– US Naval Institute Proceedings – From the operational commanders’ perspective, the National Security Cutter is crucial for a growing array of Coast Guard missions.
Danish Navy – Northern Coasts 2011
– Defense Technology International – Exercise Northern Coasts (NOCO) 2011 is being conducted in the western Baltic Sea during Sept. 12-23. This year, NOCO, the largest naval exercise in the Baltic, is being combined with the Danish naval exercise DANEX.
Geopolitics / Pakistan – The Journalist and The Spies
– Geopolitics / Pakistan – The Journalist and The Spies – Dexter Filkins reports on the murder of a reporter who exposed Pakistan’s secrets.
Geopolitics / China – Arab Spring, Chinese Winter
– The Atlantic – James Fallows writes that just after the streets of Tunisia and Egypt erupted, China saw a series of “Jasmine” protests-until the government stopped them cold. Its methods were subtler than they had been at Tiananmen Square, and more insidious. Was the regime’s defensive reaction just paranoia? Or is the Chinese public less satisfied-and more combustible-than it appears?
Afghanistan – Enlisting Allah
– The Atlantic – To thwart the Taliban, marines in Helmand province are teaching the locals to read the Koran.
Turkish Navy – Turkish PM says navy will escort aid ships to Gaza
– Associated Press – Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stepped up his belligerent rhetoric against Israel, saying that the country’s warships will escort Turkish Gaza-bound aid ships in the future to prevent a repeat of last year’s Israeli raid on a flotilla that killed nine people.
Piracy – Pirates of the Atlantic: Africa's Other Coast Gets Its Share
– Time – In the past eight months, acts of piracy have spiked in the waters off West Africa. The wave of violence seems partly inspired by the Somali pirates and partly a result of the mixed blessings that come, countries in the region are finding out, with discovering vast oil reserves.
Canadian Navy – All Canadian submarines now out of commission
– Postmedia – The navy’s last operational submarine is now sidelined until 2016, leaving the service without an underwater capability and potentially throwing into question the future of the submarine fleet.
Russian Navy – Ka-52 Takes To Sea
– Defense Technology International – Using attack helicopters from the sea appears to be in vogue, again.
Geopolitics / Syria – Syria’s Sons of No One
– 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.
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