Royal Navy – The Royal Navy and French Navy will build their new aircraft carriers to a common design.
US Marines – Being ready and capable of taking the fight to the enemy is something all Marines are trained to do, regardless of gender.
US Navy – To remain relevent to operators, naval intelligence officers must support todayís demand for precision strike.
Background – Fourth Generation Warfare – How the global war on terror is like – and not like – the Cold War.
Royal Australian Navy – Warships will take on a greater policing role to counter escalating threats to shipping and national security such as piracy, kidnappings and smuggling, navy chief Chris Ritchie said. In a speech to a maritime conference in Sydney on the role of the navy post-September 11, Rear Admiral Ritchie said the service was being called on to perform a wider range of tasks beyond traditional warfare. These included intercepting illegal cargos, smugglers, fishermen and traffickers in missiles and weapons of mass destruction.
Background – Iraq – In his March/April 2002 Foreign Affairs article Next Stop Baghdad?, Kenneth Pollack laid out the case for why an invasion of Iraq was both necessary and possible. Nine months after the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime, he provides an update on the situation there.
Royal Navy – Environmentalists will begin prospectively monitoring naval exercises to detect whether low frequency active sonars are in use.
Singaporean Navy – Singapore’s submarine fleet is now at it’s full strength of 4 submarines.
US Navy – A look at the current status of the DD(X).
US Marines – Thomas Ricks looks at how the military is trying to pass Iraq lessons learned from the troops leaving the country to those entering.
Background – US National Security Strategy – By Colin Powell: Pundits claim that U.S. foreign policy is too focused on unilateral preemption. But George W. Bush’s vision — enshrined in his 2002 National Security Strategy — is far broader and deeper than that. The president has promoted bold and effective policies to combat terrorism, intervened decisively to prevent regional conflicts, and embraced other major powers such as Russia, China, and India. Above all, he has committed the United States to a strategy of partnerships, which affirms the vital role of international alliances while advancing American interests and principles.
US Navy – The 6th Fleet may move its headquarters from Naples to Rota, Spain.
Background – Fifth Generation Warfare – William Lind describes warfare’s *fifth* generation.
Background – History – In recognition of the Centennial of Flight observations planned for Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, this month, a retired aviator and aviation historian takes us through the history of naval aviation.
Royal Australian Navy – Australia commits to purchasing a squadron of Global Hawk UAVs.
Background – Intelligence – John Keegan weighs in on what could be learned from an inquiry over how the US and UK intelligence services got it so wrong regarding weapons of mass destruction.
Background – History – An attempt is to be made to raise the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, sunk off of Uruguay in 1939.
US Navy – Is the US Navy about to expand in size?
Background – Nation Building – The chief threats to us and to world order come from weak, collapsed, or failed states. Learning how to fix such statesóand building necessary political support at homeówill be a defining issue for America in the century ahead.
Royal Australian Navy – Australia continues to protect its territorial waters from poachers.
US Navy – More on the effects of sonar on whales.
Background – Conflict – James F. Dunnigan on 10 current wars relavent to Americans.
US Navy – A detailed analysis of how the US needs to track the maritime traffic sailing around it.
Background – 4th Generation Warfare – More by William Lind???
NOSI is taking a break until February 1. To tide you over, I leave you with an interesting military history course and two long and interesting essays???
Background – Military History – Find out about wars, their causes and their effects, through articles, 3-d virtual tours, games and animations. Includes essays by a number of noted military historians.
Background – History – A fascinating essay by Owen Cote documenting the “Third Battle of the Atlantic” during the Cold War.
Background – History – Revisiting the Peloponnesian War – Why the battles over ancient Athens still rage, and their relevance to events today.
Royal Navy – The First Sea Lord sets the Royal Navy’s ship building priorities.
Iraq – How could we have been so far off in our estimates of Saddam Hussein’s weapons programs? A leading intelligence analyst, Ken Pollack, gives a detailed account of how and why we erred???
Canadian Navy – Life aboard HMCS Toronto.
Royal Navy – More on the MV Gaul.
US Navy – The helicopter carrier USS Bataan and the aircraft carrier USS George Washington are about to set sail for the Gulf.
US Navy – The helicopter carrier USS Boxer returns to the Gulf.
Background – 4th Generation Warfare – William Lind explains the 4 generations of warfare.
Royal Navy – More on the MV Gaul sinking inquiry.
Royal Navy – The UK’s oldest nuclear-powered submarines are to be pressed into service for several years longer than planned because of delays building the replacement boats.
Background – War on Terror – Thomas Ricks points to a study published by the US Army War College that criticises the war on terror.
Background – Command and Control – How and why the Joint Chiefs of Staff are being given the capability to manage individual firefights.
Background – Counterinsurgency – Can the lessons of history help defeat the insurgency in Iraq? Peter Maass teaches the fine points of counterinsurgency by profiling a US Army officer who wrote his PhD thesis on counterinsurgency, and is now in the process of putting theory to practice in Iraq.
Royal Navy – The submarine HMS Spartan has been fitted with an underwater hanger to aid operations by the SBS.
US Navy – Naval news from around the US defense industry.
Background – Iraq – Another look at the shadow war that convinced Iraq’s military not to resist the US invasion.
Background – War on Terror – Thomas Friedman on how to successfully fight the war on terror, we must partner with the forces of moderation within Muslim societies to help them fight the war of ideas.
Royal Navy – What became of the MV Gaul? Bereaved families of the crew of Arctic fishing vessel ‘Gaul’ fear a whitewash at a long-awaited inquiry into its sinking
US Navy – Notwithstanding predictions since 1991 that Russia and China would form an anti-U.S. bloc, the normalization of their relations has proceeded for reasons mostly unrelated to any joint effort to counterbalance the United States. Russian arms sales do not constitute a military alliance. The two countries’ policies on important issues have been uncoordinated and often conflicting. Finally, despite security agreements signifying the end of their Cold War hostility, nondefense economic ties and societal contacts between Russia and China have remained minimal.
Dutch Navy – The Rotterdam has rescued refugees stranded onboard a ferry.
Canadian Navy – HMCS Toronto is about to deploy to the Gulf, again.
US Navy – The USS Bataan prepares to return to the Gulf.
Brazilian Navy – Another look at the sale of the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais on eBay.
Background – History – A history of the Korean Marine Corps in the Korean War.
US Navy – Sea Basing promises to make the oceans a permanent base for conducting military operations. The implications will reach farther than just the naval services. Not only will there be changes in the way the Army projects power, the United States will need to make sure its diplomatic efforts do not suffer because it has less presence on the ground.
Indian Navy – Why India should purchase the Gorshkov.
US Navy – The amount of defense dollars needed to ensure the safety and security of this nation and its citizens has been under debate throughout our history. Even more critical than how much the United States should spend, however, is how it should spend it. This is especially true today because of the strategic challenges posed by the ongoing global war on terrorism and, more acutely, because of our need to recapitalize aging, Cold War-era infrastructure and capability. Burgeoning technological and operational changes are dramatically altering the way we fight, requiring new platforms and capabilities. Revolutionizing the way our defense dollars are spent presents opportunities borne of these challenges; like the American business revolution from which the term sprang, Sea Enterprise is about creating fiscal opportunity across the Navy enterprise.
Royal Navy – Four Type 42 destroyers are to be mothballed.
US Navy – The Chief of Naval Operations ambitious plans for 2004.
US Marines – Thomas Ricks on the First Marine Division’s strategies for dealing with the Sunni Triangle when then return there in the near future.
Background – Conflict 2004 – James F. Dunnigan gives an overview of where the world is likely to see conflict in 2004.
World Naval Operational News Highlights
Overall, it is fascinating to reflect on just how correct open source intelligence stories were in 2003 in regards to what has subsequently transpired in Iraq. The stories NOSI covered described precisely the buildup of forces and logistics in theater, the evolution of the war plan, and accurately predicted the challenges the U.S. would face in a post-Saddam Iraq.
Statistics
In 2003, there were news stories linked to on 344 / 365 days – that is on 94% of the days.
In 2003, NOSI linked to 1,326 articles covering 1,221 news stories.
In 2003, 551 of these stories (45%) were related to the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, or U.S. Military Sealift Command.
In 2003, 359 of these stories (29%) were background stories and 27 stories (2%) were historical stories.
The remaining 284 news stories (23%) covered the operational activities of 35 nation’s navies, coast guards, and marine corps:
Algeria, Al-Qaeda, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Greece (Navy and Coast Guard), Guyana, Netherlands (Marines), India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom (Navy and Marines)
In 2003, 209,699 pages of information were read on NOSI by 90,017 users.
French Navy – France is sending ships to assist in the debris recovery of the Egyptian jetliner that crashed on takeoff into the Red Sea.
Background – Nonlethal Weapons – William Arkin reviews the latest developments in nonlethal weapons.
Background – Special Forces – Controversy within the US military over how Special Forces units are being used in the war on terror.
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