Chinese Navy – Another analysis that argues the Chinese military is a paper tiger.
Russian Navy – The Russian Navy deployed a ballistic missile submarine to the Pacific Ocean for the first time this year.
Russian Navy – More on the new nuclear attack submarine Gepard.
US Navy – The first part of the US defense review was made public yesterday. It calls for the creation of “Global Joint Response Forces” capable of intervening in a hostile environment within 24 hours. The review recommended acceleration of the Joint Strike Fighter program, but did not recommend continuation of the CVX and DD-21 programs.
Royal New Zealand Navy – The recent New Zealand Defence Review has effective taken New Zealand out of the Five Power Defence Arrangement with Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Britain.
US Navy – The US Navy will cease using the Vieques range in 2003, and will seek alternative ranges for use after that time.
Russian Navy – The Russian Navy is conducting operational testing of its new Improved Akula II submarine, the Gepard.
Royal Navy – Further evidence of the financial difficulties facing the Royal Navy.
Royal Navy – A memo written by the First Sea Lord states that budget cuts are preventing the Royal Navy and Royal Marines from meeting their operational committments.
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – The new Japanese government appears to be willing to allow its self defense forces to play a more active military role; Japan – who has the second largest navy in the Pacific – could be an important counterbalance to China.
US Navy – How maritime pre positioning ships can enhance US security.
US Navy – Has the vaunted US defense review run into a brick wall?
US Coast Guard – An editorial that makes the case for funding for the Coast Guard’s Deepwater program, given the importance of its mission.
US Navy – The US Navy has formally requested to lease the Norwegian Navy’s prototype of the Skjold-class fast attack craft for use with special forces.
Indian Navy – The third Talwar class frigate, INS Tabar, was launched last week in Russia.
US Navy – An essay that calls for a naval treatyómuch like the 1972 Soviet-American Incidents at Sea Agreementóto outline a formal set of standards by which ships and aircraft of China and the US would be expected to behave.
South Korean Navy – South Korean forces chased North Korean cargo ships out of South Korean territorial waters.
Chinese Navy – A Chinese destroyer and replenishment ship are making a port call in Mumbai, after making a similar port call in Pakistan.
Chinese Navy – The Chinese Navy is improving its underwater warfare skills.
US Navy – A large joint riverine exercise involving the US Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Army is about to take place off Jacksonville, North Carolina
US Coast Guard – The cutter Sherman, on a goodwill visit to South Africa while returning from service in the Gulf, rescued a stricken car carrier off of South Africa’s coast which was in danger of running aground.
Royal Australian Navy – The Collins-class submarines have received high praise from the US Navy after its stellar performance in exercise Tandem Thrust.
Chinese Navy – The Chinese Navy is exercising in the Taiwanese Strait; the USS Carl Vinson battlegroup is on its way to monitor the situation.
Russian Navy – The Russian Navy may abandon its base at Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam; both the US and China are interested in using it.
US Navy – Although the DD 21 teams are showing off their designs, the competition has been formally put on hold by the US Navy, pending the results of the current defense review.
Royal Navy – The Royal Navy’s program for 2 large deck aircraft carriers is being called unfeasible given fiscal realities.
Royal Navy – The current state of the Royal Navy’s nuclear attack submarines – none are at sea.
US Navy – What’s it’s like to operate the EA-6B Prowler ECM aircraft in Operation Northern Watch in Turkey.
Royal Australian Navy – Australian shipyards face an overcapacity situation resulting in a struggle for survival.
Sri Lankan Navy – The Sri Lankan Navy is not getting its money’s worth out of the patrol vessel it purchased from India last year.
Russian Navy – Russia has opened a Web site dedicated to the salvage of the Kursk.
US Coast Guard – Excessive cost may stall the US Coast Guard’s Deepwater program before it is launched.
US Navy – The USS Harry S Truman battlegroup and USS Nassau amphibious ready group have returned to port after a successful 6 month cruise to the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean.
Indian Navy – The Indian and French navies will hold anti submarine warfare exercises together in November.
US Navy – An essay on how the US defense agencies have acquired too much power over military affairs.
US Navy – More on the debate over low frequency active sonar (LFAS).
US Navy – US forces in the Gulf, including the 5th Fleet, have been placed on high alert after the verdict in the US African embassies bombing case.
Indian Navy – French firms are attempting to sell the Indian Navy stealth frigates and new-generation attack submarines.
US Navy – A strategic look at the EP-3 incident, from naval analyst Norman Friedman. Was the EP-3 the victim of a deliberate attack?
US Navy – The USS Inchon has been refused a previously scheduled portcall in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, an agreement has almost been reached to disassemble the EP-3 and fly it home in an AN-124 airlifter.
Uruguayan Marines – The Congo River in Congo is being reopened to traffic after being closed for years by warring parties. The UN is patroling the river, using marine forces from member nations.
Swedish Navy – Tales of the bizarre: Swedish warships are to spend most of the rest of the year moored in port because of an overtime ban on the country’s defense forces.
Royal Navy – The Royal Navy is defending the safety record of the EH-101 Merlin helicopter.
US Marines – Blunt talk from General Anthony Zinni on what the US military really needs today.
Phillipine and Malaysian Navies – The Phillipine and Malaysian Navies are searching for 20 tourists who were kidnapped from a Phillipine island resort by Muslim rebels and taken away via the sea.
South Korean Navy – Another North Korean patrol boat has penetrated South Korean waters.
US Navy – Can “network-centric warfare” really work in the US Navy, or will it be undermined by how the Navy really operates?
US Navy – The US Navy is involved in tapping undersea fiber optic cables on behalf of the National Security Agency. This apparently will be one of the key missions of the USS Jimmy Carter, the Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarine that is being extensively modified for clandestine operations. Interestingly, the problem of tapping the cable pales in comparison to the problem of analysing all the data on the cable once it is obtained.
Background – World Naval Affairs – Hot-off-the-press, mandatory reading! The Jane’s Fighting Ships Market Review for 2001-2002 by its new editor, CDR Stephen Saunders RN. This is a long essay of the highest caliber that should be read by all serious students of naval affairs.
Royal Australian Navy – Parts of Australia are facing a fuel crisis due to Exercise Tandem Thrust.
US Navy – The USS Eisenhower begins a 4 year long overhaul and mid life nuclear refueling.
US Navy – The US Navy is evaluating floating barriers to protect its ships in port.
US Navy – US military satellite systems are highly vulnerable to attack.
Israeli Navy – Israeli gunboats are participating in attacks against Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip.
Background – Middle East – Could we be heading towards open war in the Middle East?
US Navy – A skeptical view of what will really be the ultimate product of the US defense review.
Taiwanese Navy – The Taiwanese Navy has returned from its overseas exercises.
Malaysian Navy – There are three competitors to sell the Malaysian Navy its new attack submarines, but the real question is not who will be chosen, but instead whether Malaysia can afford them.
US Navy – The defense review is expected to emphasize a focus on the Pacific over Europe and long range weapons over forward bases.
US Navy – Is the US Navy considering reestablishing a naval base in Vietnam?
US Navy – The US Navy is carrying out a humanitarian mission in Indonesia, the first such exercise with Indonesia since 1999. The ships are the landing ship USS Rushmore and guided missile frigate USS Wadsworth.
US Navy – The EP-3 pilot’s account of what occured off the Chinese coast and why the aircraft could not be ditched at sea.
Chinese Navy – The Chinese Navy boarded a fishing trawler suspected of smuggling that was in Taiwanese waters.
US Navy – A preview of the contentious process behind the defense reform to be unveiled this week.
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