Archive July 2002 – December 2002
Tuesday, December 31, 2002 |
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff reflects on a half-century of partnership with the U.S. Navy.
- Sea Power: A Half-Century’s Partnership
Background – North Korea – James F. Dunnigan on why Korea is not as important to the US as Iraq.
- StrategyPage: Why North Korea Doesn’t Matter as Much as Iraq
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Monday, December 30, 2002 |
US Marines – Training intensifies at Camp Pendleton.
- Washington Post: At Camp Pendleton, Marines Ready for War
US Navy – Miscellaneous naval news from around the US defense industry.
Background – War on Terrorism – William Arkin on the dark side of the war on terrorism.
- Los Angeles Times: ‘War’ Plays Into Terrorists’ Hands
Sunday, December 29, 2002 |
Indian Navy – India will build its own aircraft carrier within 10 years.
US Marines – Another in a continuing series on Marines who joined the Corps after 9/11.
- Washington Post: One Call Answered, One Yet to Come
History – A review of the evolution of the Royal Marines after World War II.
- International Journal of Naval History: Amphibious Renaissance – The Royal Navy and the Royal Marines, 1956-1966
Saturday, December 28, 2002 |
US Navy – Carrier battlegroups, amphibious ready groups, and a hospital ship are being readied to go to the Gulf.
- MSNBC: 25,000 U.S. troops headed to gulf
- New York Times: Navy Activates Hospital Ship, in Flurry of War Preparations
- Washington Post: Military Forces Ordered To Gulf
US Navy – Life aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation.
- MSNBC: A New Kind of War
US Navy – How a intranet site is helping surface warfare officers.
US Navy – More details on the role the Navy will play in missile defense with the Aegis radar and Standard SM-3 missiles
- Aviation Week: New Missile Defense Plan Bolsters Multiple Programs
US Navy – The US is working on improved warheads for its missiles.
Friday, December 27, 2002 |
Indian Navy – India evaluates dolphins to place mines on ships.
- Daily Times: Outrage as India trains dolphins to mine ships
Indian Navy – India considers purchasing Rafale fighters for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov — if they ever finalize their purchase of it.
- Financial Express: Admiral Gorshkov May Be Overlooked For French Rafale M Fighter Aircraft
US Navy – Should a SWAT team be placed on every ship?
- US Naval Institute Proceedings: Put a Swat Team on Every Ship
Thursday, December 26, 2002 |
Myanarese Navy – Mynamar is expanding its naval facilities in the Coco Islands.
- Press Trust of India: Chinese help for Myanmar naval facilities
US Navy – A tour of the USS Mount Whitney, on video. The link to the video is in the right hand column and requires Real Player.
US Marines – Thomas Ricks on how this is a crucial year for the MV-22 Osprey.
- Washington Post: V-22 Osprey to Face ‘Make or Break’ Tests
US Navy – The USS Abraham Lincoln takes a shore leave in Australia.
- The West Australian: Abraham Lincoln gets a facelift
US Navy – Miscellaneous naval news from around the US fleet.
- Sea Power: Super Hornets Strike in Southern Watch
Wednesday, December 25, 2002 |
US Navy – Christmas as sea aboard the USS Constellation.
- Associated Press: Holiday Spirits Are High on US Carrier
US Navy – More on the Sea Power 21 vision.
- US Naval Institute Proceedings: Sea Strike: Projecting Persistent, Responsive, and Precise Power
Tuesday, December 24, 2002 |
Iranian Navy – Iran is cooperating more closely with the US in the Gulf.
- Associated Press: U.S., Iran Relations Improve in Gulf
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan’s diesel-powered submarines remain operational.
- Taipei Times: Navy manages to keep two vintage submarines running
US Marines – Afghanistan serves as a pilot program for the transformation of the Marine Corps.
- Sea Power: Still Doing the Impossible
Background – Axis of Evil – James F. Dunnigan analyzes the similarities and differences within the axis of evil.
- StrategyPage: The Axis of Outcasts
Monday, December 23, 2002 |
Argentinian Navy – The supply ship that was trapped in Antarctic ice has finally made it to port.
- South African Press Association: German Ship Magdalena Oldendorff Back in Cape Town
South Korean Navy – South Korea will allow women to have naval combat roles.
- JoongAng Ilbo: Navy to give women combat role on ships
US Navy – What will be the effect of merging Navy and Marine Corps air wings?
- Air Force: Air Wings Built for Two
Background – Transformation – More evidence that transformation is dying on the vine???
- New York Times: So Much for the Plan to Scrap Old Weapons
Background – Iraq – Thomas Friedman on how the Iraq end game may play out.
- New York Times: The Last Cartoon
Sunday, December 22, 2002 |
Royal Navy – Royal Marines and US Marines will lead the attack into Iraq through an amphibious assault on the port of Basra.
- Daily Telgraph:
Marines will lead seaborne invasion of southern Iraq
Royal Navy – Aboard HMS Cardiff in the Gulf.
- Sunday Mirror: Nobody on this ship wants war
Spanish Navy – A look at what US allies are doing to help the blockade in the Gulf via Task Force 150.
- Associated Press: Europe takes lead in naval search for Qaeda
Canadian Navy – Aboard HMCS Winnipeg in the Gulf.
- National Post: Canadian warships ‘ready for anything’
US Navy – The USS George Washington battlegroup returns home.
- Virginian Pilot: Carrier sails into sunset and home
US Navy – Aboard the command ship USS Mount Whitney, off the Horn of Africa.
- Los Angeles Times: New Phase of War on Terror Moves to E. Africa
US Marines – More details on the new Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Marines plan special-ops unit
Background – Burma – Burma’s role in South East Asian affairs.
- Naval War College Review: Burma and Superpower Rivalries in the Asia-Pacific
Saturday, December 21, 2002 |
Royal Navy – Aboard HMS Cardiff, patroling off of Iraq.
- The Guardian: British warship puts the squeeze on Iraq
Royal Navy – Britain, France, and Holland are chartering RoRo ferries to transport vehicles and supplies to the Gulf.
- Daily Telegraph: MoD looks for more ships to ferry tanks
US Marines – James F. Dunnigan on the Marines new anti-tank guided missile, the Javelin.
- StrategyPage: US Troops Get Javelin Anti-Tank Missile
US Navy – A brief summary of the US Navy’s work on laser weapons.
- Jane’s: US Navy sees the ‘light’
US Navy – Plans for CVNX move ahead.
- Virginian Pilot: Next-generation aircraft carrier on course for construction in 2007
US Navy – More on the Ohio-class conversions to cruise missile submarines.
- Virginian Pilot: Navy to refurbish old ballistic missile sub
Background – War on Terror – A fascinating essay detailing the new approach to fighting Al Qaeda – selective assasination; and what are the the unintended consequences of beginning a policy of selective assassination???and an interview with the story’s author, Seymour Hersch.
- The New Yorker: Manhunt
- The New Yorker: A Reporter’s Life
Friday, December 20, 2002 |
US Navy – A look at life aboard the cruisers and destroyers of the carrier battlegroup.
- Virginian Pilot: ”Small boys” perform varied missions
US Navy – US forces are set to flow into the Gulf after Christmas. An update on what is already there???
- Washington Post: Rapid Buildup in Gulf on Horizon
US Marines – The Marines are forming a Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment.
- Orange County Register: Marines create experimental special forces unit
US Navy – The USS John F. Kennedy will be overhauled at its base rather than in a drydock.
- First Coast News: USS Kennedy to be overhauled at Mayport
Background – War on Terror – An interview with General Tommy Franks.
- Sea Power: Taking the Fight to the Enemy
Thursday, December 19, 2002 |
Royal Navy – The Royal Navy may not bring its Sea Harriers to the Gulf.
- The Times: Heat may spell the end for Sea
Royal Navy – HMS Ocean will sail with a Marine Commando in mid-January.
- Daily Telegraph: Marines to leave next month ahead of assault on Iraq
Taiwanese Navy – Work on getting diesel-powered submarines for Taiwan moves forward.
US Navy – The hospital ship USS Comfort is set to sail for the Gulf.
- ABC News: Stepping Up the Pace
US Navy – Aboard the USS Mount Whitney, off the Horn of Africa.
- Virginian Pilot: Task force on Mount Whitney hunting al-Qaida off Africa
- Virginian Pilot: Photos: Mount Whitney leads anti-terrorism force
US Marines – Thomas Ricks on how the Commandant of the Marine Corps and Chief of Staff of the Army don’t believe that Iraq will be such a walkover.
- Washington Post: Projection on Fall Of Hussein Disputed
US Marines – Part IV of the Harrier series with a look at the future of vertical flight in the Marines.
- Los Angeles Times: Storming Capitol Hill: The Few, the Proud, the Politically Wired
Wednesday, December 18, 2002 |
US Navy – The US announces it will deploy a limited antiballistic missile system in 2004; a boost-phase intercept component of it will be sea based on Aegis-equipped destroyers using Standard missiles.
- Washington Post: Missile Defense To Start in 2004
- New York Times: Bush Ordering Missile Shield
US Marines – Part 3 in the series of what is wrong with the Harrier jump-jet.
- Los Angeles Times: ‘At Least We Got to Kiss Him Goodbye’
US Marines – Another in the series of articles on the experiences of individuals who have joined the Marines since 9/11.
- Washington Post: Enlistee Finds Parallels to Past
Tuesday, December 17, 2002 |
Iranian Navy – Iran has received more gunboats from North Korea.
- Washington Times: N. Korea delivers semi-submersible gunships to Iran
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – More on the Kurishima’s capabilities.
- Daily Yomiuri: MSDF’s range in Indian Ocean may decrease
US Navy – Training sailors to protect themselves against terrorism.
- Virginian Pilot: Sailor’s tough duty: the terror watch
US Marines – Part 2 of the series on what is wrong with the AV-8B Harrier.
- Los Angeles Times: A Staggering Abundance of Crash-Causing Glitches
Monday, December 16, 2002 |
German and Spanish Navies – A look at the day-to-day operations of Task Force 150, off the Horn of Africa.
- New York Times: German and Spanish Navies Take on Major Role Near Horn of Africa
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – The Aegis-equipped Kirishima sets sail for the Gulf.
US Marines – Flying the AV-8B Harrier can be a deadly task.
- Los Angeles Times: Far From Battlefield, Marines Lose One-Third of Harrier Fleet
Background – Iraq – A glimpse of Saddam’s possible tactics???
- Washington Post: ussein Reveals a Glimpse of Tactics
Background – Airpower – How a string of discoveries by unheralded engineers and airmen helped bring America to the pinnacle of modern military power.
- Washington Post Magazine: Bursts of Brilliance
Sunday, December 15, 2002 |
Royal Navy – The British are about to send HMS Ark Royal to the Gulf.
- BBC: UK task force heading to Gulf
- Daily Telegraph: Navy sends 2,600-man task force to the Gulf
Background – The American Empire? – A humorous – and not so humorous – look at how the "American Empire" differs from those that came before it.
- Victor Davis Hanson: A Funny Sort of Empire
History – An interesting essay looking at the evolution of US naval thinking between WWI and WWII
- International Journal of Naval History: Building a Doctrine: U. S. Naval Tactics and Battle Plans in the Interwar Period
Saturday, December 14, 2002 |
US Navy – The USS George Washington battlegroup is on its way home from the Gulf.
- Virginian Pilot: GW will be home for Christmas
US Navy – The USS Kitty Hawk has returned to port in Japan.
Spanish Navy – Spain is upset at the US’s release of the merchant ship carrying SCUDs. Is the US serious about non-proliferation — or not?
- Los Angeles Times: Spain’s Military Upset With U.S. Over Ship
- Washington Post: Waylaid at Sea: Launch of Policy
Background – Taiwan – Are the US and Taiwan growing closer???or not?
Friday, December 13, 2002 |
US Navy – The USS Belleau Wood amphibious ready group is about to return home.
- San Diego Union Tribune: 3 Navy ships to return to S.D. this weekend
Canadian Navy – Aboard HMCS Winnipeg in the Gulf.
- Toronto Globe and Mail: Boarding ships nerve-racking
Royal Navy – A look at some of the rules of engagement for boarding ships at sea.
Background – Cruise Ship Industry – The cruise-ship industry adjusts to the war on terrorism.
- Sea Power: Tourism & Terrorism
Thursday, December 12, 2002 |
Venezuelan Navy – Venezuelan troops continue to seize tankers whose crews are part of a national strike.
US Navy – The US has released from custody the ship carrying Scuds to Yemen.
- BBC: US frees missile-carrying ship
- BBC: Legal maze over Scud seizure
- BBC: Scud affair clouds US-Yemen ties
US Navy – The USS Kitty Hawk battlegroup exercised off of Taiwan 2 weeks ago.
Canadian Navy – Life aboard HMCS Winnipeg in the Gulf.
- National Post: HMCS Winnipeg prepares to fight a new kind of enemy
US Marine Corps – Transforming the Marine Corps in a time of chaos.
- Marine Corps Gazette: Transforming for the Chaordic Age
Wednesday, December 11, 2002 |
Spanish Navy – Spain has boarded a freighter carrying Scud missiles on its way from North Korea to Yemen.
US Navy – The USS Theodore Roosevelt battlegroup will start their training operations early.
- Virginian Pilot: Roosevelt group to start training early, Navy confirms
US Marines – Marine Forces Atlantic reaches around the world to put Marines in "every clime and place."
Tuesday, December 10, 2002 |
US Navy – The next Nimitz-class aircraft carrier will be named the???USS George H.W. Bush???
- Associated Press: Aircraft carrier named for former President Bush
Background – Transformation – A look at the patron saint of transformation, Colonel John Boyd.
- Virginian Pilot: Air Force Col. John R. Boyd: The man who shaped the military
Background – Iraq – William Arkin on how the US does not have hard evidence on current Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
- Washington Post Dot Mil: Soft Evidence, Hard Conclusions
US Navy – Miscellaneous Navy news from around the fleet.
Monday, December 9, 2002 |
US Navy – The US is maintainting that carrier deployments in the Gulf are at routine levels.
Merchant Marine – A plan is prepared to better protect merchant ships against terrorist attack.
- The Observer: UK shipping to get escorts in terror war
Background – Weapons of Mass Destruction – William Arkin on new weapons that could be used against Iraq to neutralized its weapons of mass destruction.
- Los Angeles Times: ‘Sci-Fi’ Weapons Going to War
Background – Information Warfare – James F. Dunnigan on the use of personal digital assistants by the military.
- StrategyPage: Combat Computers for the Infantry
Sunday, December 8, 2002 |
Indian Navy – India is having problems completing its purchase of Scorpene-class attack submarines from France.
US Navy – The dock landing ship USS Portland returns from a UNITAS cruise around South America.
- Virginian Pilot: Navy’s Portland back in Norfolk from voyage
US Navy – A current summary of US forces in the Gulf.
- New York Times: Buildup Leaves U.S. Military Nearly Set to Start Attack
- New York Times: American Military Presence Near Ira
Background- Media – A detailed look at the history of the relationship between the US military and the US media – and proposals for the future of that relationship.
- Naval War College Review: No More Bad Stories
Saturday, December 7, 2002 |
South African Navy – South Africa’s Meko-class corvettes will come on-line soon.
- The Guardian: Warship named after Zulu victory
US Navy – Aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.
- Washington Post: Carrier Sails From Norfolk Into Unknown
Background – Wargaming – Can the study of massively multiplayer online games help defeat Al Queda?
- Washington Post:
Outgaming Osama
Background – Effects Based Warfare – James F. Dunnigan explains that this is old wine in new bottles???
- StrategyPage: Effects Based Repackaging
Friday, December 6, 2002 |
US Navy – The USS Truman battlegroup departs for the Gulf.
- Virginian Pilot: History repeats itself with deployment
Venezuelan Navy – Venezuela is using its navy to keep its oil industry afloat during a nation-wide general strike.
- Associated Press: Chavez Sends Navy Ship to Reclaim Tanker
Royal Navy – HMS Nottingham will be repaired, after running aground off of Australia.
- The Times: Collision warship to be repaired for £26m
US Marines – More details of Exercise Edged Mallet in Kenya.
- Associated Press: Marines in Kenya Are Kept From Projects
- BBC: Kenya joins US in terror war games
Russian Navy – The Russian port of Murmansk is evolving from a military to a commercial port.
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan will send an Aegis-equipped destroyer to the Gulf, for the first time.
- The Asahi Shimbun: Koizumi OKs Aegis dispatch
Background – Man Portable Surface to Air Missiles – James F. Dunnigan on why downing an airliner with a SA-7 is harder than it looks.
- StrategyPage: Three Decades of Missiles versus Airliners
Thursday, December 5, 2002 |
Spanish Navy – More on the Spanish tracking of tankers that are suspected to be unsafe off the Spanish coast.
US Marines – The US is considering using an enlarged version of the Wasp-class helicopter carrier as its sea basing platform.
- Virginian Pilot: Navy tilting toward enlargement of Wasp-class ships for sea bases
Iraqi Navy – What threats does Iraq pose to the US Navy in the Gulf?
- Virginian Pilot: Iraq poses a range of threats to the U.S. Navy
US Navy – The commander of a US attack submarine that collided with a civilian tanker in the Mediterranean last month has been relieved of his command.
- Virginian Pilot: Spain tracks expelled tanker
History – I don’t normally point out obituaries, but Captain Beach *was* the US Navy to many people. We are in his debt for explaining the naval life to so many people.
- The Times: Captain Ned Beach
US Marines – Another in a series of articles on life in the Marine Corps today.
- Washington Post: The Sept. 11 Marines -
Facing ‘a New Age of War’
Background – Journalism – A report from inside the US military’s boot camp for journalists.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Pentagon taught journalists some gut-wrenching lessons
US Navy – Life aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
US Navy – The US in increasing its mine countermeasures force in the Gulf.
- Los Angeles Times: Navy Faces a Terrorist Minefield in Persian Gulf
Wednesday, December 4, 2002 |
???back to a normal update schedule???
US Marines – US Marines from the 4th MEU are exercising with Kenyan troops.
- Associated Press: Kenya, U.S. Conduct Military Exercises
Indian Navy – Should India purchase the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov?
- Daily Times: Beyond Admiral Gorshkov
French Navy – France is escorting old tankers out of its coastal waters, in an attempt to prevent environmental damage???as are Spain and Portugal
Monday, December 2, 2002 |
Background – War on Terror – The military historian Sir Michael Howard on the road the US should take in the war on terror.
- Naval War College Review: 9/11 and After
Background – Information Warfare – A detailed look at the newest revision of the RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft, which is responsible for helping to compress the sensor-shooter loop significantly.
- Aviation Week: Storied Rivet Joint Adds New Missions
Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan reviews the last invasion of Iraq, in 1941, by the British.
- StrategyPage: The Last Time (1941) Iraq Was Invaded
Saturday, November 30, 2002 |
NOSI will be updated irregularly from Sunday – Wednesday. To tide you over, here is an excellent and very lengthy essay from naval analyst Normal Friedman.
Background – Medium Sized Navies – An excellent (and lengthy!) essay by Norman Friedman on the evolution of naval technology since World War II.
- Royal Australian Navy Maritime Studies Program: New Technology and Medium Navies
Background – Infantry Weapons – James F. Dunnigan on the new Selectable Assault Battle Rifle, otherwise known as OICW or the XM29.
- StrategyPage: Will it Work?
Friday, November 29, 2002 |
French Navy – France is sending a submarine to inspect the sunken tanker off of Spain.
US Navy – The defensive aspect of the Sea Power 21 strategy.
- US Naval Institute Proceedings: Sea Shield: Projecting Global Defensive Assurance
Thursday, November 28, 2002 |
NATO – NATO’s Supreme Allied Command Atlantic, known as SACLANT, is getting a new name and a new mission.
- Virginian Pilot: NATO shifts gears in Norfolk
Background – Reserves – James F. Dunnigan on how we are using and abusing our reserve forces.
- StrategyPage: Ruining the Reserves
Background – USAF – William Arkin on how the F-22 fighter program is facing the fight of its life.
- Washington Post Dot Mil: Dogfight Over the F/A-22
Wednesday, November 27, 2002 |
Royal New Zealand Navy – The frigate Te Kaha sails for the Gulf.
- Associated Press: New Zealand warship heads to gulf to join terrorist search
Indonesia Navy – Indonesia sinks two boats smuggling arms to rebels.
- Agence France Press: Jakarta sinks ships smuggling arms to Aceh
US Navy – The first reserve squadron to fill a carrier slot since the Korean War has been activated.
Background – Saudi Arabia – The evidence continues to mount that the real enemy in the war on terror is Saudi Arabia.
- Washington Times: With friends like the Saudis ???
Tuesday, November 26, 2002 |
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan sends 2 more ships to fight the war on terror.
- Associated Press: Japan sends two ships to assist in war on terror
US Navy – Life aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
- Daily Telegraph: Carrier pilots ready for fight as Gulf action is stepped up
Royal Navy – The First Sea Lord expects more terrorist attacks on British ships.
- The Guardian: Sea lord warns of terror threat to ships
Background – Wargaming – Taiwan is using Jane’s Fleet Commander computer wargame to conduct political military wargames for members of the Taiwanese government, to hone their decision making skills in case of conflict with China.
- Taiwan News: War game gives insights to decision-making process
Background – Information Warfare – William Arkin on how while fighting in the new sphere of information warfare, the Pentagon is blurring the lines between news and propaganda. This will have a deleterious effect on the US electorate.
- Los Angeles Times: The Military’s New War of Words
Monday, November 25, 2002 |
US Navy – James F. Dunnigan on how crew size is shrinking over time on US ships.
- StrategyPage: The Incredible Shrinking Warship Crew
US Marines – The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab explores the future of war.
- Sea Power: Traditions & Transformations
Sunday, November 24, 2002 |
Israeli Navy – An Israeli patrol craft is attacked by a suicide bomber.
Canadian Navy – HMCS Protecteur returns home from 6 months supplying Canadian forces in the Gulf.
- Times Colonist: Protecteur returns touched by turmoil
US Navy – An essay on a possible way forward for US seapower in the 21st century.
- Naval War College Review: Naval Power for a New American Century
Saturday, November 23, 2002 |
US Navy – Pilots from the USS Abraham Lincoln on Operation Southern Watch are receiving increased ground fire.
- Agence France Press: Rise in Iraqi fire spooks US carrier pilots
Canadian Navy – Aboard HMCS Montreal in the Gulf.
US Navy – EP-3’s continue to harrassed in international airspace by Chinese fighters.
- Washington Times: Inside the Ring
US Marines – More Marines head for the Gulf.
- Los Angeles Times: Camp Pendleton Marines Leave for Persian Gulf
US Marines – The Osprey program is trying to move forward???
US Navy – CVNX continues to move forward.
- Virginian Pilot: Navy official pledges support for redesigned carrier
US Navy – Atlantic Fleet operating tempo is running at near normal.
- Virginian Pilot: Number of local ships, troops overseas is near normal
Friday, November 22, 2002 |
Royal Navy – The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean are rumored to be sent to the Gulf if action is to be taken against Iraq.
Chinese Navy – China is developing a newer, longer range cruise missile.
US Navy – The US has successfully intercepted a ballistic missile in a test, using the Aegis radar.
- Associated Press: Military Successfully Intercepts Missile
Background – Turkey – A nice overview of the current geopolical situation in Turkey today, and how that will influence US moves against Iraq.
- The New Yorker: Letter from Istanbul: The Experiment
Thursday, November 21, 2002 |
Russian Navy – The Russian Navy is steaming to assist a Russian fishing trawler that has been hijacked by gunman in the Pacific.
- Associated Press: Russian ships head for trawler reportedly seized by gunmen
French Navy – France and India are conducting Exercise Varuna 02/2.
South Korean Navy – South Korea warned off a North Korean naval vessel attempting to enter its territorial waters.
- Associated Press: South Korean navy boat fires warning shots at North Korean vessel
US Navy – Results are good so far with the Navy’s experimenting with decreased staffing on board its guided-missile cruisers.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Warship crew learns to like lean staffing
US Navy – The Navy’s flight safety record is taking a dive this year???
- San Diego Union Tribune: Navy officials concerned about surge in crashes
US Navy – The operating limits of the Navy’s Low Frequency Active Sonar are detailed.
- Environmental News Service: Controversial Navy Sonar Cleared for Limited Testing
Background – Afghanistan – James F. Dunnigan on why the Afghanistan Model is not the model for every future military conflict.
- Strategy Page: The Curse of the Afghanistan Model
Background – Information Warfare – Austin Bay on how the BBC is a powerful ally of good in information warfare.
- Strategy Page: The BBC Weapon of Mass Instruction
Wednesday, November 20, 2002 |
Nigerian Navy – Nigeria continues to fight oil pirates.
US Navy – An interview with the commander of SURFLANT.
- Virginian Pilot: Admiral faces sea of chang
US Navy – More on the pros and cons of the possible use of Eritrea as a naval base in the Horn of Africa.
- Associated Press: Horn of Africa port has potential as U.S. base, but oppressive government may make poor ally
US Navy – The US is resuming port calls in China.
- Associated Press: U.S. Navy Ship to Visit China
US Navy – The Kitty Hawk and Constellation battlegroups will soon make port calls in Hong Kong.
- Associated Press: U.S. battle groups to dock in Hong Kong
Background – Iraq – Part 3 of the series "Bush at War" by Bob Woodward, which illustrates the President’s leadership style.
- Washington Post: A Course of ‘Confident Action’
- Washington Post: Iraq on His Mind
Tuesday, November 19, 2002 |
Canadian Navy – HMCS St. John’s returns home from the Gulf.
- Halifax Herald: Tears of Joy in Freezing Rain
Royal New Zealand Navy – New Zealand recommits itself to a ban on port visits by US Navy ships.
- Associated Press: New Zealand prime minister upholds ban on ships fueled by nuclear power
Background – War on Terror – Thomas Friedman on the "new NATO" – the US, UK, Australia, and France – countries who are all sea powers – and who enjoy projecting their sea power.
- New York Times: A new military alliance, ‘NASTY,’ already works
History – Afghanistan – Part 2 of Bob Woodward’s "Bush at War" series. Is the real reason the Taliban fell so quickly that the CIA bribed the US’s way towards victory?
- Washington Post: Doubts and Debate Before Victory Over Taliban
- Washington Post: CIA Led Way With Cash Handouts
Background – Iraq – John Keegan asks why the US is being so slow at prepositioning land forces in the Gulf.
- Daily Telegraph: No sign of war plan as clock ticks on
Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan with a nice summary of the information war steadily being waged against Iraq.
- Strategy Page: The Information War Against the Iraqi Leadership
Background – Iraq – A roundtable, presided over by former US UN Ambassador Richard Holbrooke on what the pre-game, game, and post-game plans on Iraq should be.
- The New Yorker: The Next War
Background – Foreign Policy – David Isby on why we must reexamine our committment to the status quo in our foreign policy.
- Washington Times: Carrots, sticks and status quo
Monday, November 18, 2002 |
US Marines – The Marines are taking on more and more special operations tasks and missions. Is this a fundamental change in their direction?
- Washington Post: Distancing Tradition, Marines Eye Role in Special Operations
US Navy – Lessons learned from the sinking of an Iraqi tanker in the Gulf that cost the lives of two US sailors from the destroyer USS Peterson in 2001.
- Virginian Pilot: Tanker tragedy brought hard lessons
Sunday, November 17, 2002 |
US Navy – Aboard a P-3 Orion over the Stratis of Hormuz, enforcing the UN’s oil sanctions against Iraq.
- Los Angeles Times: U.S. and Allies Tighten Noose on Illegal Oil Shipments Through Gulf
US Navy – How the US is trying to beef up security at the Suez Canal.
- Middle East Newsline: Egypt Refuses to Provide Special Security in Suez
US Navy – The F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet has made its combat debut over Iraq on its first deployment.
- Jane’s: Super Hornet makes combat debut over Iraq
- Jane’s: Operations on USS Abraham Lincoln 2002 – Photo Gallery
US Marines – A look at what US forces are doing in Djibouti.
- New York Times: U.S. Turns Horn of Africa Into a Military Hub
US Marines – More Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force head for the Gulf.
Background – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – A look behind the technology of UAV’s.
- New York Times: Flying Solo, in the Extreme
Background – Bush’s War – Bob Woodward has a new book, being serialized, that gives an inside look on the War on Terror, drawn from interviews with Bush Administration members as well as the minutes of their meetings. A fascinating look into how national security decisions are really made.
- Washington Post: A Struggle for the President’s Heart and Mind
Saturday, November 16, 2002 |
German Navy – Germany recommits to the war on terror.
- Associated Press: German Extends Mandate for Troops
US Navy – The US has agreed to scale back its testing of its low frequency active sonar system.
- Associated Press: U.S. Navy Agrees to Limit Sona
US Navy – How the US is keeping F/A-18 Hornet availability rates high.
- Aviation Week: Center Barrel Replacement Will Keep F/A-18s Flying
US Marines – An interview with the incoming Commandant of the Marine Corps.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Marines ready for war, next commandant says
Background – Open Source Intelligence – When do collectors of open source intelligence become identified as possible terrorists?
- Washington Post: Wronged Side of the Tracks?
Background – Falklands – A look at the economic resources the sea yields off of the Falklands.
- The Times: Gone fishing: the ten Falklands millionaires
Background – Iraq – Ralph Peters unfavorably critiques the current war plan against Iraq.
- Washington Post: Hobbling Into War
Friday, November 15, 2002 |
US Navy – The nuclear attack submarine USS Oklahoma City has collided with a Norwegian tanker near the Strait of Gibraltar.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Navy says submarine bumped surface ship in Mediterranean; no reported injuries
- Associated Press: Vessel Struck by U.S. Sub Was Tanker
US Marines – The Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle is "as transformational as it gets."
- Sea Power: Before It Is Too Late!
Background – Iraq – An excellent synthesis of the military buildup around Iraq.
- Asia Times: Groundpounders to the war zone
Background – Translation – James F. Dunnigan on how to recruit battlefield translators.
- StrategyPage: Rules for Recruiting Battlefield Translators
Thursday, November 14, 2002 |
Pakistani Navy – Pakistan is looking to acquire frigates from China.
- Islamic Republic News Agency: Pakistan Navy acquiring F-22 Frigates from China
US Navy – An interview with the CINCLANT.
Background – Tank – James F. Dunnigan on how the tank is or is not obsolete.
- Strategy Page: Is the Tank Really Obsolete?
Wednesday, November 13, 2002 |
US Navy – The USS Mount Whitney sets sail on what is only her second operational deployment.
- Virginian Pilot: Mount Whitney deploys on anti-terror mission
Background – Iraq – William Arkin on how the US, with or without the UN, is committed to regime change in Iraq by spring.
- Washington Post Dot Mil: War by Spring
Tuesday, November 12, 2002 |
US Marines – An interview With Gen. James L. Jones, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
- Sea Power: The Marine Corps Today
Background – War on Terrorism – Thomas Friedman on how the loyal opposition to the Bush Administration consists of John McCain, Colin Powell, and Tony Blair — and how they must lead America towards addressing the root causes of 9-11.
- New York Times: A stronger role for Colin Powell
Monday, November 11, 2002 |
Royal New Zealand Navy – New Zealand will send a frigate and and P-3 Orion patrol aircraft to the Gulf to support the war on terror.
US Navy – Former Secretary of the Navy James Webb gave a speech last week at the Naval Post Graduate School in which he spoke against military action on Iraq.
- San Francisco Chronicle: At Navy school in Monterey, voices of skepticism about Iraq war
Background – Logistics – William Arkin on the importance of logistics in war, and the logistic preparations being made for action in Iraq.
- Los Angeles Times: Building a War: As Some Argue, Supply Lines Fill Up
By William M. Arkin
Background – Iraq – The latest version of the war plan for Iraq is unveiled.
- Washington Post: War Plan For Iraq Is Ready, Say Officials
Sunday, November 10, 2002 |
US Navy – The USS Abraham Lincoln and USS George Washington may not be held in the Gulf after all???
- Washington Post: Military Faces Planning Dilemma
Background – Middle East – The challenges that the US faces in building strong lasting relationships in the Middle East.
- Naval War College Review: The US Military and the Evolving Challenges in the Middle East
Saturday, November 9, 2002 |
US Navy – More on the USS Mount Whitney’s deployment to the Horn of Africa
- Virginian Pilot: Rarely deployed Mount Whitney being sent on anti-terror mission
- Associated Press: Marines to Step Up Terrorist Hunt in Africa
US Navy – The US farms out some of its aerial agressor training to civilian firms.
- Virginian Pilot: Firm plays the enemy against U.S.
Background – Afghanistan – The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says the war in Afghanistan is winding down.
- Washington Post: Afghan War Faltering, Military Leader Says
Background – Open Source Intelligence – The UK planespotters who were convicted of spying while gathering open source intelligence in Greece have had their conviction overturned.
Friday, November 8, 2002 |
Royal Navy – The nuclear attack submarine HMS Trafalgar has run aground off of Scotland.
US Navy – The Seabees’ "Can Do" spirit laid the groundwork–literally–for Operation Enduring Freedom.
- Sea Power: Seebees in Afghanistan
Thursday, November 7, 2002 |
US Navy – More on the role the command ship USS Mount Whitney will play in the war on terror.
Background – Nuclear Terrorism – An excellent essay on new technologies being developed to build "nuclear walls" around cities in order to screen shipping containers and trucks for nuclear weapons.
- Wired: Stopping Loose Nukes
Wednesday, November 6, 2002 |
Royal Navy – UK minesweepers pass through the Suez Canal on their way to the Gulf.
Royal Navy – HMS Endurance begins her annual 8 month deployment to the Antarctic.
- MercoPress: HMS Endurance heads for the Antarctic
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan renews its naval committment to the war on terror for another 6 months.
- Business Times: Japan extends navy’s presence in Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea
Taiwanese Marines – Taiwan receives its first AAVP7-A1 amphibious assault vehicles, which it would use for raids on China’s coast in time of war.
- Taipei Times: Marines unveil plans to obtain assault vehicles
US Navy – Retention in the US Navy continues to improve, facilitated by reenlistment bonuses.
- Virginian Pilot: Big bucks offered to retain sailors
US Navy – The US will start with CVNX-2 instead of CVNX-1.
- Washington Times: Rumsfeld comfortable with carriers proposal
US Navy – An overview of progress being made in aircraft carrier, surface warfare, expeditionary warfare, submarine, auxilliaries and aviation building programs.
- Sea Power: An Eclectic Overview of U.S. Navy Programs
Tuesday, November 5, 2002 |
Chinese Navy – China is looking to buy Slava-class cruisers and Akula-class nuclear attack submarines from Russia.
- Agence France Press: China ‘to buy more advanced Russian warships’
US Navy – The USS Constellation battlegroup deploys to the Gulf.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Carrier Constellation, battle group leave San Diego with possibility of war on horizon
US Navy – The US will create a new military command in the Horn of Africa to pursue terrorists, it will probably be located aboard the command ship USS Mount Whitney.
- Associated Press: Pentagon to start new command in Africa
US Navy – More Ro-Ro cargo ships leave the US for destinations unknown???
US Marine Corps – Tom Ricks interviews the Commandant of the US Marines.
- Washington Post: Top Marine Takes New Route: Moves On, Not Out of Service
Background – Iraq – David Isby on techniques Iraq might use to pursue asymetric warfare against the US.
- Washington Times: Asymmetric warfare and Iraq
Background – Nonlethal Weapons – The US Navy and Marine Corps are urged to develop more nonlethal weapons.
- Associated Press: Navy, Marines urged to give nonlethal weapon development top priority
Monday, November 4, 2002 |
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan again chases a Chinese spy ship away from its coast.
- Agence France Press: Taiwan ‘drove away Chinese spy ship’
Royal Navy – The UK is taking steps to enhance security around the Straits of Gibraltar against terrorist attack.
- Daily Telegraph: Navy switches IRA patrol boats to guard Gibraltar
US Navy – Sailors move in to the USS Ronald Reagan.
- Virginian Pilot: All aboard the new carrier Ronald Reagan
Military Sealift Command – The US is again looking to charter ships to carry ammunition to the Gulf.
Royal Air Force – The Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft upgrade continues to suffer setbacks.
Background – Iraq – John Simpson on how the war with Iraq may play out???
- Daily Telegraph: America will prevail in battle with Iraq but the big question is how
Background – Pakistan – Robert Kaplan reviews 2 new books on Pakistan and concludes that if Musharraf fails in liberalizing Pakistan, the result will be disaster.
- New York Times Book Review: ‘Pakistan’: A Nuclear Yugoslavia
Background – Wargames – The role of the US Naval War College in helping to shape US Navy strategy – past and present.
- Sea Power: Thrusters, Cautionaries, and War Games
Sunday, November 3, 2002 |
US Navy – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf.
- New York Times: U.S. Pilots in Gulf Use Southern Iraq for Practice Runs
US Navy – More on the next generation carrier.
- Virginian Pilot: Navy may leapfrog to newer carrier design
US Navy – More on the court-ordered restrictions on the use of low frequency active sonar.
- Washington Post:
Federal Judge Blocks New Navy Sonar
Background – Diego Garcia – The residents of Diego Garcia continue their quest to return home (this is a repost from Friday with the correct link)???and why Diego Garcia is so important to the US.
Background – Transformation – A panel discussion on the definition of transformation, and the barriers to implementing it in the US military.
- Naval War College Review: What Do We Mean by Transformation?
Saturday, November 2, 2002 |
Royal Australian Navy – Australia continues to assist in blockading Iraq.
Royal Navy – The Royal Navy is dangerously short of ships to deploy to the Gulf, if so required.
- Daily Telegraph: Half of Britain’s warships in dock
- UPI: Analysis: Britain’s Navy shrinks too far
US Navy – More on the report that acuses the Navy of not having a clear plan for the future of its carrier fleet???
- Aviation Week: Report Endorses Carrier Design, But Sends Navy To Drawing Board
- Washington Times: Pentagon agrees to Navy’s new generation of carriers
US Navy – The Second Fleet commander stresses that training determines outcomes of wars.
- Sea Power: Training for Tomorrow’s Battles
Friday, November 1, 2002 |
Singaporean Navy – Singapore is escorting merchant vessels through the Singapore Straits.
US Navy – A US judge has issued a preliminary injunction banning the US from operating its low frequency active sonar system.
- Environmental News Service: U.S. Navy Sonar System Blocked by Federal Court
Merchant Shipping – A new report released by a US non partisan commission shows just how vulnerable US ports are to terrorist attack.
Background – Diego Garcia – The residents of Diego Garcia continue their quest to return home.
Background – Urban Combat – US troops are training intensely for urban combat, which can be a very tricky business.
- Washington Post: Bracing for ‘Primordial Combat’
- Army Magazine: Challenges of Urban Warfare
- MIT: Urban Warfare: Options, Problems, and the Future
Thursday, October 31, 2002 |
Canadian Navy – The chief of the Canadian Navy thinks his new submarines are a good deal.
- Windsor Star: Navy boss praises subs
Canadian Navy – Aboard HMCS Montreal in the Gulf of Oman, pursuing the war on terror.
- Vancouver Sun: Canadian Navy heads seagoing war on terror
- Southam News: Warship HMCS Montreal finding success at sea
Indian Navy – India will receive its first Talwar-class ship by the end of the year.
- The Hindu: First Talwar class warship by year-end
US Navy – At sea aboard the USS Kitty Hawk off of Iwo Jima.
- New York Times: At Sea, an Aircraft Carrier Is Ready for a 911 Cal
US Navy – At sea aboard the USS Constellation.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Carrier Constellation prepares for war
US Navy – At sea aboard the USS Harry S Truman.
- Virginian Pilot: Planning to deploy, bracing for war
US Navy – Despite their importance, the US does not have a clear plan for the future of its carrier fleet.
- Daily Press: Report builds case against carrier
Wednesday, October 30, 2002 |
US Navy – The US Navy, allied navies, and the Iranian Navy have nearly shut down the flow of illegal oil out of Iraq.
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan wants to buy Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyers from the US???while they try to decide whether to purchase the Kidd-class destroyers.
- Agence France Presse: Taiwan plan to buy Aegis destroyers sure to anger China
- China Post: Mainland Chinese warships navigate along east Taiwan
US Marines – US Marines are operating in Djibouti.
US Marines – The USS Nassau amphibious ready group and the 24th MEU are about to begin desert training.
- Sun Journal: Desert training is next for 24th MEU
US Navy – A review of the US build-up in the Gulf.
Background – Infantry Weapons – James F. Dunnigan on the history of the rifle.
- StrategyPage: A Tough Act to Follow
Tuesday, October 29, 2002 |
Royal Australian Navy – Australia is sending two more frigates to the Gulf.
- Agence France Presse: Aussie warships head to Gulf as Iraq tensions build
Chilean Navy – The UK would like to sell HMS Sheffield to Chile.
- Merco Press: HMS Sheffield offered to Chile
Canadian Navy – What Canada must do to help its navy.
US Navy – USS Constellation is ready to deploy to the Gulf.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Carrier Constellation prepares for war
- United Press International: US carrier should be in Gulf in December
US Navy – C-40 logistic support aircraft (modified 737’s) are rolling off the production line for the Navy.
- American City Business Journals: Boeing delivers C-40A to NAS Jax
US Navy – More on the Cooperative Engagement Capabilty on Aegis-equipped ships.
- St. Petersburg Times: Revolutionizing warfare
Background – Iraq – William Arkin supplies a reading list on Desert Storm I, to prepare us for Desert Storm II.
- Washington Post Dot Mil: Read All About It: Reading List for Desert Storm II
Monday, October 28, 2002 |
Royal Navy – The Type-23 frigate HMS St. Albans is hit by a ferry that was blown into it while it was tied up in port. The St. Albans is severely damaged.
US Navy – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, with the ship’s chaplain.
- Los Angeles Times: To Chaplain, Warship’s Just the Place to Spread Message of Peace and Love
US Navy – Miscellaneous US Navy aviation news on the MH-60S Knighthawk and the Rapid Airborne Mine-Clearance System (RAMICS).
Sunday, October 27, 2002 |
US Navy – Training aboard the USS Constellation.
- The Times: War games prepare crew for Iraq action
Merchant Marine – Cunard and P&O cruise lines are taking antiterrorist precautions seriously.
- Sunday Mirror: Gurkha & SBS Guard on Our Cruise Liners
Background – War on Terror – William Arkin on how the war on terror is moving into the shadows.
- Los Angeles Times: The Secret War – Frustrated by intelligence failures, the Defense Department is dramatically expanding its "black world" of covert operations
Background – Readiness – Just how underfunded and underprepared were US forces by the end of the Clinton administration?
- Naval War College Review: Are US Forces Unprepared and Underfunded?
Saturday, October 26, 2002 |
US Navy – The USS Kitty Hawk carrier battlegroup sets sail from Japan.
- The Daily Yomiuri: Kitty Hawk sets sail for parts unknown
US Navy – The Navy’s four shipyards respond directly and rapidly to the Navy’s needs.
- Sea Power:
The Lessons Learned–Times Four
Background – War on Terror – More on Hezbollah and the threat it poses to the US.
- New Yorker: Party of God
History – What lessons can be learned from the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam that can be applied to the current crisis with Iraq?
- The Atlantic: A Near Miss
- The Atlantic: The Temptation of War
Friday, October 25, 2002 |
US Navy – The Military Sealift Command’s ships are standing by to carry equipment to the Gulf.
- Virginian Pilot: Sealift ships standing by to carry makings of a war
Canadian Navy – Canada’s new submarines will not be armed until 2004.
- Citizen Special: Faulty subs won’t be armed until 2004
US Navy – The US will start swapping ship crews in Perth, Australia. This will allow ships to be forward deployed for longer periods of time.
- Australian Associated Press: Big US navy boost for WA
French Navy – A French patrol boat is making a port call in New Zealand.
Background – History – James F. Dunnigan on how seemingly insignificant developments influenced land and naval warfare.
Thursday, October 24, 2002 |
US Navy – The US has searched a vessel in the Mediterranean suspected of harboring al Qaeda operatives.
Royal Navy – HMS Nottingham is about to begin its voyage home to the UK.
Background – Unmanned Underwater Vehicles – More details on underwater gliders.
US Navy – Navy’s surface force is ready for the challenges of the 21st century.
Wednesday, October 23, 2002 |
US Navy – The US Navy is being urged to reach further with its new aircraft carrier designs.
- Virginian Pilot: Navy urged to expedite new carriers
US Navy – How the US intends to replace Vieques.
US Marines – The Marines begin their push for seabasing.
- Associated Press: Marine commandant touts `sea bases’ at Panhandle conference
Tuesday, October 22, 2002 |
Indian Navy – India is undertaking a goodwill tour of the Gulf.
- Times of Oman: 2 Indian Navy ships due in Raysut
NAVINT – Antony Preson’s NAVINT, with naval news from France, Belgium, and the UK.
- Sea Power: France Unveils Plans For New Barracuda SSNs
Monday, October 21, 2002 |
US Marines – Urban combat training with the Marines.
- Copley News Service: Urban warfare lessons: Marines learn tricks, hazards in mock town
Merchant Marine – A review of the marine terrorism threat.
- Washington Times: Maritime terrorism next?
Merchant Marine – What Singapore is doing to protect against marine terrorism.
- The Business Times: No-go zones already in place in S’pore waters
US Navy – A look at the problems surfacing during implementation of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet.
- The Business Times: Big tech headache for US Navy computer project
US Navy – USS Lake Erie forges the way to the future with sea-based missile defense.
- Sea Power: Missile Defense???"From the Sea"
Sunday, October 20, 2002 |
US Navy – More on the upcoming deployment of the USS Constellation.
- Los Angeles Times: Constellation Prepares to Ship Out to Gulf Region
US Navy – A US intelligence officer loses his lawsuit against the Russian owners of a ship which he claims attacked his vision with a laser. The ship was said to be gathering intelligence on US ballistic missile submarines. Is the US failing to support its people when they are injured in the line of duty?
- Washington Times: Navy officer loses suit against Russians
Chinese Navy – A detailed analysis of possible ways China could invade Taiwan.
- Naval War College Review: How China Might Invade Taiwan
Saturday, October 19, 2002 |
Royal Navy – The UK will be sending 4 minesweepers to the Gulf.
- The Guardian: British minesweepers diverted to Gulf
Merchant Marine – A review of the threats terrorists pose to supertankers.
- New York Times: A Vulnerable Time to Be Moving Oil by Sea
US Navy – A review of the progress being made by the US in sea-based missile defense.
- Washington Times: Navy finds its role in missile defense
Background – Joint Operations – Information technology should aid, rather than impede, joint operations.
- US Naval Institute Proceedings: Joint Operational Art Is Alive
Friday, October 18, 2002 |
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan launches its last in a class of guided missile frigates, similar to the US Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates.
- Agence France-Press: Taiwan launches guided missile frigate
Merchant Marine – There is general agreement that the French tanker explosion off of Yemen was caused by a terrorist boat hitting it.
Royal Navy – The UK is thinking of partnering with the French in the design and construction of its new aircraft carriers.
- Daily Telegraph: MoD looks at carrier deal with French
US Navy – The US is testing a new command and control trainer which simulates the operations of a carrier battlegroup.
- Virginian Pilot: Facility helps Navy find ”battle rhythm”
Thursday, October 17, 2002 |
US Navy – The USS Constellation battlegroup is being deployed early to the Gulf.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Task force ordered to gulf
US Navy – A detailed description of the Maritime Prepositioning Forces at Diego Garcia.
- East African Standard: Floating armouries to allow rapid land raid
US Navy – The agile and adaptive Navy-Marine Corps team transforms itself to meet the future.
- Sea Power: Power and Access ??? From the Sea
Background – Secretary of Defense Rumsfield – The attacks on Secretary Rumsfield begin again, with him being described as a better war secretary than defense secretary. An interesting survey by Thomas Ricks.
- Washington Post: Rumsfeld’s Style, Goals Strain Ties In Pentagon
Background – War on Terror – Ralph Peters on how the terrorist bombing in Indonesia will backfire against the terrorists.
- Wall Street Journal: http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002471">The Eastern Front: The Bali Attack is a Sign of the Terrorists Desperation
Wednesday, October 16, 2002 |
US Navy – Is the US considering establishing a naval base in the Sao Tome and Principe islands, in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea off of West Africa?
US Navy – The US and UK are actively working on neutralizing Iraq’s air defense capabilities.
- Associated Press: Airstrikes in Iraq focus on key southern air base
Background – Intelligence Satellites – The use of commercial imaging satellites is increasing rapidly in the US military.
- ISR:
Unclassified Space Eyes –
Commercial Remote-Sensing Industry’s Time Has Come In Defense Markets
Tuesday, October 15, 2002 |
US Coast Guard – How the Coast Guard responded to the events of 9-11.
Background – War on Terror – William Arkin on how the logic regarding the war on terror is becoming circular???
- Washington Post Dot Mil: The Circle of American Vulnerability
Monday, October 14, 2002 |
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan is celebrating the 50 year anniversary of the JMSDF.
US Navy – The CNO’s Seapower vision takes shape in the Surface Combatant Family of Ships.
- Sea Power: A Cornerstone Force of Proven Strength
Background – Iraq – More from James Fallows on what will be need to turn Iraq into a democracy – and why so many in the US military are against invading Iraq.
- The Atlantic: Proceed With Caution
Background – Korea – A detailed look at Korean espionage activities, including naval operations, against Japan.
- Washington Post:
N. Korea’s Secret Mission –
Details Emerge of Long-Term Spy Project to Gain Influence in Japan
Sunday, October 13, 2002 |
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan chases a Chinese spy ship away from its coast.
- Agence France-Presse: Taiwan chases away Chinese spy ship in south-east
US Marines – US and Royal Marines exercise together in urban warfare.
- Virginian Pilot: Marines train for risky combat field — cities
Background – Merchant Marine – More needs to be done to protect merchant shipping against terrorist attacks, the merchant mariners suggest naval escorts???
- The Economist: Shipping Security
- The Guardian: Seafarers want Navy escort
Background – South America – An outstanding, but lengthy essay on the challenges that the US faces in building strong lasting relationships with its South American allies. The insight into the true naval capabilities of some of the countries in South America is quite enlightening.
- Naval War College Review: Our Special Correspondent: Letter from South America
Saturday, October 12, 2002 |
Royal Navy – HMS Grafton partakes in a large drugs bust in the Caribbean.
- Daily Telegraph: Axe-threat Navy’s £60m drugs haul
Canadian Navy – Canada is having difficulties maintaining its committment in the Gulf.
US Marine Corps – Operations in Afghanistan with the 1st Force Reconnaissance Company Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
- Marine Corps Gazette: Force Reconnaissance Missions
Background – War on Terror – A reminder of the danger posed to the US by Hezbollah – and that it is bankrolled by Iran.
Friday, October 11, 2002 |
Merchant Marine – The US now believes that it was a terrorist act that caused the explosion aboard the French supertanker off Yemen.
US Navy – Autonomous underwater vehicles that glide through the ocean.
US Navy – An interview with Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Vern Clark in which he further explains Sea Power 21.
Background – Bunker Busting – Does the US need a new family of nuclear weapons to bust bunkers? Was all that hope in thermobaric bombs misplaced?
- Popular Science:
The bunker nightmare goes nuclear
Background – Iraq – If you did not read the Booknotes transcript of Eliot Cohen discussing his new book Supreme Command, try this brief interview instead. A look inside the mind of the man helping to shape the Bush Administration’s stategy towards Iraq.
- The Times: All the President’s Men
Thursday, October 10, 2002 |
Royal Navy – HMS Sheffield is to be paid off early.
- Daily Telegraph: Navy signals Sheffield: You are to be paid off
US Navy – A review of the Sea Power 21 vision for the future.
- Sea Power: Special Report: Sea Power 21
Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan comments on some of the rumors swirling around planning for an invasion of Iraq.
Wednesday, October 9, 2002 |
US Marines – Marines exercising in Kuwait are attacked by terrorists, 1 Marine is killed.
Merchant Shipping – The shipping industry begins to realize it needs to do more to protect its ships against piracy.
- Shipping Times: Security threats in Malacca Strait: cooperation urged
US Navy – The Chief of Naval Operations opines on his vision for the future of the US Navy.
- US Naval Institute Proceedings: Sea Power 21 – Projecting Decisive Joint Capabilities
???and finally, a personal note. Yesterday, our reseach laboratory was privileged to host a visit by Secretary of the Navy Gordon England who came to review the progress and status of our Virtual Naval Hospital digital library. It was simply a delight to spend an hour briefing the Secretary, whom we found to be a warm, intelligent and articulate individual. I can assure you the US Navy is in good hands!
- Iowa City Press Citizen: U.S. naval secretary visits UI – Hospital’s Web site draws praise
- Associated Press: Navy secretary visits University of Iowa
- Cedar Rapids Gazette: UI Web site wows Navy chief
- Daily Iowan: UI’s virtual hospital wows Navy
Tuesday, October 8, 2002 |
Merchant Marine – The US will help investigate the mysterious explosion aboard a supertanker off Yemen. The preliminary US impression is that it was not a suicide bombing incident.
Royal Navy – To pay for its 2 new aircraft carriers, the Royal Navy will lose more destroyers and frigates and minehunters.
- Daily Telegraph: Navy to lose 10 ships in carriers deal
Pakistani Navy – The Chief of Pakistan’s Navy admits it is outgunned by its adversaries.
- Sify News: New Pak naval chief admits force’s falls
US Navy – An overview of US prepositioning of Army and Marine equipment, ashore and at sea.
- National Journal: Military puts war preparations in high gear
Background – Command and Control – What happened to the idea that execution authority should be delegated to the lowest possible level? Technology is unfortunately reversing this???
- Air Force: Reach Forward
Monday, October 7, 2002 |
Merchant Shipping – A French-flagged supertanker has been struck, possibly by a suicide craft, off Yemen and is ablaze.
US Navy – The first woman to command a US Navy warship has passed away.
US Marine Corps – The new generation of multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES) training equipment in now online.
- Marine Corps Gazette: The New Generation of MILES
US Navy – More on the fascinating Boeing proposal to build a "Wing in Ground" aircraft to supplement containerships in the heavy-lift logistics role.
- Daily Telegraph: Biggest-ever plane will carry an army
- Boeing Frontiers: The Pelican: A Big Bird for the Long Haul
Background – War on Terror – Rick Atkinson on the parallels between the first year of World War II and the first year of the War on Terror.
- Washington Post:
The Lessons of Global War
Background – War on Terror – John Keegan opines on the new National Security Strategy.
- Daily Telegraph: The Weight of American Empire
Sunday, October 6, 2002 |
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan releases photos of the salvaged wreck of the North Korean spy ship it sank last year.
Royal Navy – HMS Ark Royal is participating in an amphibious exercise in the Mediterranean, named Destined Glory 2002.
- The Independent: Ark Royal’ leads exercise as Nato shows its muscle
Royal Navy – A look at the armour and naval assests the UK may contribute to a war against Iraq.
US Navy – The USS Kearsarge is spending some time exercising in the Gulf of Mexico as the first stand-in mine hunter command ship since the decommissioning of the USS Inchon in June. For the exercise it will be embarking mine sweeping helicopters. Will this capability be taken to the Persian Gulf?
- Scripps Howard: Assault ship heads here
US Navy – Life aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, currently off of Afghanistan – an interview with her air wing.
- National Post: U.S. sailors wait for war just 30 hours from Iraq
- National Post: In a floating city, sailors line up for the dentist
US Navy – More on the status of the Pacific Fleet’s aircraft carriers.
- The Sun: Pacific Fleet carriers on alert
US Marines – US Marines will be exercising with Phillipine Marines in the Phillipines.
History – U.S. Destroyers Contributed Mightily to the Korean War Effort.
- Sea Power: Siege, Gambit, and Scramble
Saturday, October 5, 2002 |
US Navy – Could the US have seven carrier battlegroups in the Gulf by January 1?
- Washington Post: U.S. Bolstering Forces in Gulf
Phillipine Navy – The Phillipines will use paramilitary forces to help it claim sovereignty over part of the Spratly Islands.
- Inquirer News Service: Militiamen to secure
RP-claimed Spratly isles
US Navy – Lockheed Martin Delivers the 75th Aegis Weapons System.
- Sea Power: The Importance of Being Prepared
Background – Iraq – A nice summary of the various points of view regarding an invasion of Iraq.
Friday, October 4, 2002 |
US Navy – 6 carrier battlegroups could be off Iraq by January 1, 2003.
Royal Navy – The aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious enters the shipyard for an extended 2 year refit.
- The Herald: Illustrious docks for £100m Rosyth refit
US Marines – More lessons learned from Afghanistan.
- Virginian Pilot: Commanders hail successes in Afghanistan
US Navy – The SECNAV says we are still at the beginning of the war on terror.
Indian Navy – The Indian – US exercises have concluded.
- NewIndPress: Indo-US joint naval exercises concludes
US Navy – The Navy Dive Team saves, seals, scrapes, and salvages ships.
- Sea Power: Making the Impossible Look Easy
Thursday, October 3, 2002 |
Royal New Zealand Navy – New Zealand is taking delivery of its Kaman SH-2G Sea Sprite helicopters.
US Marines – Some lessons learned on the ground in Afghanistan.
History – An interview with former naval officer Peter Huchthausen who is the author of several recent books about the Soviet submarine fleet and its service disasters.
- Associated Press: Filmmakers Crave Soviet Navy History
Background – Leadership – Transcript of an interview with Eliot Cohen, author of the book "Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime." The interview covers what are the key traits of successful wartime leaders.
- C-SPAN: Booknotes
Wednesday, October 2, 2002 |
Canadian Navy – Are the Upholder-class submarines lemons?
- Daily News:
">British ’sold us lemons’ – military analyst – Military experts disagree on subs’ value
US Navy – The US will forward-base 3 nuclear attack submarines on Guam.
US Navy – The USS Ohio begins her conversion to a cruise missile equipped submarine.
Spanish Navy – Necropsies suggest that the whales beached recently in the Canary Islands during a NATO exercise died from ear and brain trauma, possibly from sonar.
- Los Angeles Times: Sonar Tests a Likely Link to Whale Deaths
US Navy – Miscellaneous US Navy aviation news including updates on Osprey testing.
- Sea Power: Osprey Test Program Continues
Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan on what the true state of the Iraqi army is.
- StrategyPage: Iraq’s Army Aging Badly
Background – Iraq – William Arkin on how the media is overplaying Iraq’s strengths.
- Washington Post Dot Mil: Return of the Chapstick Syndrome
Tuesday, October 1, 2002 |
Royal Navy – The UK announces the purchase of 150 Joint Strike Fighters. These will be the STOVL version and will operate from the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers which will not be equipped initially with catapults or arresting wires, although they may be retrofitted for these if needed.
- BBC: UK to buy 150 fighter planes
- United Press International: Analysis: Britain to build new carriers
- Daily Telegraph: MoD orders £13bn carriers and jets
US Navy – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, in the Gulf.
- San Diego Union Tribune: U.S. carrier in Gulf poised for any Iraq attack
Chinese Navy – Putting the Chinese Navy’s around the world cruise in perspective, several analysts give their insights into what China is up to, navally.
Royal Australian Navy – Fishing pirates raid Australia’s fishing zones, Australia is helpless to stop them.
- ABC: Poaching problem in Australia’s southern ocean
- Reuters: Reuters
Omani Navy – Oman and Pakistan are exercising together.
Singaporean Navy – Singapore and Malaysia are exercising together.
- The Straits Times: Joint naval exercise
US Navy – The American military presence in Djibouti grows.
- Associated Press: U.S. Military Grows in Djibouti
Canadian Navy – Canada is considering leasing its future support and transport ships.
- Halifax Herald: Navy Looks at Leasing Ships
US Coast Guard – New Integrated Coast Guard Systems venture team wins largest Coast Guard procurement program ever.
Background – Iraq – An excellent overview, by Robert Kaplan, of what would await the US in a post-Saddam Iraq. Call this the optimist’s view???
- The Atlantic: A Post-Saddam Scenario
Monday, September 30, 2002 |
Canadian Navy – A Canadian submarine crew – mutinies?
US Navy – The USS Abraham Lincoln and USS George Washington are the two carrier battlegroups currently in the Gulf, the USS George Washington will be replaced (or suplemented) by the USS Harry Truman battlegroup in November. Meanwhile, rumors have begun that the attack will begin in November???
- Associated Press: U.S. Forces Building Up Around Iraq
- The Sunday Times: Strike Date Set For November 28, US Sources Say
History – Did the British Admiralty play a role in undermining British seapower after World War I?
- Naval War College Review: Another Look at History
Background – Iraq – An excellent overview, by James Fallows, of what would await the US in a post-Saddam Iraq. Call this the pessimist’s view???Recommended video rental: The Three Kings
Sunday, September 29, 2002 |
Taiwanese Navy – The US is said to be reconsidering its decision to not sell Aegis-equipped destroyers to Taiwan.
- Agence France-Presse: US ‘to arm Taiwan with Aegis destroyers’
US Navy – An essay that reviews why the doctrine of forward presence is a drag upon the US Navy.
- Naval War College Review: Tyranny of Forward Presence
Background – US Strategy – Is the new US National Security Strategy such a radical change afterall?
- The Economist: Unprecedented power, colliding ambitions
Saturday, September 28, 2002 |
Canadian Navy – How Canada is patroling in the Gulf of Oman for terrorists.
- National Post: Canada has led naval search for al-Qaeda
US Navy – More on how the Chinese are upset with the mission of the Bowditch, which has returned to its port upon completion of its survey.
- Reuters: U.S. rejects Chinese criticism of naval survey
- VOA: China, US Disagree on US Navy Ship’s Mission
US Navy – A NATO exercise is being blamed for another incident of whale beachings, in the Canary Islands.
- The Guardian: Nato blamed for dead whales
US Navy – The US is experimenting with UAVs launched from submarines.
- Beyond 2000: Water Wings
Taiwanese Navy – Still no decision over what the design of the new diesel-powered submarines will be. US and Spanish designs are now being proposed.
- Washington Times: Inside the Ring
US Coast Guard – Deepwater could be the model for DOD acquisition programs.
- Sea Power: Innovation + Acquisition = Transformation
Background – War on Terror – An interesting look at the case against the "20th hijacker" – would the war on terror be better served with a plea bargin with him?
- The New Yorker: The Twentieth Man
Friday, September 27, 2002 |
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan launches its first stealth patrol boat.
- Agence France-Presse: Taiwan launches first stealth boat
Indian Navy – The Indian – US naval exercise, Exercise Malabar, has commenced.
- Rediff: Indo-US naval exercise commences
Canadian Navy – The editor of Jane’s Fighting Ships still thinks Canada got a deal on the Upholder-class submarines.
- Halifax Herald: Substantial upside
- Halifax Herald: Sub’s credibilty has taken a dive
US Navy – More on the travails of the oceanographic survey ship USNS Bowditch, with the Chinese in the Yellow Sea.
- Agence France-Presse: US Navy denies collision
US Navy – The Ready Reserve Force cargo ships are being checked to ensure they are ready if needed for use against Iraq.
- Baltimore Sun: America’s mothballed ships prepared for sea
US Navy – Ward Carroll on the disgraceful way Commander Bob Stumpf was treated by his country, and why justice still needs to be done.
- US Naval Institute Proceedings: Justice Still Not Served in Bob Stumpf’s Case
Background – Iraq – John Keegan on why the "light option" may not be the best way to attack Iraq.
Thursday, September 26, 2002 |
Canadian Navy – Life aboard the frigate HMCS St. John’s, in the Gulf of Oman.
- National Post: Canada’s sailors gird for battle
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan is still reluctant to buy the Kidd-class destroyers from the US.
US Marines – US Marines are exercising in Kuwait in Exercise Eager Mace.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Marines go to Kuwait for war game
Royal Navy – The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is augmenting its strategic sealift fleet.
US Navy – More bulking-up of US strategic sealift capabilities.
US Navy – Interview with Real Adm. Donald P. Loren, Deputy Director for Surface Ships, Surface Warfare Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
- Sea Power: Exciting Times for the Surface Navy
Background – Private Submarines – A market is developing for privately owned submarines, for recreational purposes???
Wednesday, September 25, 2002 |
US Marines – Why the MV-22 program needs to succeed.
- Washington Times: The next Crusader
US Navy – The US is preparing the Nimitz, Constellation, and Vinson carrier battlegroups so they can be ready to deploy early if necessary.
- New York Times: U.S. setting forces in motion to prepare for attack on Iraq
US Navy – The US Navy needs to substantially increase its budget for aircraft maintainence.
US Navy – The US Navy is accused by the Department of Defense of deploying weapon systems that have not passed operational tests, including the JSOW and some subsystems of the Super Hornet.
- Associated Press: Pentagon tester questions Navy’s use of 5 systems
- Reuters: Pentagon official says U.S. Navy arms tests insufficient
US Marine Corps – Is seabasing a viable concept for the Marine Corps?
- Marine Corps Gazette: Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Looks at Seabasing
Background – Iraq – The state of Iraq’s biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons programs, according to an official British Government statement issued yesterday.
Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan on what it will take in terms of personnel and money to occupy Iraq.
Background – Caspian Sea – Russia and Azerbaijan agree on borders in the Caspian Sea.
- Radio Free Europe: Caspian: Russia, Azerbaijan Sign Agreement On Sea Boundaries
Tuesday, September 24, 2002 |
US Marines – The fight to save the MV-22 Osprey continues???
- Aviation Week: V-22 Tweaks Eyed
Despite Uncertainties
Russian Navy – More about the depth of the environmental disaster that Russia’s nuclear submarine fleet poses???
US Navy – How the loss of the Vieques training range is spurring the US to create innovative replacements.
Chinese Navy – A Chinese task force completes its circumnavigation of the globe.
- The Straits Times: China naval ships end world voyage
US Navy – The US is exploring ways to send the USS John Stennis battlegroup back to the Gulf much sooner than would be expected.
- Associated Press: Navy looks to speed up readiness for San Diego-based carrier
NAVINT – Anthony Preston’s summary of naval news from abroad including news on the navies of France, United Kingdom, Russia, and Thailand.
- Sea Power: Naval Aspects of the Farnborough Air Show
Monday, September 23, 2002 |
US Navy – The USS Bowditch, a Navy ocean survey ship that is currently conducting research work off the coast of northern China in the Yellow Sea, is being harrassed by Chinese forces. It’s mission is to assert the US Navy’s right to freedom of navigation in international waters.
- Washington Times: Inside the Ring
US Navy – A description of the types of mission being performed by US Navy SEALS in Afghanistan, and how the SOF-centric nature of the war on terror is changing the command and control structure for special forces.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Commandos calling the shots
US Navy – The US is decommisioning all of its Sprunance-class destroyers.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Destroyer destined for Navy’s mothball fleet
Canadian Navy – Canada’s commando unit JTF2 is being trained to handle maritime missions.
- Ottawa Citizen: JTF2 readies for naval battle
Royal Australian Navy – A new way to protect against magnetic mines.
- Sydney Morning Herald: One way to avoid being a ship magnet
Background – Iraq – Thomas Ricks describes the current war plan against Iraq and how it will target Saddam Hussein’s leadership.
- Washington Post: War Plans Target Hussein Power Base
Background – War Gaming – Another look at how Millenium Challenge robbed US forces of useful lessons.
- Washington Post: Military Overkill Defeats Virtual War
Friday, September 20, 2002 |
NOSI will not be updated again until next Monday. So, I’ve added some additional reading material today to tide you over the weekend.
US Navy – The USS Nimitz is taking a port call in Victoria, Canada.
- Toronto Globe and Mail: Huge U.S. warship anchors off Victoria
Background – Iraq – William Arkin describes the important role that JDAM will play in a war with Iraq???and how the current shortage of JDAMs will affect war planning.
- Washington Post Dot Mil: The Smart Bomb That Is Shaping U.S. Iraq Strategy
Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan on what an attack on Iraq may look like???and what tricks the US may try.
- Strategy Page: Invading Iraq, When and How
History – Two interesting essays that debate: is America the new Roman Empire or the new British Empire — and what role does the US Navy play in this empire?
- The Guardian: Rome, AD ??? Rome, DC?
- The Guardian: What Britannia taught Bush
US Marines – A fascinating series of 4 articles by a US Army officer that uses military science fiction novels to try to discern what the army of the future should look like, in an organizational sense. Substitute "Marine Corps" for army, and you’ll enjoy the articles even more. Seems that the author feels the US Army should be organized more along the lines of the British army’s regimental system???how could the Marines be organized along this system as well?
- Strategy Page: Military Science Fiction and the Army Transformation
Background – Army Transformation – A detailed look at the organization and firepower of the new US Army Interim Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs) – what their flaws are and how they can be improved. The lessons learned here are certainly applicable to US Marine infantry units, which like the IBCTs can be seen to be a form of motorized infantry.
- StrategyPage: ">The Evolution and Relative Effectiveness of the Interim Brigade Combat Team
- StrategyPage: Medium Brigade Flaws, and the Cure: The IBCT Revisited
???see you on Monday with more naval news???
Thursday, September 19, 2002 |
Military Sealift Command – More shipping is being sought to carry supplies to the Gulf.
US Navy – The amphibious assault ship USS Belleau Wood is stationed off the Horn of Africa, ready to assist special operations forces operations in Yemen and Somalia — in effect reprising the role that the USS Kitty Hawk played last year.
- Washington Post: Pentagon Plans Shift in War on Terror
Royal Navy – The British base at Diego Garcia will be modified to allow the permanent basing of B-2 aircraft.
Background – Wargaming – The US says Millenium Challenge showed the power of effects-based operations.
- Virginian Pilot: Military
Generals say war game blazed new trails
- Washington Post: Criticism of War Game Rejected
US Navy – How the US Navy’s submarine force is a transformational force.
- Sea Power: The Leading Edge of Transformation
Background – Iraq – Victor Davis Hanson on how the US must be patient but resolute about taking care of Saddam.
- Wall Street Journal: Finish the War
Wednesday, September 18, 2002 |
Russian Navy – Decommissioned and decaying Russian submarines pose a severe environmental hazard.
- The Guardian: Russia says its rusting fleet could poison Arctic
- Associated Press: Nuclear Official Frets Over Spent Sub Fuel
US Navy – Fleet Battle Experiment-Juliet was the US Navy’s part of Millenium Challenge 02. One of the key focus areas was to assess and evaluate the potential for very fast, small platforms to undertake a variety of missions using modular sensor and weapon suites.
- Jane’s: Fast forward to the future
Background – Satellite Reconaissane – A nice concise summary of US overhead imagery and signals intelligence assets.
Tuesday, September 17, 2002 |
Background – Iraq – More on battlefield preparation, including increased naval traffic through Gibraltar.
- Daily Telegraph: US admits change of targets in Iraq no-fly zone
Canadian Navy – The frigate HMCS Winnipeg deploys for the Gulf.
- Canadian Press: HMCS Winnipeg leaves to join Operation Apollo in Arabian Gulf
South Korean Navy – South Korea is constructing two amphibious landing ships.
- JoongAngIlbo: Navy will purchase two landing ships
US Navy – A design for a new unmanned underwater vehicle.
- Popular Science: A prototype UUV points the way to a stealthier submarine technology.
Background – Iraq – William Arkin on why war with Iraq is inevitable.
- Los Angeles Times: Why a War With Iraq Is Inevitable
Monday, September 16, 2002 |
Royal Marines – The SBS is being placed on the same level as the SAS.
- Daily Telegraph: Navy special force to have its profile raised to SAS level
US Marines – US Marines are exercising with the Peruvian Navy.
- Associated Press: Marines prepare Peruvian exercise
French Navy – The French claim they will build a second aircraft carrier.
- The Scotsman: France seeks British help on new carrier
US Marine Corps – The short takeoff and vertical landing F-35B would be the perfect Marine Corps aircraft.
- US Naval Institute Proceedings: A Leatherneck JSF Is Just Right
Sunday, September 15, 2002 |
US Navy – The US tries to develop a unified plan for US Navy and US Marine aviation.
Background – Logistics Support – Boeing considers constructing a "wing in ground" vehicle, for use as a high speed cargo carrier.
US Coast Guard – An interview with Rear Adm. Patrick M. Stillman, PEO for the Integrated Deepwater System.
- Sea Power: A Performance-based System of Systems
Saturday, September 14, 2002 |
US Coast Guard – A Liberian-flagged ship is being closely inspected after being found to have low traces of radiation on it.
Royal Marines and Royal Navy – More details on how the UK will contribute to the invasion of Iraq.
- Daily Telegraph: Britain to fight Saddam on three fronts
- BBC: What can Britain do in Iraq?
- The Independent: Britain sends troops to Qatar as military build-up continues
Russian Navy – Russia was unsuccessful in its attempt to destroy the Kursk’s bow section on the seabed.
US Marines – How can US Marines be used to aid Special Operations Command?
- Washington Times: Inside the Ring
Background – Spratly Islands – China may sign a code of conduct for behavior in the Spratley Islands.
- Agence France Presse: China willing to sign Spratlys code, says Philippines
Background – Iraq – More on how the battlefield is being prepped in Iraq.
- Washington Post: The Insiders’ Iraq
Background – Transformation – A look back at an essay from 10 years ago by then Lt. Col Andrew Krepinevich, and how it laid the road map for military transformation???.
- Washington Post:
Billions, and It Can’t Make Change
???and an essay by Andrew Krepinevich from yesterday in which he delineates how far we have to go on that road???
- Wall Street Journal: A New War Demands a New Military
Friday, September 13, 2002 |
Royal Navy and Royal Marines – The UK begins to mobilize its forces for action against Iraq. HMS Ark Royal and HMS Ocean are involved.
- Daily Telegraph: British troops head for Iraq war
US Navy – USS George Washington hands off to the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf.
- Virginian Pilot: Carrier Washington observes anniversary, ready for war
Background- Wargaming – James F. Dunnigan’s take on Millenium Challenge 02 – The US military hasn’t a clue on how to effectively use wargames.
- Strategy Page: Wargames for Bureaucrats
Thursday, September 12, 2002 |
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan has raised the suspected North Korean spy ship from the sea bed to learn more about it.
US Navy – Miscellaneous US Navy news, including updates on the Seabee reorganization and Super Hornet basing options.
Background – Intelligence – James Bamford on how signals intelligence is failing us in the war on terror.
- New York Times: Eyes in the Sky, Ears to the Wall, and Still Wanting
Wednesday, September 11, 2002 |
US Navy – On the anniversary of 9/11, the US service chiefs talk candidly about the lessons their services have learned from the war on terror.
- New York Times: Service Chiefs Say Afghan Battle Will Help Military Get Smarter, Stronger and Faster
Russian Navy – Russia blows up the remaining bow portions of the Kursk left on the seabed.
US Navy – How the US will be able to attack Iraq with a shorter buildup than in 1991.
- Los Angeles Times: Military Quietly Poised for Iraq
– Strategy: U.S. forces positioned around the Mideast could deploy in as little as two months, much faster than during Desert Shield.
French Navy – France will be conducting naval exercises with Angola.
- Angola Press Agency: French Navy Vessel Expected
Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan analyses the reasons why Arab countries have such poorly performing armed forces.
- StrategyPage: Why Arabs Lose Wars
Tuesday, September 10, 2002 |
Canadian Navy – The frigate HMCS Montreal sails for the Gulf.
- The Globe and Mail: HMCS Montreal departs Halifax for Arabian Sea
Phillipine Marines – Phillipine Marines are operating against guerillas in the Phillipines.
- Bangkok Post: Marines to battle Abu Sayyaf
US Navy – A detailed description of the conversion of 4 Trident-class ballistic missile submarines to guided missile submarines (SSGNs).
- Sea Power: SSGN Conversions Set for October Start
Monday, September 9, 2002 |
Iraqi Navy – The US Air Force has struck Iraqi Silkworm surface to surface missile sites so they cannot be used to attack US supplies being shipped to Kuwait via sea.
- Daily Telegraph: US aircraft strike at missile base
Canadian Navy – The emergency breathing system on the new Canadian submarines does not meet environmental standards.
- The Toronto Star: Air quality at issue on new subs: Report
Background – Antigravity Research and Black Programs – Something out of the ordinary. An interview with Jane’s Defense Weekly journalist Nick Cook, who has published a book in which he states Nazi Germany had developed aircraft that used antigravity propulsion systems???and that this technology is most likely in the hands of the US and exists in black programs. Read on???
- The Atlantic: Into the Black
Sunday, September 8, 2002 |
US Marines – Background information on the new Commandant of the Marine Corps.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Pendleton’s Hagee seen as crossroads commandant
US Navy – US Navy ships will start flying the "First Navy Jack."
- Virginian Pilot: Ships to start flying ”Don’t Tread On Me” flag Sept. 11
US Marines – Rumors that a Marine Expeditionary Force, of division strength, is to move to the Gulf.
- The Observer: US pours arms into Gulf region
History – U.S. Navy celebrates the centennial of its destroyer force.
- Sea Power: From Bainbridge to Arleigh Burke
Saturday, September 7, 2002 |
US Navy – Aircraft from the USS George Washington have participated in the most recent strike on Iraq.
Indian Navy – India will soon receive 3 more Krivak-class frigates.
- The Hindu: Navy to acquire Krivack class frigate soon
Indian Navy – An overview of this month’s exercise between India and the US.
- The Hindu: Indo-US naval exercise in September
US Navy – Inside the Basic Enlisted Submarine School (BESS).
- Sea Power: The Quest for Silver Dolphins
Background – Wargaming – More on Exercise Millenium Challenge 02, including an interview with the Marine General commanding the Red forces and how he defeated the Blue forces.
- The Guardian: Wake-up call
Friday, September 6, 2002 |
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – The presumed North Korean spy ship has turned away from Japan and headed back towards Korea.
- Daily Yomiuri: ‘Spy’ ship’s gambit a mystery
US Coast Guard – How the events of September 11 have changed the US Coast Guard.
- US Naval Institute Proceedings: Constancy Amid Great Change
Thursday, September 5, 2002 |
Indian Navy – India and Indonesia begin joint patrols of the Andaman Sea to fight piracy.
- The Hindu: India, Indonesia begin joint patrolling
- Jakarta Post: India, RI begin joint naval patrols
Phillipine Navy – Two Phillipine patrol aircraft overflying the Spratly Islands were fired on by Vietnamese forces.
- Business World: Vietnamese forces fire at PAF planes patrolling Spratlys
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan is shadowing another mystery ship – possibly a North Korean spy ship – off its coast.
Military Sealift Command – More US arms are being prepositioned in the Middle East.
US Navy – The Trident-class ballistic missile submarines are being steadily modernized.
- Sea Power: Trident II D5 Backfits
Background – War on Terrorism – An interview with Secretary of Defense Rumsfield on the next steps in the war on terrorism.
- New York Times: Rumsfeld’s Search for a Way to Fight a New Type of Foe
Wednesday, September 4, 2002 |
US Navy – The captain of the USS Kitty Hawk has been relieved of his command.
- BBC: US carrier captain sacked in Japan
- Associated Press: Carrier’s skipper relieved, transferred to San Diego
Royal Navy – HMS Ark Royal is deploying with Merlin helicopters.
US Navy – A critical look by James Dunnigan on the number of nuclear attack submarines in the US Navy.
- StrategyPage: Lost at Sea
Background – War on Terrorism – William Arkin reflects on what the US has accomplished since 9/11/01.
- Washington Post Dot Mil: War Grows Up
Tuesday, September 3, 2002 |
Royal Navy – The current disposition of the Royal Navy as HMS Ark Royal sets sail for exercises in the Mediterranean.
- The Times: British military awaits clarion call
US Coast Guard – Aboard the patrol craft USS Typhoon, an illustration of how the Coast Guard is fighting terrorism at sea.
- Associated Press: Terrorism fight hits the high seas
US Navy – How network-centric warfare can be conducted under the sea.
- Sea Power: Transforming the Undersea Battlespace.
Background – Pakistan – Arnaud de Borchgrave on why Pakistan is the new Afghanistan, and how Pakistan is still at great risk of descending into chaos.
- Washington Times: The new Afghanistan
Background – Iraq – Thomas Friedman on what will be needed to rebuild Iraq.
- New York Times: Remaking Iraq looks like a tall order
Monday, September 2, 2002 |
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan is developing its own antiship cruise missiles.
- Associated Press: Taiwan developing cruise missiles says report
US Navy – The US is not building a shipyard in Indonesia after all???
- The Strait Times: US plan for naval dock in Sulawesi dismissed
US Navy – The USS Wasp amphibious ready group has returned from the Gulf.
- Virginian Pilot: Wasp group returns home from war duty
US Coast Guard – In the Arctic aboard the icebreak Healy.
- Associated Press: Arctic mission measures signs of climate change
- USA Today: Scientists struggle to learn Arctic Ocean’s Secrets
Background – Iraq – William Arkin on how "effects based" targeting may be used against Iraq to topple Saddam, in a similar way to how it was used in Yugoslavia to topple Milosevic.
- Los Angeles Times: Mapping the Minds in Iraq’s Regime
Sunday, September 1, 2002 |
US Navy – The US is building a naval dockyard and repair facilty in Bitung, Indonesia.
- Jakarta Post: U.S. to build naval docking facility in Bitung
Background – The Nation State – A review of four books that evaluate whether the nation state is in decline, and the implications for naval forces.
- Naval War College Review: Is this the end of the nation state?
Saturday, August 31, 2002 |
Indian Navy – Another Indian Kilo-class submarine is being overhauled in Russia.
US Navy – The Office of Naval Research is heading up the
Autonomous Intelligent Network and Systems (AINS), a program that aims to create
an operational drone army by the year 2020.
- Wired:
The Drone Armies Are Coming
US Navy – What are the signs that the US is preparing to move against Iraq?
- Financial Times: Long war build-up is more about politics than logistics
US Coast Guard – Deepwater will bring the Coast Guard into the present, technologically.
Friday, August 30, 2002 |
US Marines – Some Afghanistan lessons learned from the Marines.
- Associated Press: Marine Generals Assess Performance
Russian Navy – More details about the Kurk’s sinking emerge from inside Russia.
- Washington Post: Report Shows Sloppiness May Be to Blame in Kursk Accident
- Moscow Times: Kursk Probe Shows Navy’s Negligence
US Navy – Why leadership still matters???
- US Naval Institute Proceedings: Leadership is More Valuable Than Technology
Thursday, August 29, 2002 |
Israeli Navy – Israel is using its navy to try to stop smuggling into the Gaza Strip by sea.
Taiwanese Marines – With Taiwan’s marines on exercises.
- Taipei Times: Media get to see Marines in action
US Coast Guard – The Coast Guard prepares to modernize its maritime distress and response system.
- Sea Power: A Continuing Role as America’s Livesaver
Wednesday, August 28, 2002 |
US Navy – Every US submarine is being equipped with a videogame console, courtesy of a videogame trade association.
US Marine Corps – How command and control networks are being transformed to command, control, communications and computer networks.
- Marine Corps Gazette: Transforming Marine Corps C4
Tuesday, August 27, 2002 |
US Navy – An indepth look at the new MH-60 helicopter and what it can do.
- Virginian Pilot: MH-60: The ”Ferrari” of helos
Russian Navy – President Putin vows to improve Russia’s navy.
- Associated Press: Navy Conditions Concerns Russia
US Coast Guard – Drug running go-fast boats are "grapes" for USCG’s new helicopter squadron.
- Sea Power: Coast Guard HITRON
Monday, August 26, 2002 |
Chinese Navy – A review and synthesis of several recent books about the Chinese Navy that cover its past and its possible future – and how the two are deeply intertwined.
- Naval War College Review: China’s New Imperial Navy
Sunday, August 25, 2002 |
Pakistani Navy – Pakistan launched its Agosta 90B submarine, and announced it will build four F-22 Chinese frigates with assistance from China.
- The Hindu: Pak. to build 4 warships with Chinese assistance
- Pakistan News Service: Pakistan launched indigenously made submarine
Singapore Navy – Singapore’s second submarine is operational.
- The Straits Times: Second submarine up and running
Indonesia Navy – Indonesia is conducting its first naval exercises since 1996.
Background – Aircraft Carriers – Why the aircraft carrier is still important.
- The Straits Times: Aircraft carrier still master of the sea
US Navy – The CH-46 Sea Knight fleet is flying again after a temporary grounding.
- Associated Press: Sea Knight Fleet Resumes Flying
US Navy – The USS Abraham Lincoln makes a port call in Hong Kong.
- The Hindu: US aircraft carrier to visit Hong Kong
History – Battle of Savo Island – A look at one of the US Navy’s worst defeats, from an officer who was there.
- Naval History: Savo Island – the Worst Defeat
Saturday, August 24, 2002 |
US Navy – The US says Exercise Millennium Challenge *was* an extremely useful exercise.
- Virginian Pilot: Controversial war game improved warriors
Background – Iran – An excellent essay by Robert Kaplan on what one possible lawless future for Iran may look like.
- The Atlantic: A Bazaari’s World
Friday, August 23, 2002 |
US Marines – The Marines are learning just how hard urban combat can be in realistic training scenarios.
- Wall Street Journal: Marines learn urban combat
US Marines – The Commandant of the Marine Corps on lessons learned from Afghanistan.
- Washington Times: Afghanistan lessons don’t apply to Iraq, general says
NAVINT – Anthony Preston’s miscellaneous naval news from the UK, Australia, Chile, France, Sri Lanka, and Japan.
Thursday, August 22, 2002 |
Russian Navy – What did Russia’s recent naval wargames in the Caspian Sea actually achieve?
- Radio Free Europe: Caspian: Results Of Russian War Games Still A Mystery
Background – Wargaming – The Pentagon answers the acusations that Millenium Challenge 02 was fixed.
- Virginian Pilot: Pentagon leaders defend war game
Background – Wargaming – How the US military is utilizing computer-based wargaming more and more.
Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan nicely summarizes the reasons for and against invading Iraq.
- StrategyPage: Invading Iraq For All The Wrong Reasons
Background – Russia – Does Russia really know what it is doing in arming China?
- Moscow Times: Arming China Makes U.S. Nervous
US Navy – How the US Navy hospital ships Comfort and Mercy could be better utilized.
- US Naval Institute Proceedings: Counter the Violence with Comfort and Mercy
Wednesday, August 21, 2002 |
Indian Navy – An Indian task force is making a port call in Singapore.
- The Straits Times: Three Indian navy ships here on visit
US Navy – The cockpit design of the Joint Strike Fighter is being fine-tuned.
- Aviation Week: F-35 Cockpit Targets Information Integration
US Coast Guard – The new Coast Guard commandant focuses on Readiness, People, Stewardship.
- Sea Power: Charting a New Course for the 21st Century
Background – Alliances – David Isby on why the alliances are key to the US’s success in the war on terrorism, and why we must do more to form them and aid them.
- Washington Times: Brothers in Arms
Tuesday, August 20, 2002 |
Royal Navy – The UK is coming close to deciding on what type of aircraft carrier they would like to build and what type of aircraft they would like to fly from it.
- Jane’s: Carrier Countdown
US Marine Corps – The crucial role that intelligence played in establishing and operating Camp Rhino inside Afghanistan.
- Marine Corps Gazette: A New Operating Environment
Monday, August 19, 2002 |
Royal Australian Navy – Australia has commissioned its fourth Anzac-class frigate.
- Australian Associated Press: Latest warship commissioned
Canadian Navy – The frigate HMCS Ottawa returns home after 6 months in the Arabian Sea.
US Coast Guard – Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Teams gear up for homeland-security mission.
- Sea Power: The Goal-Line Defense Paradigm
Background – Nation-Building – A fascinating look at how US Special Forces are conducting nation-building inside Afghanistan. An interesting quote from Afghanis: "Only America puts its peacekeepers in the sky???"
- New York Times Magazine: Nation-Building Lite
Sunday, August 18, 2002 |
Royal Marines – A review of 45 Commando’s deployment to Afghanistan.
Background – UK – Why the British military has concerns about attacking Iraq.
- The Economist: Windy Soldiers
Background – Wargaming – More by William Arkin on what exactly Millenium Challenge was supposed to be simulating.
Background – Wargaming – Was Millenium Challenge 02 rigged?
- Virginian Pilot: War game was rigged, ”enemy” commander charges
Indian Navy – An excellent review of the history and current operations of the Indian Navy.
- Naval War College Review: The Indian End of the Telescope
Saturday, August 17, 2002 |
US Navy – The USS Abraham Lincoln makes a port call in Japan, an unusual event for a nuclear-powered carrier.
- Ashai Shimbum: Nuke-powered carrier calls on Sasebo
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan will spend 50% of its defense budget in the future on upgrading its navy with Kidd-class destroyers, submarines, P-3 Orions and MH-53 helicopters.
- Taipei Times: Navy pushed to the front lines of defense spending
Royal Navy – The Astute submarine program has fallen 18 months behind schedule.
US Navy – How the Chief of Naval Operations is turning the US Navy around.
- Virginian Pilot: At the top, still learning
US Coast Guard – The reinforced importance of port security to the US Coast Guard.
- Sea Power: Port Security–A Mission Renewed
Friday, August 16, 2002 |
Pakistani Navy – Pakistan is interested in exporting Agosta-class submarines, now that it has learned how to build them.
US Navy – What the US Navy of 2020 could look like???according to participants at a conference sponsored by the Office for Naval Research.
US Navy – The Military Sealift Command is chartering sealift to take arms to the Middle East.
Royal Navy – The cargo ship hijacked off Somali is now said to be North Korean, rather than British.
- Agence France-Presse: Pirates seek $1.8m for ship, crew
Background – Iran – An excellent essay by a Naval War College professor, with many insights into the current state of Iran and Iranians after a visit there in 2001.
- Naval War College Review: Letter From Iran
Thursday, August 15, 2002 |
US Marine Corps – Miscellaneous aviation notes, including how Marine Corp and Navy air may be integrated.
- Sea Power: Osprey Program Restructured
Wednesday, August 14, 2002 |
US Navy – More on the recently completed wargame Millenium Challenge 2002.
- Boston Globe: US takes new tack in war games
Background – Iran – An overview of the current situation in Iran and why the future of Iran is crucial to peace in the Middle East and to success in the war on terrorism.
- The Atlantic: Iran on the Brink
Tuesday, August 13, 2002 |
US Marines – The Marines are looking to replace the M16A2 assault rifle.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Marines set sights on new basic rifle
US Navy – The US came very close to losing the submarine USS Dolphin.
- San Diego Union Tribune: Report: Sub came close to sinking
US Navy – The USS John F Kennedy will soon be home.
- Associated Press: USS Kennedy Battle Group Returning
US Navy – More on the new rules of engagement the US Navy is seeking for boarding ships at sea.
- Associated Press: US may seek power to stop ships abroad
US Navy – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
- Sea Power: The Real Thing
Monday, August 12, 2002 |
Royal Navy – HMS Cumberland is searching off of Somalia for a British-flagged tanker which has been said to have been hijacked.
US Marine Corps – Where and how expeditionary warfare is taught to Marines.
- Marine Corps Gazette: Expeditionary Warfare School: The Schoolhouse for Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare
Sunday, August 11, 2002 |
Royal Navy – The captain of HMS Nottingham, which ran aground off of Australia, will be rewarded for helping to save the ship.
- Daily Telegraph: Commander ‘who ran aground’ revealed to be ship’s saviour
US Navy – Exercise Millenium Challenge 02 is over.
- Virginian Pilot: Elaborate special-operations war game wraps up
History – US Marines – Another look at the Battle for Guadalcanal.
Saturday, August 10, 2002 |
US Navy – An interview with the Secretary of the Navy
- Virginian Pilot: Q&A: Navy leader says job is ”not fun” after 9/11
Background – Russia – How Russia may attempt to extend its sphere of influence in the future.
- Jane’s: Russia’s sphere of influence
Background – Information Warfare – High Power Microwave weapons, designed to attack electronic systems, may be ready for use against Iraq.
- New Scientist: "E-Bomb" may see first combat use against Iraq
Friday, August 9, 2002 |
US Navy – The US is evaluating the Norwegian patrol boat Skjold this summer.
Indian Navy – India will resume exercises with the US Navy in the fall.
US Navy – The US is looking for more partners to contribute escort vessels to fight the war on piracy.
- The Straits Times: US seeks more escort vessels for its ships
NAVINT – Anthony Preston’s miscellaneous naval news from Australia, Indonesia, Brunei, Iran, Kuwait, Norway and India.
Thursday, August 8, 2002 |
Taiwanese Navy – To placate China, Taiwan cancels an antisubmarine exercise.
Russian Navy – Russia is beginning naval exercises in the Caspian Sea.
- Radio Free Europe: Russia: Are Moscow’s War Games In Caspian Muscle Flexing?
US Navy – The US Navy is being sued over its deployment of low frequency active sonar.
Background – Iraq – Sir John Keegan on why an attack on Iraq must use all available military forces.
- Daily Telegraph: A ‘light’ war won’t work in Iraq
Background – Iraq and Wargaming – William Arkin on how a wargame previously covered here, Millennium Challenge 02, is in reality a wargame for testing different strategies to use against Iraq. The overall theme is to demonstrate the capability to conduct "rapid decisive operations" – that is the use of a much wider range of government resources – diplomatic, economic, covert – and the power to employ the most appropriate of those forces to achieve a desired political or military outcome rather than a level of destruction of the enemy.
- Washington Post Dot Mil: Meet Country X -
An Innovative Pentagon War Game Fine Tunes a U.S. Attack on Iraq
Wednesday, August 7, 2002 |
Indian Navy – India’s new Krivak-class guided missile frigates will be delivered by the end of the year.
- Hindustan Times: Stealth frigates to be delivered to India by year end
Royal Navy – A list of Royal Navy ships that could be used against Iraq in the near future.
- The Times: MoD needs decision ‘within weeks’
Russian Navy – Although Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plan on joining NATO, Russia intends to maintain a strong naval presence in the Baltic Sea.
Meanwhile, the aircraft carrier Kuznetsov is said to be in drydock until 2004, due to problems with its engines. Its airwing has been training in the Ukraine at an airfield the simulates the carrier’s deck.
- The Moscow Times: Saber-Rattling No Solution
US Coast Guard – A look at how the Coast Guard is balancing its new home defense mission with its other traditional roles.
- Christian Science Monitor: Coast Guard cuts new path in terror war
US Navy – How P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft have been used in the war on terror.
- Sea Power: Navy P-3 Operations in the War on Terrorism
Tuesday, August 6, 2002 |
Royal Navy – The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal will soon deploy to the Mediterranean Sea.
Royal Navy – HMS Nottingham begins its journey back to Australia.
South Korean Navy – South Korea is salvaging its warship that was sunk by North Korea in June.
Thai Navy – Thailand’s new navy chief says he will not push for the acquisition of submarines.
- Bangkok Post: New chief won’t seek subs
Background – Saudi Arabia – Thomas Ricks on how the US government may be warming to the idea that the Saudi’s are at the root of many of the US’s troubles.
- Washington Post: Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies
History – An entertaining article on how the US National Park Service is attempting to preserve and present Cold War artifacts – namely missile silos.
- Washington Post: Rethinking the Unthinkable
Monday, August 5, 2002 |
Background – Special Operations – William Arkin on the future of US special operations – as hoped for by Special Operations Command.
- Los Angeles Times: Dressed–and Equipped–to Kill
US Navy – Naval lessons learned in Afghanistan.
- US Naval Institute Proceedings: What Can We Learn from Enduring Freedom?
Sunday, August 4, 2002 |
Japanese Coast Guard – Japan is forming an organization of volunteer coastwatchers to look for environmental accidents, suspicious incidents and terrorists.
- Daily Yomiuri: 100,000 volunteers to watch coast
History – Beira patrol – A review of Britain’s naval blockade of the newly independent state of Rhodesia from 1966-1975, and what lessons may be drawn from it for current and future UN naval blockade operations.
- Naval War College Review: The Beira Patrol: Britainís Broken Blockade against Rhodesia
Background – War on Terrorism – Why the war on terror is lagging behind in South-East Asia.
- Economist: The elusive enemy
Saturday, August 3, 2002 |
US Navy – Thomas Ricks on how it is being proposed that SEALs become more aggressive in boarding and searching suspicious vessels around the world.
- Washington Post: Aggressive New Tactics Proposed for Terror War
US Navy – How the Joint Strike Fighter is transformational.
- Sea Power: Transformation vs. Tradition
Friday, August 2, 2002 |
Russian Navy – What questions about the Kursk have been left unanswered by the final report?
Background – Intelligence – An excellent Power Point brief on the naval intelligence lessons learned to date in Operation Enduring Freedom.
- Naval Intelligence Professionals: Operation Enduring Freedom – Intelligence Lessons Learned – An Unofficial Quick Look
Thursday, August 1, 2002 |
Royal Navy – England will sink two Type-22 frigates it cannot find buyers for.
- Reuters: Navy to blow up two of its own ships
US Navy – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, with her F/A-18E squadrons.
- Los Angeles Times: Navy’s New Hornet Carries a Bigger Sting Than Predecessor
Background – Iraq – Thomas Ricks on the US military’s reservations over invading Iraq.
- Washington Post: Generals, Officials Are Split Over Iraq
US Navy – More on the Gold Team’s design for the DD(X).
Wednesday, July 31, 2002 |
Argentine Navy – Argentina has given up in its attempt to rescue a German ship trapped in Antarctica.
Taiwanese Navy – More about the negotiations between Taiwan and the US over diesel submarine acquisition.
- Associated Press: Taiwan submarine deal in doubt
- Reuters: Taiwan Says Politics Complicates U.S. Sub Deal
Background – Iran – Reuel Marc Gerecht on how Iran is now ripe for a democratic revolution to replace its corrupt theocracy.
- Weekly Standard: Regime Change in Iran?
Tuesday, July 30, 2002 |
Taiwanese Navy – Negotiations over submarines being supplied to Taiwan get down to brass tacks.
- Ha’aretz: Israel could take part in U.S.-Taiwan submarine deal
- Taipei Times: Navy wraps up week-long sub talks
Royal Navy – HMS Cumberland will be exercising with the Pakistani Navy.
- The News International: Pakistan keen to buy second-hand warships: UK
Canadian Navy – Canada will exercise in the Arctic for the first time in 13 years, in Exercise Narwhal Ranger, to assert its sovereignty over the region.
- Halifax Herald: Navy to show flag in Arctic
Background – Iraq – Is the US considering a third-generation warfare plan for attacking Iraq?
- New York Times: U.S. Exploring Baghdad Strike as Iraq Option
US Marines – An update on the MV-22 Osprey flight test program.
- Sea Power: Everything Will Be Evaluated
Monday, July 29, 2002 |
US Navy – UN sanctions against Iraq are going to be more stringently enforced at sea.
- Associated Press: Intercepts of Iraqi Vessels Widened
US Marines – A review of non-lethal weapons currently under development.
- Time: Beyond the Rubber Bullet
US Merchant Marine – A thorough review of what ails the US Merchant Marine.
Sunday, July 28, 2002 |
NATO – NATO’s biennial humanitarian disaster relief exercise utilizing naval forces, Co-operative Safeguard (CS02), took place last month. There is an extensive photo gallery that goes with this story.
Background – 4th Generation Warfare – Another excellent introduction to 4th Generation Warfare, in Adobe Acrobat format.
- Defense and the National Interest: Fourth Generation Warfare
Saturday, July 27, 2002 |
Russian Navy – The final word on the Kursk, from the Russian government.
US Navy – More on the F/A-18 E Super Hornet’s first operational deployment on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
- San Diego Union Tribune: All-in-one Super Hornet flies off to test its sea legs
US Marines – Will Marine Expeditionary Units be transformed into Expeditionary Strike Groups?
- Washington Times: Inside the Ring
Background – Collateral Damage – Ralph Peters on why we should not apologize for collateral damage in Afghanistan.
- Wall Street Journal: Don’t apologize for civilian casualties
Friday, July 26, 2002 |
US Navy – The US is being sued to stop testing of sonars in its Littoral Warfare Advanced Development program.
Background – Afghanistan – More lessons learned to date in trying to fight a 4th generation warfare adversary with 2nd generation warfare tactics.
- Defense and the National Interest: Captured by the One-Eyed Cyclops
Thursday, July 25, 2002 |
Argentinean Navy – The Argentine icebreaker and the polar supply ship it is rescuing are both trapped in the ice.
South Korean Navy – South Korea will purchase the Aegis weapons system for use on a new class of destroyers.
- Associated Press: South Korea to Buy U.S. Weapons
US Navy – US submarines are being outfitted with new personal escape gear.
- Virginian Pilot: Equipment improves sub sailors’ chances of rescue
US Navy – The large wargame Millennium Challenge 2002 begins today.
- Virginian Pilot: War game’s aim is ”push-button” victory
Background – Piracy – More information on piracy in the first 6 months of 2002.
US Navy – What the US Navy is currently up to in mine countermeasures.
Wednesday, July 24, 2002 |
Royal Navy – Is the scrapping of the Royal Navy’s Sea Harrier fleet part of the reason for the early retirement of the UK’s most senior officers?
- Daily Telegraph: Policy row made chief of defence quit early
Indonesian Navy – Indonesian waters continue to be the number one site of piracy in the world.
- The Straits Times: Most pirate attacks occur in Indonesian waters
US Navy – HMS Newcastle seized a large drug shipment in the Caribbean.
US Navy – The US would like to build a floating commando base, and is looking at several proposals, including permanent conversion of the USS Constellation.
- USA Today: Navy plans floating commando base
US Navy – A single cell Vertical Launch System is being developed.
Tuesday, July 23, 2002 |
Israeli Navy – More information on Israel’s Dolphin-class submarines.
- Jerusalem Post: ‘China Times’: US offers Taiwan Israeli-designed subs
US Navy – The USS Abraham Lincoln battlegroup is deploying to the Pacific, it will be the first operational deployment of the F/A-18E Hornet.
- Seattle Post Intelligencer: 3,700 sailors heading out of Puget Sound
German Navy – The German Navy helped to recover a ship that had been hijacked by Somali pirates.
- Independent Online: Germans make Somali pirates walk the plank
French Navy – France captured two al-Qaida suspects in the Persian Gulf.
- Associated Press: French Navy nabs 2 al-Qaida suspects
Background – 4th Generation Warfare – A review of how the US is conducting operations in Afghanistan against an enemy using 4th Generation Warfare.
- Defense and the National Interest: Military Response to Fourth Generation Warfare in Afghanistan
Monday, July 22, 2002 |
Royal Marines – More details on why the SA-80 rifle does not work in combat situations.
- Daily Telegraph: MoD under pressure to abandon SA-80 rifle
Taiwanese Navy – Will Israel supply submarines to Taiwan?
Background – Afghanistan – David Isby on how we can build our way to a successful future in Afghanistan.
- Washington Times: Where to go from here?
Background – 4th Generation Warfare – An excellent short PowerPoint presentation on what 4th generation warfare is.
- Defense and the National Interest: Introduction to Asymmetric Warfare, Fourth Generation Warfare, and Maneuver Warfare
Sunday, July 21, 2002 |
US Navy – The USS George Washington battlegroup has relieved the USS John F. Kennedy battlegroup in the Arabian Sea.
- Virginian Pilot: George Washington group relieves Kennedy ships
US Navy – Medical lessons learned from the USS Cole attack – and how they are not being passed on.
- Virginian Pilot: Report draws lessons from Cole attack
Royal Marines – The Royal Marines’ assault rifle is OK after all, says the UK government. Should they be believed?
- Daily Telegraph: Failure of rifle was all the fault of Marines, says MoD inquiry
US Navy – The F-18E/F Super Hornet is joining the fleet.
Friday, July 19, 2002 |
US Navy – The US Navy’s aircraft are getting too long in the tooth???
- Sea Power: The Stress and Strains of Spring Cleaning
Background – Robotics – A look at future applications of robots in naval warfare.
- New York Times: A War of Robots, All Chattering on the Western Front
Thursday, July 18, 2002 |
Spanish Navy – Moroccan troops have been evicted from a Spanish island by a combined arms team.
US Navy – The US plans to experiment with swapping the destroyer USS Fletcher’s entire crew, to lengthen ship deployment times.
- Virginian Pilot: Swapping destroyer’s crew at sea to give Navy ship maximum use
Indonesian Navy – Indonesia will purchase 48 patrol boats from Eastern European countries. It is in dire need of more vessels to patrol its territorial waters.
- Jakarta Post: Navy to buy 48 patrol vessels
- The Straits Times: Indonesia: Arms trade thrives on corruption and lax patrols
Phillipine Navy – The US and Phillipine navies are conducting joint exercises together.
- Associated Press: RP-US naval exercise begins
Sri Lankan Navy – Sri Lanka is stepping up patrols of its territorial waters to thwart rebel intrusions.
- Gulf News: Sri Lankan navy intensifies patrols
Background – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – A good review of the present and future potential of UAVs and UCAVs.
Wednesday, July 17, 2002 |
Argentine Navy – The Argentine navy’s ice-breaker, Almirante Irizar, is trying to push its way through the ice to rescue the German ship Magdalena Oldendorff off Antarctica.
Spanish Navy – Spain has sent another warship off Morocco.
Indian Navy – India and the US are now formally patrolling the Malacca Straits.
Chinese Navy – China continues to fortify its holdings in the Spratly Islands.
- Associated Press: China said fortifying claims in South China Sea
Background – Iraq – John Keegan’s view of what lies in store for Iraq.
- National Post: Iraq is bound to lose, quickly, completely
Tuesday, July 16, 2002 |
US Navy – The US Navy has received approval to deploy its low frequency sonar on two ships.
- Washington Post: Navy Cleared To Use a Sonar System Despite Fears for Whales
Canadian Navy – HMCS Algonquin has captured two al-Qaida suspects at sea in the Arabian Gulf.
- Associated Press: Two al-Qaida suspects captured in Arabian Sea
Spanish Navy – Spain will not use force to recover an island it claims that is currently occupied by Morocco.
- Associated Press: Spain Won’t Use Force Against Morocco
US Navy – The life of a Navy wife, in 2002.
- Washington Post: Married to the Uniform
Background – Jordan – William Arkin on what Jordan’s role may be when Iraq is attacked.
- Washington Post Dot Mil: Hiding Jordan
Monday, July 15, 2002 |
US Marines – The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force has a new high tech Combat Operations Center that will allow it to oversee operations from around the world. Whether or not this is a good idea remains to be seen???
- San Diego Union Tribune: High-tech recruit on duty
US Navy – An update on the Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS).
- Miami Herald: Pentagon eyes mini-subs to carry soldiers to beach
Background – – William Arkin on the good and the bad of the Bush Administration’s new policy of preemptive strategic offensives as outlined in its "Defense Planning Guidance" document.
- Los Angeles Times: The Best Defense
Sunday, July 14, 2002 |
Spanish Navy – Spain has sent warships to its territories off Morroco to protest a Morrocan attempt at annexation.
- BBC: Spain rattles sabre at Morocco
- Voice of America: Spain, Morocco Try to Cool Down Island Dispute
Royal Navy – What will be the fate of the UK’s last World War II era aircraft carrier – the recently decomissioned Brazilian Minas Gerais.
US Navy – The USS George Washington battlegroup is transiting the Suez Canal.
- Associated Press: Replacement Carrier Group Nears Gulf
Background – Taiwan – The US government has officially stated that China poses a grave military threat to Taiwan.
US Navy – An interview with the commanding officer of the nuclear submarine USS Seawolf.
- Sea Power: Let’s Go to Sea
Saturday, July 13, 2002 |
Chinese Navy – China continues to try to encircle the US by acquiring port facilities at naval strategic choke points around the world.
- Washington Times: Inside the Ring
US Navy – The Naval Network Warfare Command is commissioned.
- Virginian Pilot: Navy unveils its network command
Russian Navy – A Russian ballistic missile submarine launches another satellite payload into orbit.
- Associated Press: Russia Launches Space Vehicle
Royal Navy – Repairs are underway aboard HMS Nottingham.
Royal Marines – The commander of 3 Commando Brigade gives his opinion of what was achieved in Afghanistan.
Background – Post-Saddam Iraq – The news this week has been buzzing with rumors of special operations already begun in Iraq, and an invasion of Iraq timed for early 2003. Here is a transcript of a recent Booknotes program on C-SPAN, featuring the author of "The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein." The author explains in great detail what the world can expect to happen to Iraq after Saddam is deposed.
Friday, July 12, 2002 |
Canadian Navy – HMCS St. John’s is helping to enforce the UN economic blockade against Iraq.
- Halifax Herald: Halifax Based Frigate Arrests Tankers Smuggling Oil
US Navy – Miscellaneous US naval aviation news.
- Sea Power: Aviation Programs Update
Thursday, July 11, 2002 |
US Navy – Naval air is operating at an extremely high tempo.
- Virginian Pilot: Leaders see busy times for naval air
Canadian Navy – There are problems with the torpedo tubes in the Upholder-class submarines.
- Daily News: Sub’s torpedo tubes faulty
Canadian Navy – The role being played by Canada’s CP-140 maritime patrol aircraft in the war on terror.
- Halifax Herald: Aurora Contingent Home From Gulf Action
- Daily News: CFB Greenwood crews led navies to terrorist boats
Background – Afghanistan – Ralph Peters on why we should not let the mob rule Afghanistan.
- Wall Street Journal: A Mob Hit in Kabul
Wednesday, July 10, 2002 |
Royal Navy – The UK wants to fund its aircraft carrier purchase by cutting its purchase of Eurofighters.
- Daily Telegraph: Brown wants to cut order for ‘outdated’ Eurofighter
Background – Smuggling via Submersible – More on how drug cartels are employing submersibles and submarines.
- Business 2.0: The Technology Secrets of Cocaine, Inc.
Tuesday, July 9, 2002 |
Chinese Navy – Chinese and US ships have been recently jamming each others signals during exercises.
- The Straits Times: US, China ‘jammed each other’s signals’
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan will receive the MK48 Mod4 torpedo for its submarines.
- Taipei Times: Navy long-time user of MK48 torpedoes
NAVINT – Anthony Preston’s miscellaneous naval news from the UK, France, Malaysia, Canada, Greece, and India.
Monday, July 8, 2002 |
Phillipine Navy – How the US aided the Phillipines in their at-sea interception of a top Abu Sayyaf leader at sea June 21.
- Washington Post: High Tech Tracks Philippine Rebels
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – This year’s Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) are underway.
- Daily Yomiuri: RIMPAC drill scaled down
Royal Navy – HMS Nottingham, a Type-42 class destroyer, has run aground off of Australia.
Sunday, July 7, 2002 |
Royal Navy – More details about terrorist attacks that were being planned against UK and US warships in the Strait of Gibraltar.
- The Age: Hunt turns to plot on warships
Saturday, July 6, 2002 |
US Navy – The war on terror is furthering exacerbating the US Navy’s shortage of attack submarines for use in espionage missions.
- Washington Post: Espionage Demands Prod Navy on Sub Construction
Royal Marines – 45 Commando is on its way home.
French Navy – Aircraft from the carrier Charles de Gaulle helped to sanitize airspace around India and Pakistan during their recent confrontation.
- Liberation: French jets patrolled coastline during standoff
Friday, July 5, 2002 |
Royal Marines – 45 Commando claims its newly modified SA80-A2 rifle still badly misfires.
Thursday, July 4, 2002 |
Russian Navy – Why are senior Russian military officials never punished for their misdeeds?
- Moscow Times: Still Cagey About the Kursk
US Navy – More about the sensor suite intended for CVN-77.
- Virginian Pilot:
Navy chooses older systems for CVN-77 carrier
Wednesday, July 3, 2002 |
US Coast Guard – A closer look at the Deepwater contract.
- Aviation Week: Coast Guard Begins Makeover
With Mammoth Contract
Chinese Navy – China is having problems operating its Kilo-class submarines.
- Taipei Times: China has major trouble with new Kilo submarines
Indonesia Navy – Most of Indonesia’s ships are not considered to be operational.
- The Straits Times: Indonesian navy ships not fit to fight, says chief
Singaporean Navy – CARAT exercises are being conducted between the navies of Singapore and the US.
Canadian Navy – More problems during testing of HMCS Corner Brook, Canada’s latest Upholder-class submarine.
- Globe and Mail: Another used sub runs into trouble
Tuesday, July 2, 2002 |
Russian Navy – The final verdict from Russia on the cause of the sinking of the Kursk in in: hydrogen peroxide fuel exploding in a 65-76 Kit (Whale) torpedo.
- BBC: Final report blames fuel for Kursk disaster
- Associated Press: Kursk accident caused by explosion of fuel in torpedo, commission member says
Background – Transformation – William Arkin on why the Pentagon’s Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation has been removed – his call for a force of 34 aircraft carriers to meet US requirements was his downfall.
- Washington Post Dot Mil: Who’s Afraid of PA&E?
Monday, July 1, 2002 |
Royal Navy – HMS Campbeltown makes a port of call in Aden.
- Associated Press: British Frigate Docks in Aden Port
South Korean Navy – A first-person account of the battle between North and South Korean gunboats.