New York Times – In Ambush, a Glimpse of a Long Afghan Summer
C.J. Chivers is back in Afghanistan with the US Marines.
New York Times – Revisiting Combat Outpost Reilly
North Korean Navy – 'North Korean torpedo' sank South's navy ship – report
BBC – ‘North Korean torpedo’ sank South’s navy ship – report
A North Korean submarine’s torpedo sank a South Korean navy ship on 26 March causing the deaths of 46 sailors, an international report has found.
Economist – Their number is up
Evidence that North Korea torpedoed the Cheonan puts it—and China—on the spot.
North Korean Navy – North Korea role in warship sinking 'obvious'
BBC – North Korea role in warship sinking ‘obvious’
South Korea’s foreign minister says it is “obvious” that North Korea sank a South Korean naval ship in March. Yu Myung-hwan said there was enough evidence to take the issue to the United Nations.
Piracy – Somalia criticises US for putting pirate on trial
BBC – Somalia criticises US for putting pirate on trial
A Somali official has criticised the US for prosecuting a man over a piracy incident off the Horn of Africa.
Royal Navy – Nato warship destroys pirate boats in Somali Basin
BBC – Nato warship destroys pirate boats in Somali Basin
A Royal Navy warship on Nato anti-piracy operations has destroyed two pirate boats in the Somali Basin.
Geopolitics – Interview With Niall Ferguson
Big Think – Interview With Niall Ferguson
An insightful interview with Niall Ferguson in which he describes the West’s “Killer Apps.” You can watch the video or read the transcript in the scrolling box underneath it.
Transformation – The New Rules of War
Foreign Policy – The New Rules of War
John Arquilla, the visionary who first saw the age of “netwar” coming warns that the U.S. military is getting it wrong all over again. Here’s his plan to make conflict cheaper, smaller, and smarter.
Afghanistan – Ahmed Rashid
Q & A – Ahmed Rashid
Excellent interview with Ahmed Rashid, the author of the book “Taliban.”
Intelligence – Pandora's Briefcase
New Yorker – Pandora’s Briefcase
Malcolm Gladwell writes that in the months before the invasion of Sicily, British spies fooled German spies with a caper inspired by a detective novel. It was a dazzling feat of wartime espionage. But does it argue for or against spying?
Chinese Navy – Chinese navy's new strategy in action
International Institute for Strategic Studies – Chinese navy’s new strategy in action
The news from Tokyo on 10 April 2010 that the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force had monitored ten Chinese warships passing 140km south of Okinawa through the Miyako Strait marked a new stage in China’s naval development. The deployment was of unprecedented size and scope for the Chinese navy, and was the second such operation mounted by China in rapid succession: in March, a smaller flotilla had been deployed on exercises. The two sets of exercises, along with Chinese counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, demonstrate the flexibility of China’s naval forces and their greater prominence in Beijing’s strategic calculations.
US Navy – Quiet Resistance to Women on Subs
New York Times – Quiet Resistance to Women on Subs
While the decision to allow women to serve on submarines opens a prestigious career path to women and increases the Navy’s recruiting pool for submarine postings, it has been met with quiet resistance within what has long been proudly called “the Silent Service,” according to active-duty and retired submariners.
History – Kaiser's African Gunship Enjoys New Lease on Life
Der Spiegel – Kaiser’s African Gunship Enjoys New Lease on Life
Almost 100 years ago, the German Kaiser ordered a warship to be secretly constructed and carried in pieces over mountains to help hold on to Germany’s prize African colony. The battered ship is now receiving help from an unlikely source — the German state where it was first made.
Chinese Navy – China Set for Naval Hegemony
The Diplomat – China Set for Naval Hegemony
The Chinese navy has been throwing its weight around in East Asia. A US Navy commander asks how much longer the US can do anything about it.
US Navy – LCS-2 Makes Waves
Defense Technology International – LCS-2 Makes Waves
On a clear, calm day in late March, on only the ship’s fifth full day at sea, the crew saw how fast the Navy’s second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-2), designed by General Dynamics, could go…
South Korean Navy – Clues suggest North Korean sub behind warship attack
Associated Press – Clues suggest North Korean sub behind warship attack
Experts say North Korea’s submarine fleet is technologically backward, prone to sinking or running aground and all but useless outside its own coastal waters. And yet many are asking: Could it have been responsible for the explosion that sank a South Korean warship in March? And if so, how could a sub have slipped through the defenses of South Korea, which, with significant American backing, maintains a fleet far more sophisticated than its northern neighbor’s?
US Navy – Navy helicopter pilots see their profile rise
San Diego Union Tribune – Navy helicopter pilots see their profile rise
Their $33 million helicopters are new. There’s an aircraft-carrier briefing room with their name on the door now. And they get extra parking spaces on the multimillion-dollar real estate of the carrier flight deck. All the attention feels a little odd, Navy helicopter pilots say.
US Navy – More Henderson, Less Bonds
US Naval Institute Proceedings – More Henderson, Less Bonds
Not only do Influence Squadrons save money by deploying lower-priced ships, their sheer numbers also allow for more presence, a U.S. Navy version of the on-base percentage in Major League Baseball.
US Navy – Endurance UAV + Small Deck = ?
Defense Technology International – Endurance UAV + Small Deck = ?
Can you develop an unmanned aircraft that can provide Predator-like endurance and payload capability from the flightdeck of something as small as a Littoral Combat Ship?
Russian Navy – Russia jails 'pirate' over Arctic Sea ship mystery
BBC – Russia jails ‘pirate’ over Arctic Sea ship mystery
A Moscow court has handed down a five-year jail term to one of the eight men detained over the mysterious seizure of the cargo ship Arctic Sea.
US Navy – Ice Gap
Defense Technology International – Ice Gap
Is the SecDef taking stock of American icebreaking capabilities?
Russian Navy – Russia set to keep Typhoon class nuclear subs until 2019 – Navy
RIA Novosti – Russia set to keep Typhoon class nuclear subs until 2019 – Navy
Russia’s Typhoon class strategic nuclear-powered submarines will remain in service with the Navy until 2019.
US Navy – How the United States Lost the Naval War of 2015
Orbis – How the United States Lost the Naval War
of 2015
Years of strategic missteps in oceans policy, naval strategy and a force structure in decline set the stage for U.S. defeat at sea in 2015. After decades of double-digit budget increases, the People’s Liberation Army (Navy) was operating some of the most impressive systems in the world, including a medium-range ballistic missile that could hit a moving aircraft carrier and a super-quiet diesel electric submarine that was stealthier than U.S. nuclear submarines. Coupling this new asymmetric naval force to visionary maritime strategy and oceans policy, China ensured that all elements of national power promoted its goal of dominating the East China Sea. The United States, in contrast, had a declining naval force structured around 10 aircraft carriers spread thinly throughout the globe. With a maritime strategy focused on lower order partnerships,and a national oceans policy that devalued strategic interests in freedom of navigation, the stage was set for defeat at sea. This article recounts how China destroyed the USS George Washington in the East China Sea in 2015. The political fallout from the disaster ended 75 years of U.S. dominance in the Pacific Ocean and cemented China’s position as the Asian hegemon.
Thanks to Cris for the link!
German Navy – Schleswig-Holstein Joins Operation Atalanta
Defense Technology International – Schleswig-Holstein Joins Operation Atalanta
The German navy’s frigate Schleswig-Holstein left the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven yesterday to join the EU’s Operation Atalanta anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia. The warship will relieve the frigate Emden, which has been on deployment since January.
Russian Navy – Russian forces storm tanker seized by Somali pirates
BBC – Russian forces storm tanker seized by Somali pirates
Russian forces have freed the crew of a Russian oil tanker seized by Somali pirates off the coast of Yemen, in a dramatic rescue operation.
US Navy – It's A Hovercraft! It's A Catamaran! But Wait…
Defense Technology International – It’s A Hovercraft! It’s A Catamaran! But Wait…
As early as September, the Office of Naval Research could pick one of three companies to build a prototype of the Transformable Craft, or T-Craft, one of the most extraordinary marine craft ever proposed.
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