US Naval Institute Proceedings – Why Does Brazil Need Nuclear Submarines?
Brazil’s developing nuclear program shows its increasing global prominence.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Chinese Navy – China's Increasing Naval Threat Overstated
Defense Tech – China’s Increasing Naval Threat Overstated
Norman Polmar is not so impressed with the Chinese Navy…
Chinese Navy – An Undersea Deterrent?
US Naval Institute Proceedings – An Undersea Deterrent?
China’s investment in a nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine force and the accompanying infrastructure indicates a major effort to take the boats to sea.
Geopolitics / Justice – Despite Rhetoric, Obama Still Following Cheney's Lead in Dictatorial Justice
Esquire – Despite Rhetoric, Obama Still Following Cheney’s Lead in Dictatorial Justice
Thomas P.M. Barnett writes it seems like the former vice-president is the one piggybacking on the new president’s detainee policy spotlight, but a top foreign-policy analyst argues that, when it comes to tribunals, it’s the other way around: the Obama administration is maintaining the practice of inventing justice as America sees fit.
Chinese Navy – On the Verge of a Game-Changer
US Naval Institute Proceedings – On the Verge of a Game-Changer
A Chinese antiship ballistic missile could alter the rules in the Pacific and place U.S. Navy carrier strike groups in jeopardy.
US Marines – Gates Opaque on EFV Call
Defense Tech – Gates Opaque on EFV Call
Norman Polmar writes that one of the decisions not yet made by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is the future of the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), the new “amtrac” being developed for the Marine Corps.
Geopolitics / China – The trillion dollar question: China or America?
Daily Telegraph – The trillion dollar question: China or America?
Who is going to come out of the economic crisis stronger and with the whip hand – China or America, asks Niall Ferguson.
French Navy – Brazil Recovers Debris From Missing Aircraft
Washington Post – Brazil Recovers Debris From Missing Aircraft
Brazil’s defense minister confirmed Tuesday that a swath of debris found floating in the Atlantic Ocean contains remnants of an Air France jetliner, which evidently went down with the loss of all 228 passengers and crew on board. Involved in the search are C-130’s from the Brazilian Air Force and French Navy Breguet-Atlantics.
Here are photos aboard the Breguet-Atlantics
Here is more about the aircraft in French at Le Point – LE BREGUET ATLANTIQUE 2 AU LARGE DU BRÉSIL – À la recherche de l’épave de l’AF 447 and here is the same page translated into English.
Piracy – Pirates, Inc.: Inside the booming Somali business
Christian Science Monitor – Pirates, Inc.: Inside the booming Somali business
A look at piracy from the Somali side: Meet the modern-day brigands behind the sometimes sophisticated, always risky operations that raked in an estimated $80 million in ransoms in 2008.
Information Warfare – Contractors Vie for Plum Work, Hacking for U.S.
New York Times – Contractors Vie for Plum Work, Hacking for U.S.
The government’s urgent push into cyberwarfare has set off a rush among the biggest military companies for billions of dollars in new defense contracts. The exotic nature of the work, coupled with the deep recession, is enabling the companies to attract top young talent that once would have gone to Silicon Valley. And the race to develop weapons that defend against, or initiate, computer attacks has given rise to thousands of “hacker soldiers” within the Pentagon who can blend the new capabilities into the nation’s war planning.
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