– Defense Technology International – DCNS, through its local partner in Malaysia, Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS), has won its first export contract for a Gowind ship. The €2.14 bn deal has been signed by BNS with the Malaysian government for six Gowind-class corvettes, the biggest of the Gowind family developed on its own funds by the French military naval systems group.
Royal Navy – Nuclear submarine should be sent to Falklands to show British anger at boat ban decision
– Daily Telegraph – A nuclear submarine should be sent to the Falkland Islands to illustrate Britain’s anger at a decision by South American countries to ban boats bearing the island’s flag, the former head of the Royal Navy said.
Piracy – Robots in the Age of Pirates
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Two executives and a consultant in the long-range unmanned surface vessel (USV) industry detail how the new platforms can police the high seas.
Geopolitics / China – Sun Tzu and the art of soft power
– The Economist – China is using a new tool to boost its influence abroad. Is it the right one?
Geopolitics / Russia – The Civil Archipelago
– New Yorker – How far can the resistance to Vladimir Putin go?
Geopolitics / Pakistan – The Pakistanis Have a Point
– New York Times Magazine – Sure, they can be infuriating, not to mention duplicitous, paranoid and self-pitying. But you try being a U.S. ally.
US Navy – US Navy eyes stationing ships in Singapore
– Reuters – The US Navy will station several new littoral combat ships in Singapore and perhaps in the Philippines in coming years, moves likely to fuel China’s fears of being encircled and pressured in the South China Sea row.
Iraq – Americans can agree that the Iraq war was a mistake
– Daily Telegraph – John Nagl writes that overwhelmingly the American people would say the war was a mistake, and undeniably the reason we went to war in the first place was invalid.
Chinese Navy – US satellite pictures China aircraft carrier Varyag
– BBC – A commercial US satellite company says it has taken a picture of China’s first aircraft carrier during its sea trials in the Yellow Sea.
Chinese Navy – Navy looks at offer from Seychelles
– China Daily – The Chinese navy is considering taking on supplies in the Seychelles while conducting escort missions to tackle piracy.
Air Warfare – Bomber Diplomacy
– Air Force – B-2 and B-52 rotations to Guam offer valuable training—and send a powerful message. A look at Air-Sea Battle as it exists today.
Geopolitics / Pakistan – The Ally From Hell
– The Atlantic – Pakistan lies. It hosted Osama bin Laden (knowingly or not). Its government is barely functional. It hates the democracy next door. It is home to both radical jihadists and a large and growing nuclear arsenal (which it fears the U.S. will seize). Its intelligence service sponsors terrorists who attack American troops. With a friend like this, who needs enemies?
US Navy – The Future of Naval Aviation: This Century’s Naval Aviation Pioneers Flying Unmanned Aircraft
– Brookings Institution – P.W. Singer says the future of naval aviation is unmanned.
Royal Navy – Women to be allowed to serve on Royal Navy submarines
– BBC – Women are to be allowed to serve on Royal Navy submarines, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed.
Chinese Navy – No, Hu Didn’t Call for War
– The Diplomat – In sum, Hu’s statement didn’t reflect a change in policy or a new emphasis on preparing for war. His routine statement received more attention than it warranted.
Russian Navy – Russian fleet starts patrol in Atlantic, Mediterranean
– Xinhua – An aircraft carrier combat group of Russia’s Northern Fleet on Tuesday started patrol missions in the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, the fleet’s spokesman said.
Chinese Navy – Hu Jintao tells China navy: Prepare for warfare
– BBC – China’s navy should speed up its development and prepare for warfare, President Hu Jintao has said.
US Navy – Rand Provides Guidance For Sub Production
– Aviation Week and Space Technology – With defense spending getting so tight, submarine programs in the U.S. and other countries are likely to come under greater scrutiny, the Rand Corp. warns in a recent report that provides some recommendations on how to buy and build the vessels.
US Marines – For Marines, it’s back to the future after Iraq, Afghanistan
– Washington Post – With the Iraq war ending and an Afghanistan exit in sight, the Marine Corps is beginning a historic shift, returning to its roots as a seafaring force that will get smaller, lighter and, it hopes, less bogged down in land wars.
Terrorism – The Secret War: Africa ops may be just starting
– Military Times – The sixth and final part of Sean Naylor’s look at the war on terror in Africa.
Russian Navy – Delivery of New Russian Attack Sub Postponed for 2012
– Defense Technology International – The delivery of the first Yasen class (project 885) multirole attack nuclear powered submarine Severodvinsk to the Russian Navy has slipped for the end of 2012.
Terrorism – The Secret War: Tense ties plagued Africa ops
– Army Times – Part 5 of Sean Naylor’s look at the war on terror in Africa.
Royal Navy – UK navy apprehends 7 suspected pirates
– Associated Press – Britain’s navy arrested seven suspected pirates after a helicopter-led chase in the Indian Ocean.
US Marines – Osprey in the Catbird Seat
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – The tiltrotor MV-22 has come of age. Moving larger payloads—faster and farther—it broadens Marine Corps capabilities and gives commanders more choices.
Chinese Navy – Drawing Lines At Sea
– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Its recent naval exercises demonstrate that China can operate 21st-century ships on far deployment. But can a strategy based on island-chain control produce a navy capable of projecting global power?
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