– Aviation Week – Warship design in much of the world may be entering a new era, with requirements driven less by peer-on-peer sea battles and more by lessons of the past decade, combined with economic constraints.
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Royal Navy – Lusty at sea
– Defense Technology International – HMS Illustrious, known in the Royal Navy as Lusty, will be returning to sea on June 3 after 16 months of a €45 million modernization of her electronics, data processing systems and living quarters at the Scottish shipyard Babcock.
Miscellaneous – Small is the new big in naval shipyards
– The Economist – A look at the changing nature of naval shipbuilding.
French Navy – Das Boot? Das Running Shoe, More Like
– Defense Technology International – French shipbuilder DCNS raised eyebrows at last October’s Euronaval show with its extraordinary SMX-25 concept for a submarine like no contemporary design – sharp-prowed, with a big but low sail and a jet-like stern. At the IMDEX show in Singapore last week, DCNS gave a few more details of the design.
Miscellaneous – Sealift Extends Lifeline to a Rebel City in Libya
– New York Times – CJ Chivers on how the NATO navies are keeping the sea lifeline to the city of Misurata open.
Royal Navy – Nato steps up air strikes on Tripoli
– BBC – Britain and France are sending attack helicopters to Libya. Britain is sending AH-64 Apaches that will operate off of HMS Ocean; France is sending Tigres and Gazelles to operate off of Tonnerre.
Pakistani Navy – Troops end attack on Karachi naval air base
– BBC – Pakistani troops have ended a siege by militants who attacked a naval air force base in Karachi, killing at least 16 people – including 10 soldiers and destroying several P-3C Orion aircraft.
Royal Navy – Royal Navy ends Operation Telic mission in Iraq
– BBC – The UK’s military operation in Iraq is to end within hours when the Royal Navy stops training Iraqi sailors.
US Navy – U.S. Navy drones: Coming to a carrier near China?
– Associated Press – The U.S. is developing aircraft carrier-based drones that could provide a crucial edge as it tries to counter China’s military rise.
Miscellaneous – Nato strikes hit eight Gaddafi warships in ports
– BBC – Nato air strikes have hit eight warships belonging to Col Muammar Gaddafi’s forces in co-ordinated raids on Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte.
Piracy – Got game? Navy looking for ideas to fight piracy
– Virginian Pilot – The Navy is turning to modern online gaming technology to help solve one of the most ancient scourges on the high seas: piracy.
US Navy – Decatur commander relishes 'firsts'
– San Diego Union Tribune – Cmdr. Shanti Sethi is the first Indian American woman to command a U.S. Navy warship. So when Sethi’s ship, the destroyer Decatur, docked in India this spring, it was a singular moment in history.
Miscellaneous – Sea-based IEDs Make Debut Off Libyan Coast
– Defense Technology International – Pro-Kaddafi forces have placed their first sea-based improvised explosive devices.
French Navy – First of Class FREMM Successfully Completes First Sea-trials
– Defense Technology International – The first of class FREMM Aquitaine has just completed three weeks of sea-trials and according to DCNS, which built the frigate, the French navy is very pleased, notably with its maneuverability and propulsion.
Geopolitics / Middle East – The Anti-Conspiracist’s Guide to Revolution in the Arab World.
– Esquire – Thomas P.M. Barnett analyses the revolutions in the Arab world.
Piracy – Somali piracy costs $8.3bn a year, report says
– BBC – Piracy off the Somali coast costs the international community up to $8.3bn (£5.1bn) a year, a new report from the Geopolicity consultancy estimates.
Royal Navy – Apache Back At Sea
– Defense Technology International – The U.K. has for the first time fired a Hellfire from a ship-based WAH-64 Apache attack helicopter as it revives the concept of operating the system from ships after several years during which the mission lay dormant as the helicopters were heavily tasked performing land-based operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
US Navy – High-Speed-Vessel Transferred To Navy
– Aviation Week – The Navy signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Army on May 2 transferring all five of the Army’s Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) to the Navy.
Israeli Navy – Israel moving forward with sixth German submarine
– Jerusalem Post – Germany has pledged to build a new submarine for the navy, paving the way for a deal that will boost Israel’s strategic long-arm capabilities in the face of Iran’s continued race toward nuclear power.
Geopolitics / Libya – Sons of the Revolution
– New Yorker – Jon Lee Anderson asks can a ragtag civilian army defeat a dictator?
US Navy – Carrier George H.W. Bush to deploy on 1st combat cruise
– Virginian Pilot – In a string of firsts associated with Wednesday’s deployment, Rear Adm. Nora Tyson, shown, will be a part of history as the first female commander of a carrier strike group. The deployment also coincides with the 100th anniversary of naval aviation.
French Navy – Aircraft carriers gain clout in naval power
– Associated Press – Aboard the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
Ground Warfare – A Beast in the Heart of Every Fighting Man
– New York Times Magazine – The case against American soldiers accused of murdering Afghan civilians turns on the idea of a rogue unit. But what if the killings are a symptom of a deeper problem?
US Navy – Tomorrow's Seabots and Their Magnetic Wheels
– Defense Technology International – While pirate attacks have increased, we’ve also seen an increased willingness on the part of U.S., French, Russian and South Korean special forces to get kinetic, boarding and forcibly retaking some of these pirated ships–a risky proposition given that they’re facing an armed and unpredictable enemy–which makes attempts at gaining situational awarness a critical part of the operation. In order to do that, some think it’s time to call in the robots.
US Navy – In Bin Laden’s Compound, Seals’ All-Star Team
– New York Times – There were 79 people on the assault team that killed Osama bin Laden, but in the end, the success of the mission turned on some two dozen men who landed inside the Qaeda leader’s compound, made their way to his bedroom and shot him at close range – all while knowing that the president of the United States was keeping watch from Washington.
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