– Defense Technology International – The Royal Netherlands Navy submarine Hr. Ms. Dolfijn returned to the port of Den Helder on 1 June after a three-month deployment as part of NATO’s Operation Ocean Shield counter-piracy mission off the Somali coast.
US Navy – Big powers jockey in the Pacific
– BBC – The US has been, is, and will continue to be a Pacific power. That was the fundamental message the US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta brought to this year’s Asian security summit in Singapore.
US Navy – How will new Submarine Sensors and Payloads Influence Naval Warfare in the 21st Century?
– Information Dissemination – Excellent article by Owen Cote on the future of undersea warfare.
US Navy – US Navy hopes stealth ship answers a rising China
– Associated Press – A super-stealthy warship that could underpin the U.S. Navy’s China strategy will be able to sneak up on coastlines virtually undetected and pound targets with electromagnetic “railguns” right out of a sci-fi movie.
Information Warfare – Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran
– New York Times – From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America’s first sustained use of cyberweapons, according to participants in the program.
US Navy – Submarine fire could have ripple effects for fleet
– Virginian Pilot – The Navy is evaluating whether it’s worth spending millions of dollars to repair the Miami, the nuclear-powered submarine damaged in a fire in a Maine shipyard.
Information Warfare – Jamming Tripoli: Inside Moammar Gadhafi’s Secret Surveillance Network
– Wired – A look at how cyberwar was waged by Libya against its citizens.
US Navy – Leon Panetta: US to deploy 60% of navy fleet to Pacific
– BBC – The US is planning to move the majority of its warships to the Asia-Pacific region by 2020, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has revealed.
Chinese Navy – 5 Things the Pentagon Isn't Telling Us About the Chinese Military
– Foreign Policy – Here’s what you won’t find in the Defense Department’s latest report on China’s military rise.
US Navy – US defence chief Panetta urges naval strength in Asia
– BBC – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has emphasised the importance of a strong US naval presence in Asia, on the eve of a trip to the region.
Intelligence – Navy dismisses Google's alarm over ship-tracking
– Virginian Pilot – When a top Google official came to Virginia Beach last week to speak at a respected defense conference, he delivered a stunning and convincing message: The company is on the verge of unveiling a project that could reveal to the public the precise locations of many ships at sea, including U.S. Navy ships.
Geopolitics / Vietnam – The Vietnam Solution
– The Atlantic – Robert D. Kaplan on how a former enemy became a crucial U.S. ally in balancing China’s rise
Indian Navy – Indian Aircraft Carrier Sea Trials Postponed Until June
– Indian Navy – Indian Aircraft Carrier Sea Trials Postponed Until June – Sea trials of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier being overhauled for the Indian navy at the Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia have been postponed until the beginning of June.
Royal Navy – New milestone as huge Royal Navy warship section sets sail
– Daily Telegraph – The ”largest and most powerful warship” ever built for the Royal Navy has achieved another milestone as a massive section of HMS Queen Elizabeth left port.
Intelligence – US Naval War College's Strategic Research Department Weekly Maritime News Survey
– US Naval War College’s Strategic Research Department Weekly Maritime News Survey – This is a great naval news source I just learned of, which is updated each Monday.
Thanks to Jim for the link!
Royal Navy – Up she rises: first woman to command a warship takes post today
– Daily Telegraph – The first female commander of a major Royal Navy warship takes up her post today.
Royal Navy – Scottish independence: Country would lose warship contracts
– The Scotsman – An independent Scotland will lose all its Royal Navy contracts, UK ministers have confirmed, in a move which would put 16,000 jobs at risk along with the country’s entire shipbuilding industry. The coalition government warned that if Scotland becomes a “foreign country”, defence contractors could no longer use Scottish yards in their bids.
Intelligence – Google Can Track Ships At Sea — Including US Navy; Detailed Maps Planned of Sea Bottom
– AOL Defense – Google will soon make public information about virtually every ship at sea, giving the current location and identity even of American warships. Meanwhile, the company is consulting with the Navy and others about security issues.
US Navy – Step 1 in U.S. Plan to Rule Sea and Sky: Actually Share Data
– Wired – No one really understands the Navy and the Air Force’s new blueprint for dominating Earth’s seas and skies. But what’s increasingly clear, even to the heads of both the Navy and the Air Force, is that there’s a big challenge ahead for it, one that doesn’t have anything to do with an adversary like China: getting U.S. ships, subs, planes and drones to actually talk to one another.
US Marines – Under Attack
– Wall Street Journal – When a suicide bomber struck a convoy in Afghanistan, a routine Marine patrol turned into a harrowing firefight. Michael M. Phillips with an eyewitness account of bravery and tragedy in the confusion of war.
Piracy – Private navy planned to counter pirate raids
– The National – A private navy costing US$70 million (Dh257m) is being set up to escort merchant ships through the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden. It will comprise a fleet of 18 ships, based in Djibouti, and will offer to convoy merchant vessels along the Internationally Recognised Transit Corridor (IRTC).
Israeli Navy – Israel's military looks to the sea
– Los Angeles Times – Israel buys a sixth German-made submarine. A navy officer explains why Israel’s military is looking increasingly to the seas.
Royal Navy – Royal Navy 'Top Gun' pilots train to fly US fighters
– Royal Navy – Royal Navy ‘Top Gun’ pilots train to fly US fighters – British Royal Navy pilot Lt Dan Latham is walking out to his aircraft with his American colleague for a training mission that will see them fly through the cloudless skies for hundreds of miles over the desert on a practice bombing raid. Dan, from Ormskirk in Lancashire, is one of the lucky few chosen to fly with his American naval counterparts in the US for four years. The Royal Navy want to ensure the maritime flying skills of their pilots are maintained, until the new British aircraft carriers and the stealth fighter jets due to fly from them are ready.
French Navy – France: U.K. F-35 Pick Could Reduce Naval Cooperation
– Defense News – France regretted the prospect of reduced cooperation with the British fleet air arm following London’s selection of the F-35B short-takeoff, vertical-landing version of the Joint Strike Fighter, and hoped collaboration would continue.
US Navy – US Downs Test Missile With New Interceptor
– Reuters – U.S. forces said they had destroyed a target in the first successful test of the Navy’s newest anti-missile interceptor, designed to protect allies from attacks by countries like North Korea and Iran.
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