BBC – India to ‘fence’ naval harbours
India is planning to secure its naval harbours with electronic fences.
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Afghanistan – Afghanistan: Connecting Assumptions and Strategy
US Naval Institute Proceedings – Afghanistan: Connecting Assumptions and Strategy
Three well-known military thinkers re-evaluate what we’ve assumed to know-that just wasn’t so-about a country where we’ve been fighting for eight years.
Indian Navy – Navy ship thwarts pirate attack on US tanker in Gulf
Press Trust of India – Navy ship thwarts pirate attack on US tanker in Gulf
An Indian Navy warship today successfully repulsed a pirate attack on a US-owned tanker in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia coast.
US Marines – Where's the Special Trust and Confidence?
US Naval Institute Proceedings – Where’s the Special Trust and Confidence?
Marines stand in harm’s way and make tough, split-second decisions in battle. Back home, they face seminars about liberty conduct and fastening seatbelts. Is this smart training for “strategic corporals”?
Geopolitics – What Obama's Nobel Really Means
The Atlantic – What Obama’s Nobel Really Means
Robert D. Kaplan writes that a growing contingent wants Obama to lead a post-nationalist global society. If he does things right, the U.S. could become history’s first truly international nation.
US Marines – The Marines' Factory of War
Der Spiegel – The Marines’ Factory of War
Every year, 21,000 fresh recruits are transformed into warriors at the Marine Corps boot camp Parris Island. With US President Barack Obama now boosting troop levels in Afghanistan, many of them will be on a plane within just a few months.
Dutch Navy – Dutch navy arrests Somali pirates
BBC – Dutch navy arrests Somali pirates
The Dutch navy has arrested 13 Somali pirates who attempted to hijack a cargo ship south of Oman.
Piracy – Admiral: Sea too large to stop all pirate attacks
Associated Press – Admiral: Sea too large to stop all pirate attacks
International naval forces will never be able to completely secure the vast area of ocean where Somali pirates are hijacking ships off East Africa, the commander of the EU Naval Force’s counter-piracy efforts said Tuesday.
Russian Navy – Second Russian Stealth Frigate In Works
Defense Technology International – Second Russian Stealth Frigate In Works
The Severnaya Verf shipyard in St Petersburg officially laid down the second Project 22350 frigate for the Russian Navy on November 26. The ship was named Admiral Flota Kasatonov. The first frigate of the class – Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov – has been under construction at Severnaya Verf since 2006.
Indian Navy – Russian shipyard launches Indian stealth frigates 'Teg'
PTI – Russian shipyard launches Indian stealth frigates ‘Teg’
Russia’s defence shipyard “Yantar” has launched first of the three Indian stealth frigates – INS Teg (Sabre) – at a colourful ceremony in the Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad.
(Thanks to Harry for the link…)
Geopolitics / Economics – An Empire at Risk
Newsweek – An Empire at Risk
We won the cold war and weathered 9/11. But now, Niall Ferguson says, economic weakness is endangering our global power.
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