US Navy – A status report on the US defense review – still proceeding more slowly than had been anticipated.
Argentinian Navy – The President of Argentina has formally renounced trying to recover the Falkland Islands by force.
Russian Navy – Controversy continues over what sunk the Kursk, and a BBC documentary suggests a new cause – a hydrogen peroxide torpedo-related fire.
US Navy – Two US carriers are currently in the Persian Gulf – might the US be contemplating a retaliatory strike against Iraq due to its recent aggressive use of surface-to-air missiles?
US Navy – More on the proposed “Streetfighter”-class small surface combatants – meant to sail in harms way, and to possibly be sunk in harms way as well.
US Navy – ???meanwhile, the closest thing the US Navy has to a “Streetfighter” – the new Cyclone-class patrol boats – are being decommissioned for lack of operating funds.
US Navy – The Commander in Chief of the US Navy Atlantic Fleet reflects on his first year on the job.
Royal Marines – More details on the Royal Marines new all terrain vehicle.
Background – Weaponization of Space – With satellites playing a crucial role in naval affairs, a look at the pros and cons of weaponizing space.
Italian Navy – Italy has laid down its second aircraft carrier, the Andrea Doria. It will be about twice the
size of the current carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi.
US Navy – The USS Carl Vinson carrier battle group and USS Peleliu amphibious ready group have departed for the Persian Gulf.
US Marines – More on the new USMC cammouflage pattern.
Iranian Navy – Iranian Navy gunboats are threatening oil exploration vessels in the Caspian Sea, an area of increasing importance, oil-wise, to the US.
French Navy – A French Navy frigate has seized a large drug shipment off French Guiana in the Carribean.
US Navy – The USS Eisenhower heads in for its nuclear refueling overhaul as the USS Nimitz completes hers.
US Navy – The USS Constellation carrier battlegroup will be making a port call in Hong Kong next month, evidence of the diplomatic thaw between the US and China.
Russian Navy – The Russian Navy’s new Gepard-class nuclear attack submarine will commission soon.
Indian Navy – The US continues to bolster its ties with the Indian military, as the US will revive a joint military planning
body with India.
Singapore Navy – Singapore is becoming an important regional counterweight to China, and a key part of Washington’s China policy.
Russian Navy – A tour of the Kursk’s grave.
Russian Navy – A Russian Delta 3-class ballistic missile submarine launched a scientific satellite.
US Navy – At current construction rates, the US Navy is heading towards a 230 ship fleet.
Royal Navy – Improved habitability is a key aspect of the new Type 45 destroyers under construction. The class was designed to carry people, not weapons???
Taiwanese Navy – An informal alliance is developing between Taiwan and Japan, against China.
US Navy – Another look at aircraft carrier vulnerability.
US Coast Guard – A look at the US Coast Guard in action aboard the cutter Valiant.
US Navy – The US Navy is developing plans to defend Taiwan.
Russian Navy – The former Russian carrier Varyag is in limbo in the Black Sea, unable to pass through the Bosporous Straits to her new owners in China.
Russian Navy – More evidence that Russian merchant ships are spying on US ballistic missile submarines outside their bases.
US Navy – The USS Valley Forge, an Aegis-class destroyer, has been transformed into a “smart ship.”
US Navy – The new military strategy could lead to cuts in the number of troops, aircraft and ships stationed abroad in the Middle East and Europe.
South Korean Navy – The South Korean Navy fired on a North Korean fishing trawler.
Royal Marines – The Royal Marines have received new colors.
US Navy – Flaws remain in US Navy port security, at home and abroad, and are almost impossible to address completely, although attempts are being made.
Royal Navy – HMS Ark Royal has rejoined the fleet after an extensive refit.
Phillipine Navy – The old US Navy base at Subic Bay may be put up for rent by the cash-strapped Phillipine government.
US Coast Guard – Is the US Coast Guard stretched too thin?
NOSI will be updated next on Wednesday July 25.
French Navy – The French Navy is placing an emphasis on acquiring nuclear attack submarines and frigates which can fire land attack cruise missiles.
US Navy – The US Navy must move from a conscription mentality to a subscription mentality as to how it treats its recruits.
US Marines – US forces are not currently ready for urban combat.
US Navy – How peacekeeping operations can be used in enhance, rather than degrade, military readiness.
Royal Marines – The Royal Marines are to receive new armoured vehicles.
Turkish Navy – Another Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate will be sold or loaned to Turkey.
US Navy – A plea for junior officers to speak their minds to superiors, a situation which is becoming increasingly rare in the US Navy.
US Coast Guard – The US Coast Guard is training Asian navies in how to combat piracy.
Indian Navy – The Indian Navy is employing private companies in its bid to construct a nuclear submarine.
US Marines – How the US Marines are preparing for urban combat – what they term the “three block war.”
Taiwanese Navy – Why the Taiwanese Navy will have difficulty acquiring attack submarines from the US.
US Navy – More on how the Okinawans want the US to leave its bases on their island.
Russian Navy – More on the upcoming Kursk salvage operation.
Canadian Navy – A stinging criticism of Canadian naval planning.
US Navy – The Center for Naval Analyses has released its study on how Vieques should be replaced – with installations along the Virginia Capes and a site at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
Indonesia Navy – The Indonesian Navy has recaptured a hijacked tanker from pirates.
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan is considering building Kilo-class submarines under license from Russia.
Russian Navy – The salvage operation to raise the Kursk is about to begin.
US Navy – The latest on the US defense review, which is moving from theorizing into concrete recommendations.
Royal Navy – The Royal Navy expects that it’s new Astute-class submarines will be the last manned submarines it builds; and expects them to be replaced by robotic submarines.
US Navy – The US Navy has asked the UK to iron the bugs out of a sub-boat that is part high speed raiding craft and part submarine.
US Coast Guard – Who can help make up the US Coast Guard’s funding shortfall?
US Navy – A fascinating review of the Bush Defense Review, and the Bush Administrations view on the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). The opinion expressed here is that the military changes very slowly — when it changes at all — and if all that comes out of this defense review is a small change — it should be enough to eventually snowball into a big change, down the road. “RMA by stealth” is what it is termed???
US Navy – Laser weapons are closer to deployment than we may have been lead to believe???
NOSI will be taking a short break from July 4 – July 11. I will see you back on July 12.
Royal Navy – Why did the Royal Navy *really* lose HMS Sheffield? New questions about the Exocet attack on her have arisen.
US Navy – The USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) has been commissioned.
US Navy – Roles for unmanned aerial vehicles.
Royal Navy – The Royal Navy’s Type 23-class frigates, which were originally designed for use in the North Atlantic, are having difficulties handling the heat in the Persian Gulf due to insufficient air conditioning.
US Coast Guard – A day in the life of the Midgett, a Hamilton-class high endurance cutter.
US Navy – The prototype SH-60R Strikehawk successfully deployed the AN/AQS-22 dipping sonar during recent trials.
US Navy – An essay by the CINCPAC on how the Navy must change to adapt to the new information age.
US Navy – The last ship was launched downed the ways at Bath Iron Works.
US Coast Guard – The Coast Guard is struggling to fulfill its search and rescue mission.
US Navy – The first Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) to undergo a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) was delivered to the US Navy.
US Navy – The USS Enterprise will soon be exercising off Scotland.
US Coast Guard – The Coast Guard is recallling its port security forces which were sent to the Gulf after the Cole bombing because the Pentagon will not reimburse them for their efforts; they will be replaced by Naval Reserve Inshore Boat Units.
US Navy – Mothballed ships are being turned into artificial reefs.
Background – US Defense Review – Neither US political party is happy with the route the defense review is taking.
Background – New Zealand – A further review of New Zealand’s plans for disarmament.
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