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.
- The Economist: Kathleen McGrath
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
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