 11/9/06; 4:05:30 AM
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| Wednesday, November 8, 2006
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PBS Frontline - They came to rebuild and bring democracy, but soon were hardened by the postwar realities. When it came time to leave, they left behind lawlessness, insurgency, and economic collapse.
Read the Transcript and look at the excellent Interviews.
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| Posted on 11/8/06; 3:05:10 AM
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| Tuesday, November 7, 2006
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Washington Post - A long-standing legal wrangle between the United States and Canada could complicate future shipping through the Arctic as global warming melts the ice in the Northwest Passage.
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| Posted on 11/7/06; 3:24:53 AM
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Defense and the National Interest - William Lind points out how an attack on Iran will endanger US troops in Iraq.
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| Posted on 11/6/06; 4:23:52 AM
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National Security Archive - The Desert Crossing wargame for how to manage a post-Saddam Iraq, performed by CENTCOM in 1999 when General Zinni was its chief, has been declassified. Fascinating in how presecient it was. A pity General Franks, General Zinni's successor, was not interested in it...
Associated Press - 1999 War Games Foresaw Problems in Iraq
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| Posted on 11/5/06; 3:29:22 AM
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The Times - Is the US planning a raid on North Korean nuclear facilities?
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| Posted on 11/5/06; 3:25:25 AM
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Daily Telegraph - John Keegan on why Israel will attack Hezbollah again, soon.
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| Posted on 11/5/06; 3:23:34 AM
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Naval War College Review - Uniformed officers have an obligation to stand up to civilian leaders if they think a policy is flawed. But once a policy decision is made, soldiers are obligated to carry it out. The idea that a general or admiral should publicly attack government policy and its civilian authors in time of war is dangerous.
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| Posted on 11/5/06; 3:20:37 AM
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| Saturday, November 4, 2006
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USA Today - Yet another tipping point? Ralph Peters checks out on Iraq.
See also: FrontPageMag - A Military Solution for Iraq.
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| Posted on 11/4/06; 3:07:56 AM
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Leatherneck - "A hard-boiled crowd" of old Corps warriors in Santo Domingo broke in the new lieutenant.
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| Posted on 11/4/06; 3:04:47 AM
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New York Times - Michael Gordon reports that a classified briefing prepared two weeks ago by the United States Central Command portrays Iraq as edging toward chaos, in a chart that the military is using as a barometer of civil conflict.
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| Posted on 11/3/06; 3:27:46 AM
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BBC - Taiwan has formally commissioned into service two US-built naval destroyers aimed at boosting the island's defences against any attack from rival China.
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| Posted on 11/3/06; 3:27:13 AM
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Radio New Zealand - Australian warships are sailing towards Fiji amid speculation of another coup. The amphibious support ship HMAS Kanimbla left Townsville last night and HMAS Newcastle, a frigate, began its journey to the area on Wednesday night.
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| Posted on 11/3/06; 3:25:10 AM
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New York Times - A look at the corpsman's job in Iraq.
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| Posted on 11/3/06; 3:22:42 AM
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| Thursday, November 2, 2006
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Virginian Pilot - The Atlantic Fleet has been disestablished for want of another name: the U.S. Fleet Forces Command. The command has new responsibilities for more than just the Atlantic Fleet. It is responsible for the training, maintenance and operation of ships, planes and people on the East Coast and West Coast, where the Pacific Fleet will retain its name.
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| Posted on 11/2/06; 2:03:26 AM
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| Wednesday, November 1, 2006
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Defense and the National Interest - Martin van Creveld addresses how European countries should accommodate or otherwise deal with their Muslim minorities. Five hundred years ago, Spain faced exactly the same issue.
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| Posted on 11/1/06; 3:14:23 AM
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| Tuesday, October 31, 2006
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New York Times Magazine - If Iran gets the bomb, what will it do with it? Does Islamic law justify the use of weapons of mass destruction? Is there a Shiite urge for apocalypse? Is atomic warfare suicide bombing writ large?
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| Posted on 10/31/06; 3:19:46 AM
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The Scotsman - The Royal Navy has warned merchant ships in the Gulf to be on their guard after an al-Qaeda threat to target oil terminals in the area.
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| Posted on 10/30/06; 2:59:44 AM
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New York Times Magazine - The experience of American soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan shows what a counterinsurgency can, and cannot, do.
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