– New York Times Magazine – Syria’s rebel youth have had to teach themselves everything.
South Korean Navy – S Korea activists gather in protest at Jeju naval base
– BBC – Demonstrators are gathering on the South Korean island of Jeju to protest at construction of a new naval base.
Geopolitics – Robert D. Kaplan on World Anarchy and Order After 9/11
– The Atlantic – The longtime Atlantic writer reflects on what the United States — and he personally — got wrong and right about Afghanistan and Iraq.
Israeli Navy – Israeli warships bolster border force
– Associated Press – Israel sent two more warships to the Red Sea border with Egypt, part of a military reinforcement there after warnings that militants are planning another attack on southern Israel from Egyptian soil.
Geopolitics / Libya – How the special forces helped bring Gaddafi to his knees
– Daily Telegraph – Very interesting look at how the end game in Tripoli unfolded…
US Navy – Amid melting ice, Navy assesses strategic demands in Arctic
– Stars and Stripes – The Navy has completed its latest assessment of the Arctic region, where melting ice is raising strategic questions as well as commercial opportunities.
US Navy – Military ships, planes, personnel clear out for Irene
– Virginian Pilot – Navy ships began heading to sea or moving to piers with better weather protection Thursday. The vessels that embarked won’t have trouble outrunning the hurricane.
Chinese Navy – China military 'closing key gaps', says Pentagon
– BBC – China is on course to build a modern military by 2020, a move that could threaten stability in the Asia-Pacific region, the Pentagon says.
Terrorism – Getting Bin Laden
– New Yorker – What happened that night in Abbottabad.
US Navy – A Cat Is Not A Dog
– Defense Technology International – Bill Sweetman on how the Marine propaganda offensive in support of the F-35B pounds relentlessly on the advantages of short take off and vertical landing.
US Navy – Ghost Ship Takes Aim at Swarm Attacks
– Defense Technology International – A company claims to have developed “the first supercavitating ship”.
Chinese Navy – China Flexes Naval Muscle
– Chinese Navy – China Flexes Naval Muscle – China sent its first aircraft carrier to sea, a defining moment in its effort to become a top-tier naval power that seeks to challenge U.S. military supremacy in Asia and protect Chinese economic interests that now span the globe.
Chinese Navy – Decoding China’s Aircraft Carrier
– The Diplomat – There’s been much speculation about the implications of China’s first aircraft carrier. The Diplomat answers some of the key questions.
Geopolitics / Pakistan – Pakistan, an Ally by Any Other Name
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Its ever-contentious relationship with America is unlikely to change, but the time is right for a reassessment of U.S. strategy in the region.
US Navy – Diplomacy, Debt, and Risk: The U.S. Navy's Dilemma
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Do our foreign-policy interests compromise our readiness against asymmetric threats?
Chinese Navy – Chinese Missiles and the Walmart Factor
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Scenarios of a military conflict with a rising China are pointless if they leave out a glaring detail—the global economy.
US Navy – Holy Mackerel, Not Again!
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – As the U.S. Navy’s submarine force faces tighter budgets, it could learn a thing or two from solutions that surfaced from an informal Submarine Officers Conference in the 1920s.
Ground Warfare – Invisible, Inc.
– The Atlantic – In the camouflage industry, deception is an artful science. Got an army you need to hide? With more than a million soldiers in a dozen countries wearing his camouflage patterns, Guy Cramer is now hoping to change how the Pentagon dresses. Inside the evolving science of concealment.
US Navy – The Sweet Smell of Acquisition Success
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – A former submarine procurement guru details what was behind the Virginia–class program, one of the most talked-about cost-saving acquisitions in Department of Defense history.
US Navy – Investing in the Undersea Future
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – In a world where defense budgets are shrinking but the U.S. submarine force remains vital to security, viability tomorrow requires stringent planning today.
Chinese Navy – Assessing the Undersea Balance Between the U.S. and China
– MIT Security Studies Program Working Paper – By Owen Cote and highly recommended!
This paper will assess the undersea balance between the U.S. and China by comparing their relative abilities to accomplish their respective undersea warfare objectives. I will assess both the current balance, and how it might evolve in the future. In the latter case, I will focus on opportunities each side will have to adopt competitive strategies, or strategies designed to exploit its unique strengths or its opponent’s weaknesses in ways that create favorable asymmetries in the resources that must be committed to accomplish particular missions.
Chinese Navy – China says rebuilt aircraft carrier for research
– Associated Press – China officially acknowledged Wednesday that it is rebuilding an aircraft carrier bought more than a decade ago, but says the refurbished ship will be used only for research and training – a strong indication it plans to build carriers of its own.
Geopolitics / Yemen – Yemen on the Brink of Hell
– Geopolitics / New York Times Magazine – If Ali Abdullah Saleh and his generals believe they can defeat protesters, they are taking an enormous risk.
US Navy – Budget Storm Could Sink U.S. Plan to Rule Sea and Sky
– Wired– Back in 2009, the Navy and the Air Force secretly shook hands on a new way to work together to fight future wars against major powers. It’s called AirSea Battle, and not much about it has been made public. But the Air Force’s second in command publicly fretted on Wednesday that some of its core components might not be affordable.
Chinese Navy – China Details Anti-ship Missile Plans
– Aviation Week – For more than a century, surface warships have been struggling to survive against mines, submarines, aircraft and, more recently, cruise missiles. Now China’s rapid development of a sophisticated anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) raises the threat to a new level.
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