– Daily Telegraph – French and American fighter jets will use British Navy aircraft carriers as budget cutbacks trim the Armed Forces, the Defence Secretary Liam Fox has suggested.
Argentinian Navy – Argentina Wants a Third TR-1700 Submarine
– Defense Technology International – Argentina is planning to build, or rather finish building, its own submarine based on a design it bought from Thyssen in Germany in 1977.
Royal Navy – Royal Navy arrests drug smugglers
– BBC – A gang of drug smugglers with cocaine worth £16.8m have been caught by a Royal Navy warship in the Caribbean.
Israeli Navy – Norway Bans Israeli Subs from Its Waters
– Defense Technology International – Norway decided earlier this month that as part of its ban on security exports to Israel, the submarine being built by Germany’s Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) for the Israeli Navy will no longer be allowed to undergo deep-water tests in Norwegian waters.
US Navy – Troubled ship San Antonio won't deploy next year
– Virginian Pilot – One of the Navy’s most trouble-plagued ships, the USS San Antonio, won’t deploy next year as planned.
French Navy – French aircraft carrier returns to port for repairs
– Associated Press – A French Navy spokesman says aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has been forced to return to port for repairs on the day it set sail for a four-month mission to support the fight in Afghanistan.
Chinese Navy – U.S. Alarmed by Harsh Tone of China’s Military
– New York Times – Why the younger generation of Chinese military officers dislikes the U.S.
Chinese Navy – Stealthy Chinese?
– Defense Technology International – Has China cracked the secret of building stealth submarines?
Royal Navy – Royal Navy are pirates, says Argentina's president
– Daily Telegraph – The president of Argentina has described the Royal Navy as pirates and accused the British government of behaving like an imperial power with regard to the Falkland Islands.
Royal Navy – Navy to reduce to smallest size ever to save carriers
– Daily Telegraph – The Royal Navy is set to be reduced to the smallest size in its history after admirals yesterday offered drastic reductions in the fleet in order to save two new aircraft carriers from defence cuts.
Spanish Navy – Spanish Navy receives its largest warship 'Juan Carlos I'
– Brahmand – The Spanish Navy has received its largest multi-role warship ‘Juan Carlos I’ from the country’s leading ship-building company Navanita.
Russian Navy – 13 Is Bulava's Lucky Number
– Defense Technology International – The 13th launch of Russia’s new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile has been successful.
US Marines – U.S. Military Orders Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels
– New York Times – Another look at the Marines’ fragile lines of supply in Afghanistan.
Chinese Navy – Chinese Civilian Boats Roil Disputed Waters
– New York Times – The diplomatic discord set off by Japan’s recent detention of a Chinese fishing trawler captain points to what foreign military officials say is a growing source of friction along China’s borders: civilian vessels plying disputed waters — and sometimes acting as proxies for the Chinese Navy.
Royal Navy – Would No U.K. Carrier Be Better Than One?
– Defense Technology International – One of the big issues the U.K. government appears to be wrestling with in its Strategic Defense and Security Review is whether to cut the planned buy of two aircraft carriers and, if it does so, whether to retain one or none.
US Marines – For Female Marines, Tea Comes With Bullets
– New York Times – In Marja, Afghanistan, female Marines have daily skirted Pentagon rules restricting women in combat.
Chinese Navy – China’s Naval Build-up Not Over
– The Diplomat – Reports of the death of the PLA’s naval expansion are exaggerated. Any lull in development is likely to prove temporary.
US Marines – Pendleton Marines take fight to insurgents
– San Diego Union Tribune – In the deserts of southern Afghanistan, Marines from Camp Pendleton’s 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion are sending a message to insurgents: We are watching.
Geopolitics / China – China's 'Finlandization' Strategy in the Pacific
– Wall Street Journal – Beijing is moving aggressively to counter the U.S. ability to project power in Asia. Its goal: bring our allies under its sway.
Afghanistan – Obama: 'We need to make clear to people that the cancer is in Pakistan'
– Washington Post – The third of three articles adapted from “Obama’s Wars” by Bob Woodward.
Afghanistan – Biden warned Obama during Afghan war review not to get 'locked into Vietnam'
– Washington Post – The second of three articles adapted from “Obama’s Wars” by Bob Woodward.
Afghanistan – Military thwarted president seeking choice in Afghanistan
– Washington Post – The first of three articles adapted from “Obama’s Wars” by Bob Woodward.
Chinese Navy – While U.S. is distracted, China develops sea power
– Washington Post – Robert D. Kaplan writes that the greatest geopolitical development that has occurred largely beneath the radar of our Middle East-focused media over the past decade has been the rise of Chinese sea power.
Geopolitics / South China Sea – China Explores a Frontier 2 Miles Deep
– New York Times – When three Chinese scientists plunged to the bottom of the South China Sea in a tiny submarine early this summer, they did more than simply plant their nation’s flag on the dark seabed.
Geopolitics / Arctic – Journey to the Arctic
– BBC – Canada is staking its claim to Arctic waterways and mineral resources – as are Russia, the US, Norway and other regional powers. All are meeting in Moscow this week in an attempt to head off an international dispute.
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