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Author Archives: Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
Russian Navy – Eight retired submarines to be transported to Severodvinsk this summer
Bellona – A total of eight nuclear submarines of 671RTM (Victor-III) project will be tugged from the Northern fleet bases to the Zvezdochka shipyard for scrapping in July and August.
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Iraqi Navy – Iraqi Navy to Receive Saddam-Era Corvettes from Italian Firm
Sea Power – The latest naval news from Iraq, Australia, and Pakistan.
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Russian Navy – Financial difficulties hinder repairs and upgrade of Russian strategic nuclear submarines
Bellona – Difficulties with the financing of defence orders hinder the upgrade program of the Delta-IV strategic nuclear submarines in Severodvinsk.
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US Navy – Navy's top sub commander warns against reducing fleet
Virginian Pilot – The Navy’s top submarine commander warned Monday against reducing the size of the nation’s sub fleet, saying there are already more missions than submarines to complete them.
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US Marines – Marine Corps Combat Rifle Marksmanship
Marine Corps Gazette – A private sector perspective on Marine marksmanship training in the 21st century.
US Navy – Boeing Eyes High-Flying Torpedo
Sea Power – Defense news from around the industry.
Editorial Note – NOSI on break until Monday June 13
NOSI is taking a short break and will next be updated on Monday.
US Navy – Norfolk-based destroyer wards off suspected piracy near Somalia
Virginian Pilot – The Norfolk-based guided missile destroyer Gonzalez, using machine gun fire, rocket flares and searchlights, helped ward off a suspected pirate attack of a civilian ship in the Indian Ocean.
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Chinese Navy – Analysts missed Chinese buildup
Washington Times – A new intelligence report states that the US has missed a Chinese naval buildup over the last 10 years.
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US Navy – 'We are One Shipyard'
Sea Power – The latest naval news from around the industry.
History – John J. Nagazyna, Hero or Liberty Risk?
Leatherneck – Here’s a wartime hero who added a General Court-Martial and a few nonjudicial punishments for off-hours indiscretions between the Navy Crosses and other medals for valor during two World Wars.
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Geopolitics / Middle East – Freedom and Justice in the Modern Middle East
Foreign Affairs – Bernard Lewis says to speak of dictatorship as being the immemorial way of doing things in the Middle East is simply untrue. It shows ignorance of the Arab past, contempt for the Arab present, and lack of concern for the Arab future. Creating a democratic political and social order in Iraq or elsewhere in the region will not be easy. But it is possible, and there are increasing signs that it has already begun.
US Navy – Hospital ship returns to San Diego after treating tsunami victims
Associated Press – The hospital ship USNS Mercy returned home Wednesday after treating thousands of the sickest survivors of the tsunami and earthquake that ravaged Indonesia.
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US Navy – Carrier Jets Not Bombing Iraq Lately
Associated Press – Dozens of fighter jets have been roaring off the deck of the USS Carl Vinson to patrol Iraq for four weeks now but haven’t dropped a single bomb – a clear sign of success, the ship’s commander said.
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Royal Navy – Will glasses of cordiale be raised to maritime entente?
The Herald – The latest on the Anglo-French Future Carrier Programme.
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US Navy – Guam, Hawaii Lobby for Aircraft Carrier
Associated Press – Guam and Hawaii are lobbying to be the Pacific homeport for a Navy aircraft carrier, eyeing the thousands of local jobs and millions of dollars it could bring to one of the islands’ economies.
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US Navy – The Futurist
Sea Power – An interview with the Deputy chief of naval operations for warfare requirements and programs, who charts the road ahead.
Air Warfare – Attack of the Drones
Wired – Flying bots rule the skies in combat zones around the globe. Now the battle is on between the joystick jockeys and the fighter jocks.
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US Marines – Iraq's Ho Chi Minh Trail
New York Times – An overview of what the Marines are up against in western Iraq: One of the most important – and, so far, undecided – campaigns of the Iraqi conflict is the American drive to close off insurgent infiltration routes.
Here is an excellent graphic that accompanies the article: New York Times – A Lifeline of the Insurgency.
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US Navy – Enemy of the Status Quo
Sea Power – Navy research chief Cohen highlights ONR innovations.
Russian Navy – Multipurpose Akula-class nuclear submarine under repairs in Severodvinsk
Bellona – Akula-class nuclear submarine K-317 îPantherî was placed in the dock of Sevmash plant in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk region.
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US Marines – Out of war but not at peace: the battle scars of Cpl. Jack Self
Associated Press – An Associated Press reporter who was embedded with Marines during the invasion of Baghdad reconnected with the same unit for this report.
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US Navy – The Mosquito Can Be More Dangerous Than the Mortar Round: The Obligations of Command
Naval War College Review – Flesh and blood are critical elements of all weapon systems. Absent the will and physical capability to fight due to uncontrolled disease, any equation for victory is doomed. As the painfully high rate of malaria infection among unprotected Marines in Liberia recently demonstrated, the global war on terrorism, and especially expeditionary warfare in the underdeveloped world, may be completely paralyzed without a wholesale commitment of leadership ìfrom the topî to environmental protection of troops under their command.
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