Russian Navy – A rescue operation is underway to evacuate more than 100 sailors from the Oscar II class submarine on the bottom of the Barents Sea.
Russian Navy – A Russian Navy Oscar II class nuclear submarine is stranded at the bottom of the Barents Sea; the commander of the Russian Navy says rescue efforts are unlikely to succeed.
NOSI will resume a normal daily publication schedule on Tuesday.
Chinese Navy – Two Chinese Navy ships will visit the Everett Naval Station next month, as part of an exchange with the U.S. Navy.
Chinese Navy – Recent Chinese excursions into Japan’s economic exclusion zone may cause Japan to cancel loans to China.
Australian Navy – HMAS Tobruk has returned from its peacekeeping mission in the Solomon Islands.
U.S. Navy – The Amphibious Ready Group comprising the U.S.S. Wasp, U.S.S Oak Hill and U.S.S. Trenton and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit have returned home after a 6 month deployment, during which they participated in Exercise Dynamic Mix 2000.
Indian Navy – INS Mysore, which is currently on an around-the-world cruise, will exercise with the French Navy off France and Africa later this month. This will be the second exercise this year between the Indian and French navies.
Uruguayian Navy – The Uruguayan minesweeper Valiented collided with a Panamanian-flagged freighter and was cut in half and sunk.
Pakistan Navy – A recent Indian Navy intelligence report states that the Pakistan Navy is more of a threat to India than was previously thought.
Canadian Navy – A description of the training undergone by and scenarios faced by the Canadian Navy’s boarding parties.
Canadian Navy – The Canadian Navy boarded the ship GTS Katie in order to free its cargo of Canadian Army equipment, which was being held hostage as part of a contract dispute.
Nigerian Navy – The Nigerian Navy attacked a gang of pirates in the waterways near Warri.
Canadian Navy – It appears the Canadian Navy will board the ship GTS Katie and return it to port with its cargo of Canadian Army supplies.
Royal Australian Navy – The annual northern fleet concentration period, one of Australia and New Zealand’s biggest naval exercises, begins today off Darwin.
Canadian Navy – Two Canadian warships – HMCS Athabaskan and HMCS Montreal – have drawn alongside a cargo vessel that is effectively holding hostage Canadian Army military equipment that is being returned from Kosovo to Canada.
Russian Navy – The Russian President is attempting to implement a new military strategy which will siphon resources from the Strategic Rocket Forces to the Navy, Army and Air Force which are resource starved.
Taiwanese Navy – the Taiwanese Navy will hold routine amphibious exercises this week near the Taiwan Strait
U.S. Navy – The USS Chancellorsville, a guided missile cruiser, will make a port of call in Qindgao, China this week. Chinese vessels will reciprocate with ports of call in Hawaii and Seattle later this year.
Canadian Navy – The last Oberon-class submarine was decommissioned yesterday. They will be replaced by 4 Upholder-class submarines in the near future.
U.S. Navy – The Navy will not be able to increase its number of nuclear submarines to the numbers it needs to meet operational committments, according to a senior admiral.
Warning – Updating of NOSI will most probably be irregular over the next 2 weeks.
Pakistani Navy – The opening of the Pakistan Navy’s new port at Ormara last month will affect the strategy and tactics of both the Indian and the Pakistan navies in a future war.
U.S. Navy – The former presidential yacht Sequoia has found a new home. I took a tour of her once, while she was on a goodwill cruise around the U.S. – she is a beautiful ship!
U.S. Navy – The U.S. military has again begun working closely with the Indonesian military for the first time since East Timor was devastated by Indonesian troops and militiamen last year. The U.S. is concerned that Indonesia could disintegrate under the weight of multiple religious and separatist conflicts.
U.S. Navy – A description of what electric drive propulsion for a warship entails???
U.S. Navy – A day in the life of VAW-124, an early warning squadron flying E-2C Hawkeyes, aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Australian Navy – Australians are begining to feel that their “special relationship” with the U.S. is undergoing unfavorable changes.
U.S. Navy – The U.S. Navy is improving Sailors’ quality of life by providing each with an e-mail account to stay in touch with home during deployments.
U.S. Marines – the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit has returned home after a 6 month deployment to the Pacific. During the cruise they assisted UN peacekeeping efforts on East Timor; exercised in the Persian Gulf with Kuwait, Quatar and Oman; and stood by to assist if necessary in evacuations from war-torn Eritrea.
No NOSI on Monday, I’ll be lecturing at the Surface Warfare Institute of Medicine’s Officer Indoctrination Course in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Taiwanese Navy – The Taiwanese Navy placed into commission the Anchorage-class amphibious landing ship U.S.S. Pensacola and 3 missile patrol boats. The landing ship, along with 2 Newport-class LSTs will form Taiwan’s amphibious rapid response force.
Indonesian Navy – The Indonesian Navy will now play a more active role in attempting to subdue the violence between Christians and Muslims in the Malukus Islands.
Royal Navy – An attempt to sue the British government for the sinking of the Argentinian Navy cruiser General Belgrano during the Falklands War has failed.
U.S. Marines – Is it time to take the U.S. Marines off of Okinawa, and position them somewhere else in the Pacific? Pro and Con
Chinese Navy – Russia has finished work on the second Sovremenny class frigate it is building for China, and sea trials have begun. Delivery is expected by the end of the year. The ship is armed with the SS-N-22 anti ship cruise missile.
Nigerian Navy – Nigerian Navy Sailors are being encouraged to become more proficient in small arms handling, to better help them maintain internal security and defend their fragile democracy in concert with the Nigerian Army.
Indian Navy – the Indian Navy commissioned it’s 10th Kilo-class submarine, INS Sindushastra. It is to be equipped with the Klub anti ship missile.
U.S. Marines – The U.S.M.C. Harrier fleet has been grounded, due to an excessive number of recent accidents, which have been attributed to a lack of spare parts and maintainence difficulties.
French Navy – The French Navy’s stealth missile frigate, Aconit, is currently on an around-the-world cruise, with the majority of its time being spent in Southeast Asia. It is currently visiting Singapore.
Indian Navy – Pro and (mostly) con on whether the Indian Navy should purchase the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov from Russia, by Admiral J.G. Nadkarni (retired)
Sorry for the lack of updates the last 2 days, but I am again out-of-commission with a bad case of the flu. Should be back in a day or so???
U.S. Navy – A collision at sea has occured, during underway replenishment, between the USS Denver and the USNS Yukon off Hawaii. Both ships were heavily damaged but no injuries were reported.
Royal Navy – The United Kingdom has been accused of violating Argentinian airspace this week when overflying Argentinian fishing boats, near the Falkland Islands.
Background – Falklands – In a conference on the future of the Falkland Islands, Britian vowed to continue its military committment to the islands for as long as it is needed. There are felt to be large oil holdings off the islands.
Royal Navy – HMS Tireless, one of the Royal Navy’s nuclear attack submarines, is undergoing repair at Gibraltar after suffering a coolant leak in its propulsion system while underway in the Mediterranean. Some of the locals are not pleased???
Indonesia Navy – More on the Indonesian Navy capture of boats that were smuggling weapons to the riot-torn province of North Maluku.
U.S. Navy – A report by the General Accounting Office claims that most U.S. Navy ships do not have adequate defenses against cruise missiles.
Indonesia Navy – The Indonesian Navy has captured two boats that were smuggling weapons to the riot-torn province of North Maluku.
Chinese Navy – On a port visit to Kuala Lumpur, senior Chinese Navy officials stated that one of the Navy’s roles will be to safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea.
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