Associated Press – The flagship of the U.S. Navy’s Mediterranean fleet, the USS Mount Whitney, anchored Friday outside the key Georgian port of Poti, defiantly delivering humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged U.S. ally in a slap at Moscow.
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Iraq – How to Exit Iraq
New York Times – John Nagl on what our exit strategy should be from Iraq.
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Operations Other Than War – Canadian Team Brings Experience to the Kearsarge
Defense Technology International – Canadian Army Captain Daniel Rouest heads up the 15-member Canadian contingent currently aboard the USS Kearsargeóhis team being the first of three teams of Canadian doctors, trauma nurses, and dentists that will spend 6 weeks each aboard the ship, bringing the total number of Canadians to have participated in Continuing Promise to about 42 by time the float ends in December.
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Brazilian Navy – Brazil to Develop Nuclear-Powered Submarine, with French Help
Defense Technology International – Brazil will spend $160 million by the end of 2009 to develop a nuclear-powered submarine aimed at protecting oil reserves found recently off the Brazilian coast, the defense ministry announced on August 29. It hopes the sub wil be completed by 2020.
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Operations Other Than War – Kearsarge Parties, Gets Down to Business
Defense Technology International – After almost two weeks floating off the eastern coast of Nicaragua, ferrying medical and engineering personnel to shore and patients in need of surgery back to the ship for care, the crew and medical personnel staffing the USS Kearsarge needed a break???
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Operations Other Than War – Operation Continuing Promise Sets Sail
Defense Technology International – While stretched thin fighting two hot wars, deploying troops on peacekeeping and training missions from southeast Asia to Bosnia, launching a new Africa combatant command, and keeping a battle-ready deployment on the North/South Korean border; the American military still makes it a priority to invest time, resources and personnel to conduct smaller humanitarian missions among poverty-stricken populations in need of medical care.
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Royal Navy – Navy forced to curb role as Gordon Brown imposes cuts
The Times – The government is planning further big cuts to the Royal Navy after deciding that terrorism is the only serious threat to Britain. Annual accounts from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) show that it is to cut funding for new ships and equipment by more than 20%, from about £1.8 billion a year to a maximum of £1.4 billion.
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Operations Other Than War – Bataan deploys from Norfolk for hurricane relief exercises
Virginian Pilot – As two new tropical storms roll through the Atlantic, the amphibious assault ship Bataan left Norfolk Naval Station this morning to conduct hurricane relief exercises.
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US Navy – Navy cancels new destroyers
Los Angeles Times -The Navy took the unusual step of abruptly canceling construction of its expensive new class of destroyers last month because the ships lack abilities that top commanders believe are necessary to protect U.S. interests, according to the service’s senior officer.
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Royal Navy -Royal Navy on hand to assist
Cayman Net News – Royal Navy Warship, HMS Iron Duke and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel Wave Ruler have now arrived in the vicinity of the Cayman Islands, ready to render assistance if required in the wake of Hurricane Gustav.
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US Navy – Bataan to deploy to Gulf Coast; prepare for hurricane relief
Virginian Pilot – The US Navy on Saturday ordered the big-deck amphibious ship Bataan to deploy and prepare for disaster relief as Hurricane Gustav grew in intensity and bore down on the Gulf Coast.
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Information Warfare – Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S.
New York Times – The era of the American Internet is ending.
Invented by American computer scientists during the 1970s, the Internet has been embraced around the globe. During the networkís first three decades, most Internet traffic flowed through the United States. In many cases, data sent between two locations within a given country also passed through the United States.
Engineers who help run the Internet said that it would have been impossible for the United States to maintain its hegemony over the long run because of the very nature of the Internet; it has no central point of control.
And now, the balance of power is shifting. Data is increasingly flowing around the United States, which may have intelligence ó and conceivably military ó consequences.
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