– The Atlantic – To thwart the Taliban, marines in Helmand province are teaching the locals to read the Koran.
Author Archives: Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
Turkish Navy – Turkish PM says navy will escort aid ships to Gaza
– Associated Press – Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stepped up his belligerent rhetoric against Israel, saying that the country’s warships will escort Turkish Gaza-bound aid ships in the future to prevent a repeat of last year’s Israeli raid on a flotilla that killed nine people.
Piracy – Pirates of the Atlantic: Africa's Other Coast Gets Its Share
– Time – In the past eight months, acts of piracy have spiked in the waters off West Africa. The wave of violence seems partly inspired by the Somali pirates and partly a result of the mixed blessings that come, countries in the region are finding out, with discovering vast oil reserves.
Canadian Navy – All Canadian submarines now out of commission
– Postmedia – The navy’s last operational submarine is now sidelined until 2016, leaving the service without an underwater capability and potentially throwing into question the future of the submarine fleet.
Russian Navy – Ka-52 Takes To Sea
– Defense Technology International – Using attack helicopters from the sea appears to be in vogue, again.
Geopolitics / Syria – Syria’s Sons of No One
– New York Times Magazine – Syria’s rebel youth have had to teach themselves everything.
South Korean Navy – S Korea activists gather in protest at Jeju naval base
– BBC – Demonstrators are gathering on the South Korean island of Jeju to protest at construction of a new naval base.
Geopolitics – Robert D. Kaplan on World Anarchy and Order After 9/11
– The Atlantic – The longtime Atlantic writer reflects on what the United States — and he personally — got wrong and right about Afghanistan and Iraq.
Israeli Navy – Israeli warships bolster border force
– Associated Press – Israel sent two more warships to the Red Sea border with Egypt, part of a military reinforcement there after warnings that militants are planning another attack on southern Israel from Egyptian soil.
Geopolitics / Libya – How the special forces helped bring Gaddafi to his knees
– Daily Telegraph – Very interesting look at how the end game in Tripoli unfolded…
US Navy – Amid melting ice, Navy assesses strategic demands in Arctic
– Stars and Stripes – The Navy has completed its latest assessment of the Arctic region, where melting ice is raising strategic questions as well as commercial opportunities.
US Navy – Military ships, planes, personnel clear out for Irene
– Virginian Pilot – Navy ships began heading to sea or moving to piers with better weather protection Thursday. The vessels that embarked won’t have trouble outrunning the hurricane.
Chinese Navy – China military 'closing key gaps', says Pentagon
– BBC – China is on course to build a modern military by 2020, a move that could threaten stability in the Asia-Pacific region, the Pentagon says.
Terrorism – Getting Bin Laden
– New Yorker – What happened that night in Abbottabad.
US Navy – A Cat Is Not A Dog
– Defense Technology International – Bill Sweetman on how the Marine propaganda offensive in support of the F-35B pounds relentlessly on the advantages of short take off and vertical landing.
US Navy – Ghost Ship Takes Aim at Swarm Attacks
– Defense Technology International – A company claims to have developed “the first supercavitating ship”.
Chinese Navy – China Flexes Naval Muscle
– Chinese Navy – China Flexes Naval Muscle – China sent its first aircraft carrier to sea, a defining moment in its effort to become a top-tier naval power that seeks to challenge U.S. military supremacy in Asia and protect Chinese economic interests that now span the globe.
Chinese Navy – Decoding China’s Aircraft Carrier
– The Diplomat – There’s been much speculation about the implications of China’s first aircraft carrier. The Diplomat answers some of the key questions.
Geopolitics / Pakistan – Pakistan, an Ally by Any Other Name
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Its ever-contentious relationship with America is unlikely to change, but the time is right for a reassessment of U.S. strategy in the region.
US Navy – Diplomacy, Debt, and Risk: The U.S. Navy's Dilemma
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Do our foreign-policy interests compromise our readiness against asymmetric threats?
Chinese Navy – Chinese Missiles and the Walmart Factor
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Scenarios of a military conflict with a rising China are pointless if they leave out a glaring detail—the global economy.
US Navy – Holy Mackerel, Not Again!
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – As the U.S. Navy’s submarine force faces tighter budgets, it could learn a thing or two from solutions that surfaced from an informal Submarine Officers Conference in the 1920s.
Ground Warfare – Invisible, Inc.
– The Atlantic – In the camouflage industry, deception is an artful science. Got an army you need to hide? With more than a million soldiers in a dozen countries wearing his camouflage patterns, Guy Cramer is now hoping to change how the Pentagon dresses. Inside the evolving science of concealment.
US Navy – The Sweet Smell of Acquisition Success
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – A former submarine procurement guru details what was behind the Virginia–class program, one of the most talked-about cost-saving acquisitions in Department of Defense history.
US Navy – Investing in the Undersea Future
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – In a world where defense budgets are shrinking but the U.S. submarine force remains vital to security, viability tomorrow requires stringent planning today.
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