French Navy – Rediff.com: C’est la vie! – interview with a Super Etendard pilot who flew combat missions over Kosovo from the Foch.

French Navy – Rediff.com:Life Onboard Foch – paints a somewhat bleak picture of life in the French Navy.

French Navy – Rediff.com: C’est la guerre! – a descriptiong of life on the aircraft carrier Foch, during the recent Indian – French exercises.

Chinese Navy – BBC News: China’s Military Might – an overview from last summer.

Russian Navy, South Korean Navy – Russia Today: Russia and South Korea to Hold First Ever Joint Military Exercises – Two Russian ships will exercise with the South Korean Navy.

Royal Navy – Reuters: UK Sends Aid Ship to Mozambique – more about the RFA Fort George, which will be provisioned with 5 Sea King helicopters, food, water, medicine and a sickbay. Prime Minister Blair is keen that the UK is seen to be doing its best for a fellow member of the Commonwealth.

U.S. Navy – Washington Post: U.S. Scales Back Mozambique Troops – the deployment of the Navy SEALs has been canceled.

Portugese Navy – Washington Post: More Rain Looms in Mozambique – 45 Portugese Marines have been sent to aid in the relief effort.

French Navy – Times of India: French Navy Invited for Joint Exercise – A French Navy task force exercised last week with the Indian Western Naval Command; this week it will exercise with the Indian Eastern Naval Command. The task force consists of the anti-submarine frigate, Tourville, a light frigate ship Commandant Blaison, and a supply and command ship, Var.

Royal Navy – BBC News: Supply Ship Boosts UK Mozambique Aid – RFA Fort George is being diverted from the Persian Gulf to Mozambique. It should arrive in a week.

U.S. Navy – Washington Post: U.S. Troops Headed to Mozambique – U.S. Navy SEALs will be among the troops???

Taiwanese Navy – Fox News: Threats Abound as China, Taiwan, US Confront Dangerous Period – the Chinese make new threats, and the USS Kitty Hawk has apparently put to sea???

Urkanian Navy – Ukranian Navy: Ukraine Navy to Hold Exercises with Russia, NATO – to foster better relations with both navies???

French Navy – The Hindu: Nuclear Power is a Deterrent, Says French Admiral – who is commanding the task force currently exercising with the Indian Navy???

Indian Navy – Rediff.com: India Takes ‘A Great Step Ahead’ With The French Navy – as the two exercise together in the Indian Ocean.

North Korean Navy – Times of India: North Korea Says Tension Rising in Yellow Sea

U.S. Navy – U.S. Navy: Status of the U.S. Navy As Of February 28, 2000

Russian Navy – Russia Today: Cash-Strapped Russian Soldiers Pillage Submarines

U.S. Navy – Russia Today: U.S. Navy Inspects, Releases Russian Ship In Gulf

New Zealand Navy – Australian Financial Review: New Zealand Has Its Own Defence Interests

Taiwanese Navy – Inside China Today: <a href="U.S. Admiral Expresses Great Concern at China's Threats to Taiwan

U.S. Navy – Russia Today: U.S. And Russia To Hold Talks on Intercepted Tanker

Russian Navy – Russia Today: Russian Navy to Resume Exercises in Mediterranean

Taiwanese Navy – Inside China Today: Taiwan Vessel With 21 Crew Missing

Taiwanese Navy – FOXNews: China Warns US Navy Commander Over Taiwan

Taiwanese Navy – Paper War Games

Taiwanese Navy – U.S. Pacific Commander Expresses Concern Over Threats to Taiwan

U.S. Navy – LA Times: ‘Old Economy’ Newport News is Seen Anew

Indian Navy – Times of India: French Task Force Comes to Mumbai – The French task force includes the aircraft carrier Foch.

Taiwanese Navy – International Herald Tribune: On Taiwan, the Drumbeat of Military Alarm

U.S. Marines – Washington Post: US Kosovo Reinforcements Considered – The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked onboard the USS Bataan (LHD5) Amphibious Ready Group, may get the call to go ashore.

Piracy – Sunday Telegraph: Retired Gurkhas enlist to fight pirate attacks

U.S. Navy – U.S. Navy: Status of the U.S. Navy as of February 22, 2000

U.S. Navy – Inside China Today: No Plans for Naval Deployment Near Taiwan

Royal Navy – MSNBC: Is Britain’s Royal Navy Out of Fuel?

U.S. Navy – BBCNews: Russian Tanker Leaves Oman

Royal Navy – BBCNews: French Debut for Trident Submarine

Russian Navy – Russia Today: Russia Sends Intelligence Ship To Med, Gulf

Chinese Navy – Inside China Today: China To Get Second Russian Destroyer This Year

U.S. Navy – Washington Post: High Prices Spur Iraq Oil Smuggling

U.S. Navy – Washington Post: Seized Russian Tanker in Oman

U.S. Navy – Washington Post: Russian Tanker Carried Iraqi Oil

Welcome to the first day of NOSI (Naval Open Source Intelligence). NOSI is intended to be a digital library of operational naval news from around the world which is gathered from open source intelligence.