– Air Force – B-2 and B-52 rotations to Guam offer valuable training—and send a powerful message. A look at Air-Sea Battle as it exists today.
Geopolitics / Pakistan – The Ally From Hell
– The Atlantic – Pakistan lies. It hosted Osama bin Laden (knowingly or not). Its government is barely functional. It hates the democracy next door. It is home to both radical jihadists and a large and growing nuclear arsenal (which it fears the U.S. will seize). Its intelligence service sponsors terrorists who attack American troops. With a friend like this, who needs enemies?
US Navy – The Future of Naval Aviation: This Century’s Naval Aviation Pioneers Flying Unmanned Aircraft
– Brookings Institution – P.W. Singer says the future of naval aviation is unmanned.
Royal Navy – Women to be allowed to serve on Royal Navy submarines
– BBC – Women are to be allowed to serve on Royal Navy submarines, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed.
Chinese Navy – No, Hu Didn’t Call for War
– The Diplomat – In sum, Hu’s statement didn’t reflect a change in policy or a new emphasis on preparing for war. His routine statement received more attention than it warranted.
Russian Navy – Russian fleet starts patrol in Atlantic, Mediterranean
– Xinhua – An aircraft carrier combat group of Russia’s Northern Fleet on Tuesday started patrol missions in the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, the fleet’s spokesman said.
Chinese Navy – Hu Jintao tells China navy: Prepare for warfare
– BBC – China’s navy should speed up its development and prepare for warfare, President Hu Jintao has said.
US Navy – Rand Provides Guidance For Sub Production
– Aviation Week and Space Technology – With defense spending getting so tight, submarine programs in the U.S. and other countries are likely to come under greater scrutiny, the Rand Corp. warns in a recent report that provides some recommendations on how to buy and build the vessels.
US Marines – For Marines, it’s back to the future after Iraq, Afghanistan
– Washington Post – With the Iraq war ending and an Afghanistan exit in sight, the Marine Corps is beginning a historic shift, returning to its roots as a seafaring force that will get smaller, lighter and, it hopes, less bogged down in land wars.
Terrorism – The Secret War: Africa ops may be just starting
– Military Times – The sixth and final part of Sean Naylor’s look at the war on terror in Africa.
Russian Navy – Delivery of New Russian Attack Sub Postponed for 2012
– Defense Technology International – The delivery of the first Yasen class (project 885) multirole attack nuclear powered submarine Severodvinsk to the Russian Navy has slipped for the end of 2012.
Terrorism – The Secret War: Tense ties plagued Africa ops
– Army Times – Part 5 of Sean Naylor’s look at the war on terror in Africa.
Royal Navy – UK navy apprehends 7 suspected pirates
– Associated Press – Britain’s navy arrested seven suspected pirates after a helicopter-led chase in the Indian Ocean.
US Marines – Osprey in the Catbird Seat
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – The tiltrotor MV-22 has come of age. Moving larger payloads—faster and farther—it broadens Marine Corps capabilities and gives commanders more choices.
Chinese Navy – Drawing Lines At Sea
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Its recent naval exercises demonstrate that China can operate 21st-century ships on far deployment. But can a strategy based on island-chain control produce a navy capable of projecting global power?
US Navy – Three Navy ships on course for longest deployment in years
– Virginian Pilot – Three Navy amphibious ships that left Norfolk ahead of schedule in March are set to stay at sea into February, which would make their cruise the longest ship deployment in decades.
Chinese Navy – China navy to carry out Pacific exercises
– BBC – China’s navy will carry out exercises in the Pacific Ocean in the coming days, amid continuing tension over maritime disputes in the region.
Terrorism – Years of detective work led to al-Qaida target
– Army Times – Fourth in a series by Sean Naylor. Often-frustrating search for Harun Fazul combined high-tech gear, low tech human intelligence and courage
Russian Navy – US carrier strike force enters Syrian waters. Russian carrier en route
– DEBKAfile – The Syrian crisis aassumed a big power dimension this week with the build-up of rival United States and Russia naval air carrier armadas in Syrian waters. The USS George H.W. Bush arrived Wednesday, Nov. 23, in the wake of the three Russian warships anchored earlier opposite Tartus which established a command post in the Syrian port. They will be augmented by Russia’s only air carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov, which is due in mid-week.
Information Warfare – Hackers 'hit' US water treatment systems
– BBC – Hackers are alleged to have destroyed a pump used to pipe water to thousands of homes in a US city in Illinois.
Israeli Navy – Israel beware: China arms Hezbollah
– Washington Times – A look at the attack, during the Second Lebanon War, of a Chinese-produced, Hezbollah-fired C-802 anti-ship missile that struck Israel’s INS Hanit off the Lebanon coast.
US Marines – Marines won’t fly Brit Harriers
– Marine Times – An official announcement could come within days of Britain’s sale of its remaining Harrier jump jets to the Marine Corps, but sources are saying privately the purchase will be strictly for spare parts and logistic support, and not a move to increase the operational fleet.
Phillipine Navy – US assures Manila of 2nd warship amid Spratlys row
– Associated Press – The United States will provide a second warship to the ill-equipped Philippine military as it confronts China in increasingly tense territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Geopolitics / Asia – We’re back
– Economist – America reaches a pivot point in Asia.
Terrorism – Clandestine Somalia missions yield AQ targets
– Army Times – The third in a series by Sean Naylor looking at U.S. military operations in the Horn of Africa after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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