Washington Post – US Marines broadened their offensive in western Iraq on Monday, launching a major attack on insurgent positions in the town of Ubaydi near the Syrian border and killing about 50 insurgents in precision airstrikes and house-to-house street fighting
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Monthly Archives: November 2005
US Navy – A New Missile Threat?
Sea Power – Industry experts believe the nation is vulnerable to a sneak attack from the sea, and the idea is gaining traction in Washington.
Iraq – Wrestling With History
Washington Post – An interesting assessment of the legacy of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
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Terrorism – Can Democracy Stop Terrorism?
Foreign Affairs – The Bush administration contends that the push for democracy in the Muslim world will improve U.S. security. But this premise is faulty: there is no evidence that democracy reduces terrorism. Indeed, a democratic Middle East would probably result in Islamist governments unwilling to cooperate with Washington.
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US Marines – Major Offensive Hits Insurgents on Iraqi Border
CNN – A street-level look at fighting in Husayba.
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Piracy – 'Mother ship' behind pirate raids
BBC – Pirate attacks off Somalia’s coast are being organised from command vessels, or “mother ships”, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has said.
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History – Japan's Underwater Convoys
World War II – A series of top-secret Japanese submarine missions could have altered the course of World War II.
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US Navy – Cultural Links
Sea Power – Foreign area officers help forge relationships between U.S. forces and indigenous populations.
US Navy – Nimitz returns following six-month deployment
San Diego Union Tribune – The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group returns from a deployment in the Gulf.
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Piracy – Piracy 'on the rise' off Somalia
BBC – Serious pirate attacks off the Somali coast have jumped dramatically after a two-year lull.
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Nonlethal Weapons – Cruise lines turn to sonic weapon
BBC – A closer look at the nonlethal weapon that was used to protect a cruise ship from pirate attack.
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US Navy – The Flyer
Sea Power – An interview with Lt. Gen. Michael Hough, Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation
Piracy – Ship Blasted Pirates With Sonic Weapon
Associated Press – The crew of a luxury cruise ship used a non-lethal sonic weapon that blasts earsplitting noise in a directed beam while being attacked by a gang of pirates off Africa this weekend
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Iraq – Newsmaker: Peter Pace
PBS NewsHour – An interview with Marine General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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US Navy – Pitching In
Sea Power – Sea-going helicopters will help relieve the operational load faced by U.S. Army ground forces in Iraq.
Piracy – Cruise ship repels Somali pirates
BBC – A cruise ship sailing off Somalia has beaten back gunmen in speedboats who opened fire on it in an apparent pirate attack which terrified passengers.
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US Marines – Major Offensive Hits Insurgents on Iraqi Border
New York Times – Thousands of American and Iraqi troops laid siege on Saturday to this town near the Syrian border in one of the largest military assaults since American-led forces stormed the guerrilla stronghold of Falluja last year.
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US Marines – Realignment puts Navy's land forces under one command
Virginian Pilot – Recognizing a growing need for sailors trained in close combat and security, the Navy has realigned and plans to expand its land-based forces under a single command.
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Geopolitics / Europe – Transatlantic Tension and Threat Perception
Naval War College Review – Because of profoundly different understandings about both the nature and responsibility of federal authority, Washington and European capitals are talking past each other. The answer to the question, ìWhat are the threats to domestic security for which the federal authority is responsible?î sounds very different on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
Ground Warfare – The Rise of the Body Bots
IEEE Spectrum – Science-fiction fans have long become accustomed to the idea of steely commandos clad in robotic exoskeletons taking on huge, vicious, extraterrestrial beasts, shadowy evil cyborgs, or even each other. Supersoldiers encased in sleek, self-powered armor figure memorably in such works as Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 novel Starship Troopers, Joe W. Haldeman’s 1975 The Forever War, and many other books and movies???Today, in Japan and the United States, engineers are finally putting some practical exoskeletons through their paces outside of laboratories.
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Singaporean Navy – Singapore buys two second-hand Swedish submarines
DPA – Singapore has bought two second-hand Swedish Vastergotland-class submarines to upgrade its navy.
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History – Nelson at Trafalgar: He Did His Duty
Military History – Horatio Nelson’s two-column charge into the Franco-Spanish line was risky, but it won him the battle — at the cost of his life.
US Marines – On new tour, Marines to get big boost from Iraqi battalions
Copley News Service – When the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force resumes responsibility for volatile Anbar province in Iraq in February, the Marines will be bolstered by 18 battalions from the new Iraqi army, plus a large number of Iraqi police and border security forces.
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US Navy – In Demand
Sea Power – The number of unmanned aircraft deployed by U.S. forces has grown exponentially, and the nationís combatant commanders want even more.
US Navy – Deployment of 6,000 sailors and Marines begins Friday
Virginian Pilot – The USS Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group prepares to deploy.
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